Isolated situs in versus of the stomach with otherwise normal position of the thoracic and abdominal vescera isan extremely rare anomaly occurring in two distinct forms. Majority of cases are associated with eventration of the diaphragm and are reported as being confused with spontaneous pneumothorax of pyopneumothorax at base of the right lung. The right sided stomach may produce interesting and confusing changes in liver scan. We have experienced 2 cases of the isolated dextrogastria.
Diaphragm ; Liver ; Lung ; Pneumothorax ; Stomach

Subcutaneous emphysema is one of the rare complication of tracheal intubation and it's mechanism has been known as airleakage to subcutaneous tissue from the perforated site of larynx, trachea and esophagus by the trauma of laryngoscopic blade, stylet and endotracheal tube. We experienced a case of subcutaneous emphysema during unexpected difficult endotracheal intubation. At the initial laparoscopic examination, the patient's laryngeal view was grade IV of Cormack and Lehane's calssification. After several trial of the intubation, cervical subcutaneous emphysema developed by the trauma of laryngoscopic blade, stylet and endotracheal tube, even though failed to confirm the perforated site at postanesthesia one day.
Esophagus ; Intubation ; Intubation, Intratracheal* ; Larynx ; Subcutaneous Emphysema* ; Subcutaneous Tissue ; Trachea

BACKGROUND: Venous lidocaine retention with tourniquet has a possibility to prevent propofol injection pain efficiently. We performed the study to assess the efficacy of various intravenous lidocaine pretreatment methods with tourniquet on reducing propofol-induced injection pain, especially the effect of varying the concentration and dose of lidocaine. METHODS: In order to know the effect of lidocaine pretreatment with tourniquet on prevention of propofol-induced injection pain, one hundred patients were divided into four groups by the method of pretreatment; 1% lidocaine of 1 mg/kg (lidocaine pretreatment, LPT1 n = 25); 0.5% lidocaine of 1 mg/kg (LPT2, n = 25); 1% lidocaine of 0.5 mg/kg (LPT3, n = 25); 5 ml of saline pretreatment (saline pretreatment, SPT, n = 25). After 5 minutes of pretreatment, propofol-induced pain was measured immediately after injection of 1 mg/kg propofol with tourniquet inflation and after deflation of tourniquet, and after a second injection of 1 mg/kg propofol by use of the numerical rating scale and pain score of four categories. We selected maximal values of three times measurement for comparison. RESULTS: All groups of lidocaine pretreatment (pain incidence of LPT1; 20%, LPT2; 16% and LPT3; 36%, respectively) significantly reduced the incidence of propofol-induced injection pain compared to the saline pretreatment group (96%) (P <0.05). Lidocaine pretreatment groups had dramatically lower intensity of pain compared with saline pretreatment (P <0.05). However, there were no differences among the lidocaine pretreatment groups (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: This result indicates that lidocaine pretreatment with tourniquet has an effect on the prevention of propofol-induced injection pain. However, we recommend pretreatment with 0.5 1% lidocaine of 1 mg/kg by use of tourniquet and propofol injection immediately after deflation of the tourniquet in practice.
Humans ; Incidence ; Inflation, Economic* ; Lidocaine* ; Propofol* ; Tourniquets*

PURPOSE: To evaluate airway changes in ovalbumin-induced asthmatic mice in terms of postmortem micro-CT images and pathological findings. METHODS: Asthma was induced in mice by intraperitoneal injection and nasal instillation of ovalbumin aluminium hydroxide into mice (experimental group, n=6), and another group of mice received intraperitoneal injection and nasal instillation of distilled phosphate-buffered saline (control group, n=6). Bronchial lumen area was measured in the main bronchial lumen of the distal third bronchial branch level (6 parts per each mouse) on axial scans of Micro-CT, using a Lucion's smart pen (semi-automated) and a curve pen (manual). Bronchial wall thickness was obtained in 4 sections (2 levels on either side) after the third bronchial branch by measuring the diameter which was perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the main bronchus on curved Multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) images. Histologic slides were obtained from the lesion that was matched with its CT images, and bronchial wall thicknesses were determined. RESULTS: The mean bronchial lumen area was 0.196+/-0.072 mm2 in the experimental group and 0.243+/-0.116 mm2 in the control group; the difference was significant. Bronchial wall thickness on micro-CT images (mean, 0.119+/-0.01 vs. 0.108+/-0.013 mm) and in pathological specimens (mean, 0.066+/-0.011 vs. 0.041+/-0.009 mm) were thicker in the experimental group than in the control group; bronchial wall thickness on micro-CT images correlated well with pathological thickness (for the experimental group, r=0.712; for the control group, r=0.46). The thick bronchial wall in the experimental group demonstrated submucosal hypertrophy along with goblet cell hyperplasia and smooth muscle hyperplasia. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study suggest that asthma may induce thickening of bronchial wall and narrowing of the lumen area on micro-CT images and that these results may significantly correlate with pathological findings.
Airway Remodeling ; Animals ; Asthma* ; Axis, Cervical Vertebra ; Bronchi ; Case-Control Studies ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; Goblet Cells ; Hyperplasia ; Hypertrophy ; Injections, Intraperitoneal ; Mice* ; Muscle, Smooth ; Ovalbumin ; X-Ray Microtomography

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the relation between quantitative magnetic resonance imaging biomarkers, and clinical performances in chronic phase of carbon monoxide intoxication. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighteen magnetic resonance scans and cognitive evaluations were performed, on patients with carbon monoxide intoxication in chronic phase. Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) ratios of affected versus unaffected centrum semiovale, and corpus callosum were obtained. Signal intensity (SI) ratios between affected centrum semiovale, and normal pons in T2-FLAIR (fluid-attenuated inversion recovery) images were obtained. The Mini-Mental State Exam, and clinical outcome scores were assessed. Correlation coefficients were calculated, between MRI and clinical markers. Patients were further classified into poor-outcome and good-outcome groups based on clinical performance, and imaging parameters were compared. T2-SI ratio of centrum semiovale was compared, with that of 18 sex-matched and age-matched controls. RESULTS: T2-SI ratio of centrum semiovale was significantly higher in the poor-outcome group, than that in the good-outcome group and was strongly inversely correlated, with results from the Mini-Mental State Exam. ADC ratios of centrum semiovale were significantly lower in the poor outcome group than in the good outcome group, and were moderately correlated with the Mini-Mental State Exam score. CONCLUSION: A higher T2-SI and a lower ratio of ADC values in the centrum semiovale, may indicate presence of more severe white matter injury and clinical impairment. T2-SI ratio and ADC values in the centrum semiovale, are useful quantitative imaging biomarkers for correlation with clinical performance in individuals with carbon monoxide intoxication.
Biomarkers ; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ; Carbon Monoxide ; Carbon ; Corpus Callosum ; Diffusion ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Pons ; White Matter

BACKGROUND: The presence of axillary lymph node metastases (ALNM) and tumor size are two most important prognostic factors in breast cancer. An axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is usually performed in infiltrating breast cancer for the information of therapeutic decision and prediction of prognosis. However this procedure results in lymphedema of the affected upper extremity, increased axillary drainage, sensory abnormality, and pain. If the axillary lymph node status could be predicted accurately prior to an ALND, selected patients with a low probability of ALNM could be spared the procedure. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between the incidence of ALNM and 14 clinico-pathologic factors by using univariate and multivariate analysis and to investigate the possibility of using those factors as predictors for ALNM. METHODS: We reviewed data from 253 patients with breast cancer who had undergone at least a level I/II axillary dissection between 1991 and 1998. The association between the incidence of ALNM and 14 clinico-pathologic factors (age, menstruation, tumor size, palpability of tumor, tumor site, pathologic type, nuclear grade, estrogen receptor status, progesteron receptor status, p53, c-erbB-2, Ki67, Cd34, and Cathepsin D) were analyzed by using univariate and, when significant, multivariate analysis. RESULTS: Approximately 38.7% of the 253 patients with breast cancer had ALNM. Univariate analysis showed that ALNM were associated with tumor size (P<0.01), pathologic type (P<0.001), palpability (P<0.01), and nuclear grade (P<0.01). However, independent predictors of ALNM in the multivariate analysis were tumor size and pathologic type. Among the patients with smaller than 1.0 cm in the tumor size and DCIS in the pathologic type, the ALNM was not founded. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that the characteristics of primary breast cancer can help assess the risk for ALNM. Selected patients, who are assessed to be minimal risk, might be spared a routine ALND, if the treatment decision would not be influenced by the lymph node status.
Breast Neoplasms* ; Breast* ; Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating ; Cathepsins ; Drainage ; Estrogens ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Lymph Node Excision ; Lymph Nodes* ; Lymphedema ; Menstruation ; Multivariate Analysis ; Neoplasm Metastasis* ; Prognosis ; Upper Extremity

Unidirectional valve (UDV) malfunction causes rebreathing of expired gas during anesthesia. However, the resultant hypercarbia without hypoxemia by UDV malfunction is not easily detected. We experienced a case of severe hypercarbia which caused by sticking expiratory valve at 45 minutes after the induction of anesthesia, in spite of checking UDV function preoperatively. In this case, expiratory UDV malfunction was diagnosed with the change of capnographic waveform. And so, we recommend monitoring of capnographic waveform during every anesthesia, in addition to preoperative UDV checking.
Anesthesia ; Anoxia

In cesarean section under general anesthesia, inhalation anesthetics may compound fetal acidosis brought by maternal hypoxia or uteroplacental insufficiency. The chance af fetal distress may be increased with prolonged induction-delivery (ID) and uterine incision-delivery (UD) intervals in such cases. These studies were undertaken to evaluate the changes of fetal acid-base and blood-gas status according to these intervals in 58 parturients given cesarean section under general anesthesia. 58 neonates were divided into three groups according to their ID interval [group 1 (N=26): less than 6 minutes, group 2 (N=25): 6 to 10 minutes, group 3 (N=7): 10 to 15 minutes] and four groups according to their UD interval[group A (N=25): less than 60 seconds, group B (N=22): 60 to 90 seconds, group C (N=9): 90 to 120 seconds, group D (N=2): 120 to 180 seconds]. The pH, PCO2, PO2 and HCO3 values of the umbilical vein blood at delivery in the groups 1, 2, 3 divided according to ID intervals were 7.37+/-0.03, 7.36+/-0.04, 7.36+/-0.03; 39.75+/-4.83, 41.76+/- 4.03, 38.81+/-2.31; 34.35+/-745, 32.65+/-9.63, 30.89+/-11.28 (in mmHg); and 23.21+/-0.33, 23.30+/-0.26, 22.15+/-0.52 (in mEq/L), respectively, and in groups A, B, C, D divided according to UD intervals, they were 7.37+/-0.02, 7.37+/-0.02, 7.37+/-0.03, 7.36+/-0.06; 40.30+/-5.20, 40,63+/-3.11, 39.96+/-4.42, 40.03 +/-5.09; 32.35+/-8.23, 31.82+/-0.17, 35.67+/-8.35, 33.53+/-10.53 (in mmHg); and 23.14+0.26, 23.60+/-0.36, 22.88+/-0.67, 23.35+/-0.35 (in mEq/L), respectively. No significant differences in these values were present between these ID- or UD- based groups.
Acidosis ; Anesthesia, General* ; Anesthetics, Inhalation ; Anoxia ; Cesarean Section ; Female ; Fetal Distress ; Humans ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Infant, Newborn* ; Pregnancy ; Umbilical Veins

Mucocele-like tumor(MLT) is a rare benign neoplasm occurring in the breast. Differentiation of MLT from mucinous carcinoma of the breast on the basis of fine-needle aspiration biopsy specimens is difficult, and in Korea, the radiologic findings of these lesions have not been reported. We describe a case of MLT of the breast, and review of the literature.
Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous ; Biopsy, Fine-Needle ; Breast* ; Korea

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the roles of cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, tuberculosis, and their interactions in the risk of lung cancer in a Korean cohort. METHODS: The study subjects comprised 13,150 males and females aged above 20 years old. During the follow up period from 1993 to 2002, 79 lung cancer cases were identified by the central cancer registry and the national death certificate database. Information on cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and the history of physiciandiagnosed tuberculosis was obtained by interview. Indirect chest X-ray findings were also evaluated to ascertain tuberculosis cases. Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) after adjusting for age and gender. RESULTS: Cigarette smoking was statistically significantly associated with an increased risk of lung cancer [for current smokers, RR = 2.33 (95% CI = 1.23 - 4.42) compared to non-smokers]. After further adjustment for cigarette smoking, both alcohol consumption and tuberculosis showed no statistically significant association with the risk of lung cancer [for current drinkers, RR = 0.80 (95% CI = 0.48 - 1.33) compared to non-drinkers] [for tuberculosis cases, RR = 1.17 (95% CI = 0.58 - 2.36) compared to noncases]. There was no statistically significant interaction between cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption (pinteraction = 0.38), or cigarette smoking and tuberculosis (p-interaction = 0.74). CONCLUSIONS: Although cigarette smoking was confirmed as a risk factor of lung cancer in this cohort study, this study suggests that alcohol consumption and tuberculosis may not be associated with the risk of lung cancer.
Adult ; Aged ; Alcohol Drinking/*adverse effects ; Cohort Studies ; Educational Status ; Female ; Humans ; Korea/epidemiology ; Lung Neoplasms/epidemiology/*etiology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Proportional Hazards Models ; Smoking/*adverse effects ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/*complications