Ambulatory BP monitoring was performed in a patients with pheochromocytoma before and after removal of the tumor. Before surgery, it did not show any significant diurnal variation. But, after surgery the diurnal variation was restored.
Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory* ; Blood Pressure* ; Humans ; Pheochromocytoma*

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Cause of Death* ; Kidney Transplantation* ; Kidney*

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Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone* ; Puberty, Precocious*

Osteoporosis is a metabolic disease that is increasing in prevalence as people live longer. Because the orthopedic surgeon is frequently the first and often the only physician to manage patients with osteoporotic hip fractures, every effort should be made to prevent future fractures. A multidisciplinary approach is essential in treatment of osteoporotic fractures. Basic treatment includes calcium and vitamin D supplementation, fall prevention, hip protection, and balance and exercise programs. Currently available pharmacologic agents are divided into antiresorptive and anabolic groups. Antiresorptive agents such as bisphosphonates limit bone resorption through inhibition of osteoclastic activity. Anabolic agents such as parathyroid hormone promote bone formation.
Anabolic Agents ; Bone Density Conservation Agents ; Bone Resorption ; Calcium ; Diphosphonates ; Hip ; Hip Fractures* ; Humans ; Metabolic Diseases ; Orthopedics ; Osteoclasts ; Osteogenesis ; Osteoporosis ; Osteoporotic Fractures ; Parathyroid Hormone ; Prevalence ; Vitamin D

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) form a group of uncommon neoplasms originated from the pleuripotential mesenchymal cell. There is no final conclusion about accurate diagnosis and prognostic factors of GIST. Clinical presentation is not specific and intraperitoneal bleeding is a very rare complication. We report a case of a malignant GIST complicated by intraperitoneal hemorrhage, which was diagnosed by abdominal CT and EUS before operation. A subtotal gastrectomy was perfomed without complication. The patient is still alive without recurrence.
Diagnosis ; Gastrectomy ; Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors* ; Hemoperitoneum* ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Recurrence ; Rupture* ; Stomach* ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) form a group of uncommon neoplasms originated from the pleuripotential mesenchymal cell. There is no final conclusion about accurate diagnosis and prognostic factors of GIST. Clinical presentation is not specific and intraperitoneal bleeding is a very rare complication. We report a case of a malignant GIST complicated by intraperitoneal hemorrhage, which was diagnosed by abdominal CT and EUS before operation. A subtotal gastrectomy was perfomed without complication. The patient is still alive without recurrence.
Diagnosis ; Gastrectomy ; Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors* ; Hemoperitoneum* ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Recurrence ; Rupture* ; Stomach* ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Coccidioidomycosis is caused by a dimorphous fungus, Coccidioides, which consists of two species, C. immitis and C. posadasii. Although these organisms are genetically distinct and do not exchange DNA, they appear identical phenotypically and the disease or immune response to the organisms is also identical. Coccidioides grows as a mycelium in the soil and is mainly found in Southwestern United States, northwestern Mexico, and Argentina. An infection usually results from inhaling the spores of the fungus in an endemic area. Patients with a localized infection and no risk factors for complications often require only a periodic reassessment to demonstrate the resolution of the self-limited process. However, patients with extensive spread of infection or high risk of complications as a result of immunosuppression or other preexisting factors require a variety of treatment strategies such as antifungal therapy, surgical debridement, or both. Korea is not endemic area of a coccidioidomycosis. We report a case of disseminated coccidioidomycosis involving the lung and skin, which was detected incidentally after sunburn in a 69 year-old Korean male with diabetes mellitus and iatrogenic Cushings syndrome, with a review of the relevant literature.
Aged ; Argentina ; Coccidioides ; Coccidioidomycosis* ; Debridement ; Diabetes Mellitus* ; DNA ; Fungi ; Humans ; Immunosuppression ; Inhalation ; Korea ; Lung* ; Male ; Mexico ; Mycelium ; Risk Factors ; Skin* ; Soil ; Southwestern United States ; Spores ; Sunburn

PURPOSE: Acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS) is the final course of acute lung injury. It results from various etiological origins and pathophysiologic mechanisms, and has a mortality rate of approximately 60-70%. Although the confirmative incidence of ARDS in children is yet unknown, the increasing incidence of ARDS has been reported in Korea. In the present study, we report ARDS diagnosed at the Clinic for Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease in eleven medical centers nationwide. METHODS: The study was conducted on 42 patients diagnosed with ARDS in Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Clinics from January, 1995 to August, 1997. We analyzed the clinical course and treatment modalities of the 42 cases of ARDS retrospectively. RESULTS: The total number of patients recruited was 42, including seventeen(40.4%) below 1-year-old. The mean age was 2.0+/-2.3(mean+/-standard deviation) years with a range of 2 months to 10 years, and there was no sex predominance(male/female : 27/15). Twenty-one cases(50.0%) occured during the spring(March, April and May). The major triggering factors of ARDS were viral pneumonia(59.5%) and bacterial pneumonia (19.1%). Mechanical ventilation was used in 37 cases(88.1%). Major complications included pneumothorax, DIC, and gastrointestinal bleeding. The mortality rate was 61.9% of which 16 case (61.5%) occurred before 2 years of age. CONCLUSION: We conducted this study to make a rapid diagnosis and appropriate treatment of ARDS in children, who have major risk factors, to reduce its mortality rate.
Acute Lung Injury ; Child* ; Dacarbazine ; Diagnosis ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Hypersensitivity ; Incidence ; Korea ; Mortality ; Pneumonia, Bacterial ; Pneumothorax ; Respiration, Artificial ; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult* ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors

PURPOSE: Acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS) is the final course of acute lung injury. It results from various etiological origins and pathophysiologic mechanisms, and has a mortality rate of approximately 60-70%. Although the confirmative incidence of ARDS in children is yet unknown, the increasing incidence of ARDS has been reported in Korea. In the present study, we report ARDS diagnosed at the Clinic for Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease in eleven medical centers nationwide. METHODS: The study was conducted on 42 patients diagnosed with ARDS in Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Clinics from January, 1995 to August, 1997. We analyzed the clinical course and treatment modalities of the 42 cases of ARDS retrospectively. RESULTS: The total number of patients recruited was 42, including seventeen(40.4%) below 1-year-old. The mean age was 2.0+/-2.3(mean+/-standard deviation) years with a range of 2 months to 10 years, and there was no sex predominance(male/female : 27/15). Twenty-one cases(50.0%) occured during the spring(March, April and May). The major triggering factors of ARDS were viral pneumonia(59.5%) and bacterial pneumonia (19.1%). Mechanical ventilation was used in 37 cases(88.1%). Major complications included pneumothorax, DIC, and gastrointestinal bleeding. The mortality rate was 61.9% of which 16 case (61.5%) occurred before 2 years of age. CONCLUSION: We conducted this study to make a rapid diagnosis and appropriate treatment of ARDS in children, who have major risk factors, to reduce its mortality rate.
Acute Lung Injury ; Child* ; Dacarbazine ; Diagnosis ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Hypersensitivity ; Incidence ; Korea ; Mortality ; Pneumonia, Bacterial ; Pneumothorax ; Respiration, Artificial ; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult* ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors

PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of combination chemotherapy with vinorelbine, ifosfamide, and cisplatin in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients with unresectable, pathologically proven non-small cell lung cancer who had no prior chemotherapy were eligible. Patients received vinorelbine (25 mg/m2, iv., D1 & 8), ifosfamide (1.5 g/m2, iv., D1-3 with mesna), and cisplatin (60 mg/m2, iv., D1). The treatment was repeated every 3 weeks. RESULTS: Between degrees Ctober, 1997 and June, 1999, 26 patients were enrolled. Median age was 61. 1 patient had stage IIIA, 13 had stage IIIB, and 12 had stage IV. Patients with adendegrees Carcinoma were 15, squamous cell carcinoma were 11. Of 22 evaluable patients, objective responses were observed in 9 patients (response rate: 40.9%, CR: 1 (4.5%), PR 8 (36.4%)). Median duration of response was 48 weeks. Median overall survival was 52 weeks. Grade 3-4 leukopenia was observed in 10.2% of the 88 courses. There was 1 death related to febrile neutropenia. Non- hematologic toxicities were mild. CONCLUSION: We concluded that combination chemotherapy with vinorelbine, ifosfamide, and cisplatin was effective and tolerable in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, and phase III randomized trial is needed to compare this regimen to other cisplatin-based regimens.
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung* ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; Cisplatin* ; Drug Therapy ; Drug Therapy, Combination* ; Febrile Neutropenia ; Humans ; Ifosfamide* ; Leukopenia