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Child* ; Humans ; Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory* ; Peritonitis*

Congenital hepatic fibrosis is an uncommon disease of children and young adults with two major risks: gastrointestinal hemorrhage caused by portal hypertension, and cholangitis related to bacterial infection of dilated intrahepatic bile ducts. It is characterizeed by stony hard hepatomegaly and portal hypertension with rather well preserved hepatic function and architecture, and frequent association of the renal lesions. We have recently experienced a case of congenital hepatic fibrosis in a 24 year-old Korean male. The chief complaint was hematemesis from esophageal varices. There were marked hepatosplenomegaly, mild pancytopenia and the liver function test was within normal engorgement and dilatation of portal and splenic veins and multiple cysts of both kidneys.
Child ; Adult ; Male ; Female ; Humans ; Cysts

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Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip*

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Animals ; Horns* ; Kidney*

PURPOSE: To compare chest radiographic findings of pulmonary tuberculosis in non-AIDS immunocom- promised adult patients with those in immunocompetent patients. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Eighty six patients who had pulmonary tuberculosis were included in the study. Of these, 41 were non-AIDS immunocompromised adult patients and 45 were immunocompetent adult patients. Chest radiographs obtained from 86 patients were retrospectively evaluated with regard to the followings ;the anatomic distribution and extent of tuberculous lesions, typical or atypical patterns of radiographic findings. We then compared the results in non-AIDS immunocompromised adult patients with those in immunocompetent adult patients. RESULTS: The characteristic manifestation of pulmonary tuberculosis was a tendency of pulmonary lesions to localize in the apico-posterior segments of the upper lobe and the superior segment of the lower lobe in both groups but more wide distribution such as the anterior segment and the lingular segment of the upper lobe and the basal segments of the lower lobe was frequently identified in non-AIDS immunocompromised adult patients, and also bilateral, multisegmental and multilobular extents were common findings. in immunocompetent adult patients, more common findings were in local exudative and productive lesions and several cavities in preferential sites. Atypical plain radiographic findings were more common in non-AIDS immunocompromised adult patients, and which were multiple cavitary lesions, wide extent of bronchogenic spread and tuberculous pneumonia, and .miliary disseminations and mass like lesions. CONCLUSIONS: Pulmonary tuberculosis in non-AIDS immunocompromised adult patients is characterized by frequent bilateral distribution, wide pulmonary extent, and atypical radiographic findings.
Adult* ; Humans ; Pneumonia ; Radiography, Thoracic ; Retrospective Studies ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary*

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Child ; Humans ; Kidney Failure, Chronic ; Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory*

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Child ; Humans ; Kidney Failure, Chronic ; Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory*

Purpose: To report a case of retrobulbar optic neuritis after COVID-19 infection.Case summary: A 20-year-old Korean man, without any previous relevant medical history, presented with sudden blurred vision in the left eye that began 6 days after a COVID-19 infection. At his initial visit, the best-corrected visual acuity in the left eye was counting fingers at 30 cm. The pupil showed a grade 2 relative afferent pupillary defect. The fundus exam was normal in both eyes. In the visual evoked potential (VEP) exam, the P100 amplitude of the left eye was decreased and delayed. Orbit magnetic resonance imaging showed asymmetric enlargement and mild enhancement in the left optic nerve. No other lesions were observed around the optic nerve. Steroid pulse therapy was started after a diagnosis of retrobulbar optic neuritis. After 1 month, the patient’s visual acuity had improved to 1.0 in the left eye. The relative afferent pupillary defect and visual field defect disappeared. On VEP, the P100 amplitude recovered, and the delay disappeared. Conclusions Retrobulbar optic neuritis is a possible neuro-ophthalmological complication of COVID-19 infection. In such cases, high-dose steroid pulse therapy may be helpful, as in the treatment of other forms of optic neuritis.

Purpose: To report a case of retrobulbar optic neuritis after COVID-19 infection.Case summary: A 20-year-old Korean man, without any previous relevant medical history, presented with sudden blurred vision in the left eye that began 6 days after a COVID-19 infection. At his initial visit, the best-corrected visual acuity in the left eye was counting fingers at 30 cm. The pupil showed a grade 2 relative afferent pupillary defect. The fundus exam was normal in both eyes. In the visual evoked potential (VEP) exam, the P100 amplitude of the left eye was decreased and delayed. Orbit magnetic resonance imaging showed asymmetric enlargement and mild enhancement in the left optic nerve. No other lesions were observed around the optic nerve. Steroid pulse therapy was started after a diagnosis of retrobulbar optic neuritis. After 1 month, the patient’s visual acuity had improved to 1.0 in the left eye. The relative afferent pupillary defect and visual field defect disappeared. On VEP, the P100 amplitude recovered, and the delay disappeared. Conclusions Retrobulbar optic neuritis is a possible neuro-ophthalmological complication of COVID-19 infection. In such cases, high-dose steroid pulse therapy may be helpful, as in the treatment of other forms of optic neuritis.

Purpose: To report a case of retrobulbar optic neuritis after COVID-19 infection.Case summary: A 20-year-old Korean man, without any previous relevant medical history, presented with sudden blurred vision in the left eye that began 6 days after a COVID-19 infection. At his initial visit, the best-corrected visual acuity in the left eye was counting fingers at 30 cm. The pupil showed a grade 2 relative afferent pupillary defect. The fundus exam was normal in both eyes. In the visual evoked potential (VEP) exam, the P100 amplitude of the left eye was decreased and delayed. Orbit magnetic resonance imaging showed asymmetric enlargement and mild enhancement in the left optic nerve. No other lesions were observed around the optic nerve. Steroid pulse therapy was started after a diagnosis of retrobulbar optic neuritis. After 1 month, the patient’s visual acuity had improved to 1.0 in the left eye. The relative afferent pupillary defect and visual field defect disappeared. On VEP, the P100 amplitude recovered, and the delay disappeared. Conclusions Retrobulbar optic neuritis is a possible neuro-ophthalmological complication of COVID-19 infection. In such cases, high-dose steroid pulse therapy may be helpful, as in the treatment of other forms of optic neuritis.