A case of horseshoe kidney associated with bilateral renal stones in 33 years old male was presented with a brief review of the literatures. The patient was managed by bilateral pyelolithotomies and division of the isthmus with good result.
Adult ; Humans ; Kidney* ; Male

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Skin*

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Humans* ; Multiple Sclerosis

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Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem* ; Membranes* ; Otitis Media* ; Otitis*

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Breast Neoplasms* ; Breast*

With 2mm-thick CT scanning during the rapid infusion of contrast material(TICT), cerebral aneurysms arising from the circle of Willis and adjacent vessels can be directly visualized. Twenty-five patients who had cerebral aneurysm confirmed by surgery were examined with TIGT and digital subtraction angiography. The authors examined TIGT prospectively to assess the detection rate of the cerebal aneurysms and to evaluate the clinical usefulness of TIGT. The detection rates of aneurysms by TIGT and digital subtraction angiography were 68% and 84%, respectively. TIGT is a rapid, safe and reliable method in the evaluation of patients with suspected cerebral aneurysm, permitting direct visualization of the aneurysm.
Aneurysm ; Angiography, Digital Subtraction ; Circle of Willis ; Humans ; Intracranial Aneurysm* ; Methods ; Prospective Studies ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Many types of osteotomy have been proposed for the treatment of cubitus varus deformity of the elbow, and various methods for fixation of the osteotomy site have also been described. However, no method has been perfect. We treated two cases of cubitus varus elbow deformity with step-cut osteotomy using a new fixation method with two crossing screws and an anatomically designed locking plate. Active assisted elbow range of motion (ROM) exercise was permitted at postoperative 3 days, after removal of the drainage. Preoperative and postoperative humerus-elbow-wrist angles and ranges of motion of the two patients were compared. At 3 months follow-up, each patient had recovered the preoperative elbow ROM, and achieved the complete bony union of the osteotomy site and proper correction of the cubitus varus deformity. In addition, the appropriate remodeling of the lateral bony protrusion was observed. Therefore, we introduce a new fixation method for achievement of stable fixation allowing immediate postoperative elbow motion after corrective osteotomy for cubitus varus deformity in young adults.
Congenital Abnormalities* ; Drainage ; Elbow* ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Osteotomy ; Range of Motion, Articular ; Young Adult*

The effect of Minizide(R) (prazosine 1mg and polythiazide 0.5mg) was studied in 34 hypertensive patients (female 16 cases, male 18 cases) at the Department of Internal Medicine, Paik Hospital, In-Je Medical College between July, 1979 and August 1980 for 14 months. The patients didn't take the any drugs for one week before the clinical trial with Minizide(R), and thereafter they took minizide 1 tablet 3 times daily for 2 weeks. The blood pressure was checked before and after the trial in the supine and standing position. The results were as followings: 1) The systolic blood pressure before the treatment with Minizide in the supine position was 196+/-24mmHg and in the standing position 188+/-22mmHg. The systolic blood pressure after the treatment with minizide in the supine position was 148+/-16mmHg and in the standing position 139+/-9mmHg. 2) The diastolic blood pressure before the treatment with minizide in the supine position was 118+/-11mmHg, and in the standing position 113+/-10mmHg. The diastolic blood pressure after the treatment with minizide in the supine position was 87+/-6mmHg and in the standing position 84+/-5mmHg. 3) There was no significant orthostatic hypotension after the 34 patients. 4) There was no changes of laboratory findings after the treatment. 5) 3 of 34 hypertensive patients after the treatment complained of headache, 3 palpitation, 2 edema, 2 drowsiness, and 1 fatigability and 1 patient complained of weakness.
Blood Pressure ; Edema ; Headache ; Humans ; Hypotension, Orthostatic ; Internal Medicine ; Male ; Polythiazide ; Sleep Stages ; Supine Position

PURPOSE: Congenital Iobar agenesis of the liver is a rare anomaly. We report five cases (three cases of right Iobar agenesis and two cases of left Iobar agenesis) and discuss the radiologic findings of this congenital anomaly. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between July, 1992 and February, 1993, three cases of right Iobar agenesis and two cases of left Iobar agenesis of the liver were diagnosed by means of computed tomography(CT) and/or sonography. MR imging was performed in two patients, cholangiography in two, and digital subtraction angiography in one. RESULTS: The main findings of right Iobar agenesis of the liver were nonvisualization of the right portal vein and absence of liver tissue to the right of gallbladder. The findings of left Iobar agenesis were nonvisualization of left portal vein, absence of liver tissue to the left of the gallbladder, and absence of ligamentum teres. The ancillary finding of the Iobar agenesis was visualization of less than three hepatic veins. CONCLUSION: It is important to consider Iobar agenesis of the liver in differential diagnosis when imaging studies reveal abnormal portal vein branches, unusual position of gallblader, absence of ligamentum teres, and visualization of less than three hepatic veins.
Angiography, Digital Subtraction ; Cholangiography ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Gallbladder ; Hepatic Veins ; Humans ; Liver ; Portal Vein

BACKGROUND: Several studies have demonstrated that quantitation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in sera of HBsAg-positive patients is more useful test for the assessment of infectivity and for the evaluation of disease status than previously utilized numerous serological markers and qualitative polymerase chain reaction for the detection of HBV DNA. We tried to measure serum HBV DNA using a branched DNA (bDNA) signal amplification assay, which is recently introduced and known to be a simple and nonradioisotopic method. METHODS: Total forty patients with HBsAg were randomly selected and serum HBV DNA was measured with duplication using bDNA signal amplification assay (QUANTIPLEXTM HBV DNA ASSAY, Chiron, USA). Quantitation was determined from a standard curve and expressed as HBV DNA equivalents/mL (Eq/mL; 1 Eq = 1 molecule of the primary HBV DNA standard). Serum HBeAg, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) , and soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) were compared with HBV DNA. RESULTS: Serum HBV DNA was quantitated in 13 patients (32.5%) (range 6.4x106-7.4x109 Eq/mL, mean 1.8x109 Eq/mL, CV 8.1%). All eleven patients (100%) with both HBsAg and HBeAg an4 2 of 29 patients (6.9%) with HBsAg but not with HBeAg showed measurable HBV DNA (p < 0.001). In addition, serum levels of AST, ALT, and sIL-2R were significantly higher in HBV DNA measured patients compared with those of unmeasured patients. CONCLUSIONS: Above results show that more than half the HBsAg-positive patients do not have enough HBV DNA which is measurable with boNA signal amplification assay but all of HBeAg-positive patients and some of HBeAg-negative patients do. In addition, HBV DNA quantitation might be correlated with the disease activity in HBsAg-positive patients because serum levels of AST, ALT, and sIL-2R are higher in patients measured with HBV DNA than unmeasured.
Alanine Transaminase ; Aspartate Aminotransferases ; Branched DNA Signal Amplification Assay* ; DNA ; Hepatitis B e Antigens ; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens ; Hepatitis B virus* ; Hepatitis B* ; Hepatitis* ; Humans ; Interleukin-2 ; Polymerase Chain Reaction