No abstract available.
Child* ; Diabetes Mellitus* ; Humans ; Insulin* ; Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin*

Among two groups of navy recruits undergoing training, one consisting of 500 enlisted men and another 100 newly enrolled midshipmen, 18 reported to Chinhae Naval Hospital with fatigue fractures during the period from February though September 1969. Following observations were made on these cases: 1. The incidence of fatigue facture was 1.4 percent among the enlisted men and 11 per cent among the midshipmen. 2. There were 6 cases of complete fraeture and 2 cases of incomplete fracture. In the remaining 10 cases, only periosteal reaction was evdent roentgenographically with no visible fracture line initially: fracture lines, however, became apparent on subsequent examinations in all the cases. 3. The fractures involved the femur in 4 cases and the tibia in 14 cases, a ratio of 1:3. 5 in latter s favor. 4. The site of predirection in the femur was the distal one third of the shaft, occurring in 3 of the cases. In the tibia the junction of the upper and middle thirds was most frequently affected, occurring in 10 of the cases. 5. All the cases in our series healed without any complications.
Fatigue ; Femur ; Fractures, Stress ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Tibia

Ultrasound studies of sixty five patients with thyroid mass histologically proven at KyungPook NationalUniversity Hospital from June 1983 to May were retrospectively analized. No specific sonographic characteristicsof thyroid mass lesions was found on the basis of histological diagnosis. Authors consider that ultrasound studymight be mere useful for detection and localization of a lesion, and guide to needle aspiration, monitoring thesize of a mass following therapy as well.
Diagnosis ; Gyeongsangbuk-do ; Humans ; Needles ; Retrospective Studies ; Thyroid Gland ; Ultrasonography

Obesity is associated with an impairment of the growth hormone secretion elicited by all stimuli known to date, but the basic mechanism of the alteration is unknown to date, but the basic mechanism of this alteration is unknown. To determine whether obesity is associated with a chronic state of tonic somatostatin secretion, several tests with growth hormone stimuli such as GHRH(1 microgram/kg), clonidine(150 microgram/m(2))and Regular insulin (0.1U/kg, subcutaneously), to obese subjects and normal control with or without pyridostigmine were undertaken, and the Somatomedin-c levels were measured in both obese subjects and matched controls. 1) The peak GH levels and AUC-GH after administration of GHRH, Clonidine or Regular insulin in obese group is less than those in control group. 2) Pretreatment with pyridostigmine increased the peak GH levels and AUC-GH significantly in obese group but the absolute values are less than those of normal group. 3) The Somatomedin-c levels are significantly higher in obese group than control. Our results lend support to the view that chronically high level of somatostatin decreases the responsiveness to GHRH and secretion itself.
Child* ; Clonidine ; Growth Hormone* ; Humans ; Insulin ; Obesity* ; Pyridostigmine Bromide ; Somatostatin

Nine-month-old female infant was seen with a 7-month history of a nodule on the right temporal scalp, which had gradually increased in size. Stroking of the lesion resulted in urtication and blistering and there were no other cutaneous lesions. The histology showed subepidermal bulla formation and a dense infiltration of mast cells in the papillary and reticular dermis. We present an infant with solitary mastocytoma on the scalp, a rare site.
Blister ; Dermis ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Mast Cells ; Mastocytoma* ; Scalp* ; Stroke

The increasingly successful results of hair restoration surgery in the last years have developed the interest and the confidence of patients and it is the most frequently performed esthetic surgery among male patients. Currently, various kinds of techniques for hair restoration surgery including hair transplantation, scalp reduction, and scalp flaps are performed in our clinic. Among these, hair transplantation is the basic and the most popular procedure, which can be performed not only by itself but also in conjunction with other procedures. 123 consecutive cases of hair transplantations were peformed from Jan. 1995 to Feb. 1996 for male pattern baldness, traumatic alopecia, and female pattern baldness under out patient base. The authors introduced a new classification for male pattern baldness, which are the type M, O, C, U, M-O, and C-O after alphabet to make simple and easy for clinical application. The ancillary procedures were scalp reduction, preauricular flap, and scalp expansion. An ellipsis of hair bearing scalp taken from the occipital area was sliced into slit-, mega-, mini-, and micro-grafts. The survival rate of the grafts was over 90% with minimal complications. This hair transplantation technique enabled us to achieve a good density and more natural looking hair with avoidance of cobble stoning and apparent scar.
Alopecia* ; Cicatrix ; Classification ; Hair* ; Humans ; Male* ; Scalp ; Surgery, Plastic ; Survival Rate ; Transplants

No abstract available.
Female ; Mucins* ; Ovary*

No abstract available.
Ameloblastoma*

Rupture of the lumbar artery is usually associated with trauma but rarely has been reported in association with anticoagulation. We present a 71-year-old man who developed spontaneous rupture of the lumbar artery leading to a retroperitoneal hematoma while receiving continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). The bleeding was confirmed by computed tomography and angiography and was controlled successfully using selective angiographic embolization. We suggest that spontaneous retroperitoneal bleeding should be considered in a case of sudden decrease in hemoglobin in a CRRT patient.
Aged ; Angiography ; Arteries* ; Hematoma* ; Hemorrhage* ; Humans ; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic ; Renal Replacement Therapy* ; Rupture ; Rupture, Spontaneous

We found an error in this article. The Fig. 2B should be corrected.