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Gyeongsangnam-do* ; Psychopathology*

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There are many procedures for stabilizing the foot but all frail feet, all complete drop feet, and all calcaneocavus deformities due to paralysis are best treated by pantalar fusion. Hunt and Thompson advised one stage pantalar arthrodesis by astragalectomy and replacement of the denuded bone in paraiytic feet resulting from poliomyelitis. At the Presbyterian Medical Center, Jeonju, Korea, 12 one stage pantalar arthrodesis were performed between 1973 and 1978 and following observations were made. 1. Seven of the patient had pantalar fusions because of poliomyelitis. 2. Five feet were equinovarus and 4 had frail feet with varying amounts of varus or valgus of the forepart of the foot and of the heel. 3. Nine patients were considered to have a good result, two had a fair and one was failure 4. Length of immobilization was from 13 weeks to 37 weeks and the average length of immobilization was 17 weeks. 5. In one stage pantalar arthrodesis, there was no complication except one non-union and the period of hospitalization was decreased.
Arthrodesis ; Clubfoot ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Foot ; Heel ; Hospitalization ; Humans ; Immobilization ; Jeollabuk-do ; Korea ; Paralysis ; Poliomyelitis ; Protestantism

Polymorphic reticulosis(PMR) is a unique clinicopathological entity of unknown etiology, which commonly present as an aggressive, necrotizing lesion of the upper respiratory tract. It is a separate nosologic entity from Wegener's granulomatosis and idiopathic mildine destructive disease. The origin of the cells composing polymorphic reticulosis has been controversial. We reviewed 15 cases of polymorphic reticulosis with respect to clinical and histologic bases, and immunohistochemical studies were done using UCHLI (CD45RO), as a T cell marker, CD-20 as a B cell marker and alpha- I -antichymotrypsin as a histiocytic marker. Almost all cases showed characteristic histologic and immunohistochemical features similar to those of peripheral T cell lymphoma. Thus, this study indidcated that polymorphic reticulosis is a type of malignant lymphoma of T cell lineage.

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Carotid Stenosis ; Endarterectomy, Carotid ; Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain

For the patients suffering from acute ischemic infarct from abrupt occlusion of vessels, prompt reperfusion is necessary to save the ischemic penumbra, eventually leading to a good prognosis. Regarding this, intravenous (IV) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) thrombolysis as a reperfusion therapy is the only approved method. The IV rt-PA therapy gives us a clinical benefit of 30% or more likelihood of favorable outcome compared to the placebo. However, there is about 6% symptomatic intracranial hemorrhagic risk. Therefore, prudent decision-making by selecting of indicated patients is the role of neurologists. Besides intravenous rt-PA thrombolysis, application of intra-arterial therapy or bridging concept of intra-arterial combined with IV rt-PA is promising. They showed better recanalization rate than that of IV therapy according to the controlled studies. Although the clinical evidence is lacking, they have been performed occasionally in well-facilitated institutions. The results of ongoing trials to support the clinical benefit of these active therapies are expected. In this article, we reviewed the major clinical trials for thrombolytic treatment of acute ischemic stroke and various trials which are under investigation for the extension of the time window for thrombolysis.
Humans ; Prognosis ; Reperfusion ; Stress, Psychological ; Stroke ; Tissue Plasminogen Activator

Hypereosinophilic syndrome is a rare disorder that can cause ischemic stroke. We report two patients with cerebral infarction due to hypereosinophilic syndrome. Brain MRI of each patient revealed different lesion patterns of cerebral infarcts, which included multiple border-zone infarcts and a small perforating-artery infarct. The mechanism underlying the small infarct in one of the patients was presumed to be vascular endothelial toxicity by eosinophilic cells and local thrombus formation, and the distinguishing lesion pattern of this patient has not been reported previously.
Brain ; Cerebral Infarction ; Eosinophils ; Humans ; Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Stroke ; Thrombosis

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Arachnoid ; Superior Sagittal Sinus

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Child* ; Humans