A 36-year old man with neck pain developed an acute cervical prevertebral hematoma after acupuncture therapy at an oriental medicine hospital. MR imaging demonstrated a fluid collection, and this suggested a diagnosis of retropharyngeal hematoma, and the patient was managed conservatively. We report here on a case of a retropharyngeal hematoma following acupuncture therapy and we review the relevant literature.
Acupuncture ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Hematoma ; Humans ; Medicine, East Asian Traditional ; Neck Pain

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A 24-year-old man with tuberculosis meningitis developed acute paraplegia and sensory disturbances 5 weeks after receiving conventional antituberculous therapy. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intradural extramedullary long segmental mass mimicking en plaque meningioma at the T2-T6 vertebrae levels. Prompt surgical decompression was performed. A histology examination of the mass revealed a tuberculoma. After surgery, the patient showed improved motor power and a normal bladder function. Intradural extramedullary tuberculoma of the spinal cord is rare complication of tuberculosis meningitis, which can occur as a response to conventional antituberculous therapy.
Diagnosis, Differential ; Humans ; Male ; Meningeal Neoplasms/*diagnosis ; Meningioma/*diagnosis ; Spinal Cord Diseases/*diagnosis/surgery ; Thoracic Vertebrae ; Tuberculoma/*diagnosis/surgery ; Tuberculosis, Meningeal/*diagnosis/surgery ; Young Adult

Recently halothane and enflurane are commonly used inhalational anesthetic agents in our country. However, it is a controversial matter whether these agents are a potential threat to the liver. Therefore, in order to evaluate the effects of halothane and enflurane on the hepatic function, we divided a anesthetized patients into the following 4 groups. 1st group; low spinal anesthesia. 2nd group; single inhalational anesthesia with halothane.3rd group; repeated secondary inhalational anesthesia with halothane. 4th group; secondary inhalational anesthesia with enflurane following halothane. On postoperative 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th day, we checked the levels of SGOT, SGPT and ALP. The results are as follows. group 1. Low spinal anesthesia(10 cases) ;SGOT and SGPT levels-no change or recovered in 9 cases (90%) ALP level-no change in all cases. group 2. Single inhalational anesthesia with halothane (14 cases) ;SGOT and SGPT levels-no change or recovered in 13 cases(92%) severely changed in 1 case. ALP level-no change or recovered in 13 cases (92%) group 3. Repeat 2ndary halothane anesthesia following previous halothane anesthesia. (14cases) ; SGOT level-no-change or recovered in 11 cases (79%), severely changed in 2 cases. SGPT level-no-change or recovered in 11 cases (79%), severely changed in 3 cases. ALP level-no-change or recovered in 11 cases (79%), severely changed in 1 case group 4. Repeated 2ndary enflurane anesthesia following previous halothane anesthesia. (11 cases) ; SGOT level-no-change or recovered in 8 cases (72%), severely changed in 2 cases SGPT level-no-change or recovered in 8 cases (63%), severely changed in 2 cases ALP level-no-change or recovered in 5 cases (45%), severely changed in 1 case From the above results, more cases of elevated SGOT, SGPT and ALP levels and slower recovery rate were noted in the repeated anesthesia group than in the one time anesthesia group. Not only the anesthetics themselves but also other variables such as disease severity coincidental illness, transfusion, duration of operation and so on are probably responsible for these alterations.
Alanine Transaminase* ; Anesthesia* ; Anesthesia, Spinal ; Anesthetics ; Aspartate Aminotransferases* ; Enflurane ; Halothane ; Humans ; Liver

Congenital hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia is a rare genodermatosis. It is characterized by hypohidrosis hypotrichosis, dental hypoplasia and characterstic facial features, which reflect a wide constellation of developmental defec of tissue from the ectoderm. We have encountered three cases of congenital hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia in a 28-year-old female, her new-born baby, and a 10-month-old boy with a family history. All of the three patients had hypohidrosis, hypotrichosis, defective dentition, and characterstic facial features, which were characterstic features of this disorder. In addition, they showed dry skin, sparse and thin hairs. Histopathologic findings of previous cases revealed no eccrine gland structure in the dermis with routine and immunohistochemical stainning such cytokeratin and filaggrin. We report three typical cases of hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia with the review of literature.
Adult ; Dentition ; Dermis ; Eccrine Glands ; Ectoderm ; Ectodermal Dysplasia 1, Anhidrotic* ; Female ; Hair ; Humans ; Hypohidrosis ; Hypotrichosis ; Infant ; Keratins ; Male ; Skin

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis* ; Mycobacterium* ; Polymerase Chain Reaction* ; Sputum*

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Meconium*

A congenital absence of a lumbar articular process is a rare condition with an uncertain etiology. However, an intervertebral instability caused by this anomaly can cause occasional lower back pain. A 20 years old man presented with lower back pain. The physical examination revealed no neurological deficits. Plain radiographs of the lumbar spine revealed an absence of the left inferior articular process at the fourth lumbar vertebra associated with hypoplasia of the left lamina. The patient's symptoms were resolved after conservative treatment. We report a case of a congenital absence of articular process at the fourth lumbar vertebra.
Low Back Pain ; Physical Examination ; Spine