No abstract available.
Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea* ; Cerebrospinal Fluid*

PURPOSE: We studied to evaluate the effect of percutaneous catheter drainage (PCD) in liver abscess. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed clinical data (presence of fever, WBC count), radiological findings (computed tomography, ultrasonography and abscessogram) and correlated them with treatment period. Percutaneous drainage of liver abscess were performed in 19 patients under fluoroscopy guide during recent three years. RESULTS: Eighteen patients (95%) were cured, and one patient underwent surgery because of peritonitis caused by PCD procedure. Average treatment period was 17 days. CONCLUSION: In the treatment of liver abscess, PCD is thought to be safe and effective.
Catheters* ; Drainage* ; Fever ; Fluoroscopy ; Humans ; Liver Abscess* ; Liver* ; Peritonitis ; Retrospective Studies ; Ultrasonography

No abstract available.
Blepharoptosis*

No abstract available.
Burns* ; Hand* ; Humans ; Infant*

PURPOSE: To evaluate the frequently of low ahetenuation area in enhanced CT scans of non-Hodgkin lymphoma(NHL) and to find out if there is any pertinent relationship between this and the histopathologic classification. MATERIALS & METHODS: The authors reviewed CT scans in the newly diagnosed 53 patients with NHL. We defined the-low attenuation area as the one with CT attenuation value lower than that of the muscle, surrounding lesion, or other lymph nodes after contrast enhancement. NHL with the low attenuation areas were correlated with the histopathologic findings according to the classification based on the Working Formulation and the frequency of the lesion was evaluated. RESULT: Of the 53 patients, the low attenuation area was found in 13 patients (25%) at CT. The histopathologic classification could be made in 12 patients, among whom one patient was classified as low grade, six as intermediate grade, and five as high-grade. Concerning the specific cell typing, the diffuse large cell type was most common in intermediate-grade NHL seen in five patients and the large cell, immunoblastic type was most common in high-grade NHL seen ih three patients. CONCLUSION: The authors concluded that the low attenution area within lymphoma is not an infrequent finding at CT, and there was no stastistically significant correlation between this finding and the prognostic grading of the Working Formulation.
Classification ; Humans ; Lymph Nodes ; Lymphoma ; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin* ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to determine the detection rate of early gastric cancer and to measure the focal gastric wall thickening in computed tomography. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From November 1991 to November 1993, 19 patients (age;33--76 years, male ;female:4;5) with surgically proven early gastric cancer were examined by upper gastrointestinal series and abdominal computed tomography. Twenty lesions in these patients were included in this study. Computed tomography was performed with conventional technique using gastrografinR (17 cases) or water filling (2 cases) method in supine position. Additional scans were obtained either in right down decubitus (15 cases) or supine position (4 cases) with an ingestion of gas forming agent. We determined the detection rate of early gastric cancer at computed tomography and measured the maximum thickness of the lesion. RESULTS: The pathologic types of the early gastric cancer were type lib + IIc in 5 cases, type IIc in 6, type III in 3 and type I, I + IIc, Ila, lib, lib + III and IIc + III in one, respectively. Seventy-five percent (15 cases) of early gastric cancer was detected at upper gastrointestinal series and fifty percent (10 cases) at computed tomography. Computed tomography could detect 100% of elevated carcinomas (3/3) and 41% of depressed carcinomas (7/17). The maximum thickness of the lesion ranged from 7 mm to 11 mm (mean ;8mm). CONCLUSION: In a well-distended stomach, CT could detect focal gastric wall thickening (mostly, less than 1 cm) caused by early gastric cancer in half of the cases.
Eating ; Humans ; Male ; Stomach ; Stomach Neoplasms* ; Supine Position ; Water

We report a case of cutaneous calcinosis following extravasation of calcium calcium chloride in a 3-week old neonate, After extravasation of 3% calcium chloride infusion, rapid and marked swelling, erythema, and signs of soft tissue necrosis developed over the extensor surface of both upper extremities. Through the small channels of the destroyed epidermis, tiny white pieces of calcific masses were eliminated spontaneously. Histologically the calcium deposits were found as amorphous masses in the upper dermis and the discharge of calcium deposits also took place by means of transepidermal elimination. The central bone formation and surrounding calcium deposition were present along with dense lymphohistiocytic cell infiltration in the deep dermis. Complications of extravasation of calcium solution during intravenous infusion included localized calcification and, ocasionally necrosis. The incidence of compllcations was about eight percent. This is a case which again emphasises of the danger of using calcium chloride intravenously in the neonate or young infant.
Calcinosis* ; Calcium Chloride* ; Calcium* ; Dermis ; Epidermis ; Erythema ; Humans ; Incidence ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Infusions, Intravenous ; Necrosis ; Osteogenesis ; Upper Extremity

Core tissue for histologic study is believed by many pathologists to be more diagnostic than material from needle aspiration. Recently introduced automated biopsy gun simplifies core biopsies with increased quantity and quality of samples. Authors performed 38 percutaneous biopsies from 38 patients with 18G automated biopsy guns under US guide. Diagnostic target tissues were obtained in 33 biopsies(87%), inadequate tissues in 4 (11%), and adequate but not of target tissue in 1(3%). There was no major complication requiring treatment, but pain needing analgesics and pain with nausea/vomiting were experienced in 2 and 1 biopsies respectively. Average number of needle passes was 1.5(1-5) We concluded that US-guided gun biopsy was a easy and safe way to obtained tissue samples of good quantity and quality, especially useful in hospitals without constant availability of specialists in cytopathology.
Analgesics ; Biopsy* ; Firearms ; Humans ; Needles ; Specialization

No abstract available.
Colorectal Neoplasms*