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Parasitology/history ; Korea ; Periodicals as Topic

Marjolin is ulcer may be defined briefly as a cancer arising in a bum scar. A 41-year-old female had a Marjolin is ulcer(12x10x3cm) on her right lower leg. This ulcerated tumor has been present for two and half months and the induction period sinnc her bum was 29 years. The pathologic diagn.osis was squamous cell carcinoma, grade 2. Roentgenograms of her right lower leg revealed several soft tissue masses densities which, in part, horizontally connected with the periosteum of the tibia. So she was treated by above-knee amputation with dissection of several, unenlarged inguinal nodes which showed no evidence of metastases. She developed large, single, fixed metastatic node in right inguinal area one month after amputation and dissection was done.
Adult ; Amputation ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; Cicatrix ; Female ; Humans ; Leg ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Periosteum ; Tibia ; Ulcer*

The Kato-Katz (KK) method is a well-known method of fecal examination for helminthiases. Its diagnostic sensitivity was found very high for clonorchiasis. The present study evaluated the correlation of Clonorchis sinensis egg counts by the KK method with those by direct smear and formalin-ether (FE) technique. The egg counts obtained by the KK method (Y) were correlated with the counts by direct smear (X) with the equation of Y = 659.4 + 0.266X (r2= 0.738), but not with those by the FE method. The present study demonstrated that the KK method and direct smear were useful for both qualitative and quantitative diagnosis of clonorchiasis, especially in the field.
Animals ; Cellophane ; Clonorchiasis/*diagnosis/parasitology ; Clonorchis sinensis/*isolation & purification ; Comparative Study ; Ether, Ethyl ; Feces/parasitology ; Formaldehyde ; Humans ; Parasite Egg Count/*methods ; Sensitivity and Specificity

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STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective analysis of the patients who had cauda equina syndrome caused by a herniated lumbar disc. OBJECTIVES: To assess the clinical debates concerning the diagnosis, treatment, and results of treatment. SUMMARY OF LITERATURE REVIEW: This syndrome has been considered as an absolute indication of surgical treatment in the herniated lumbar disc and poor prognosis after surgery were reported. Although there are debates on the timing of surgery, early recognition early surgical treatment are recommended for a better results of treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 23 consecutive patients having a cauda equina syndrome caused by herniated lumbar disc were reviewed retrospectively. They were 14 males and 9 females having ages of 41.6 in average. The incidence of this syndrome was 3.8% of the patients who had surgical treatment of herniated lumbar disc. RESULTS: All patients had bladder dysfunction in addition to the low back pain and radicular pain in the leg, but five patient did not recognize their urinary retention which were shaded by severe leg pain. A surgical treatment were performed for all patients at 6.8 days in average after onset of the bladder dysfunction. At follow-up of 3 years and 3 months in average after surgery, 20 patients(86.9%) had satisfactory resolution of the low back pain and leg pain, and all patients had complete recovery of motor weakness except one patients who had residual foot drop. Bladder function recovered satisfactorily in 18 patients (78.3%), but 4 patients had some difficulty of urination and one patient needed a sphinterotomy for urination. CONCLUSIONS: The cauda equine syndrome in herniated lumbar disc was often not recognized early and a poor result of treatment was not rare, particularly in the patients who had acute onset and severe bladder dysfunction. So, early diagnosis and active surgical treatment are recommended for a better results of treatment.
Cauda Equina* ; Diagnosis ; Early Diagnosis ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Foot ; Humans ; Incidence ; Leg ; Low Back Pain ; Male ; Polyradiculopathy* ; Prognosis ; Retrospective Studies ; Urinary Bladder ; Urinary Retention ; Urination

The authors examined the specificity of the dopamine-2 receptor for eyeball growth of the experimental myopic chicken eyes. Two day-old white Leghorn chickens were monocularly deprived of vision by lid suture of the right eyes. We measured the axial lengths of chicken's eyes by ultrasonography at the 2nd day and the 4th weeks. The right eyes of the first group were instillated with 0.04cc of tris buffer solution, those of the second and third group were instillated with 0.04cc of 0.02% SKF38393 hydrochloride solution and 0.02% bromocriptine solution individually. All solutions were instillated into the right eyes two times per day during 4 weeks. At the 2nd day of the age, the axial lengths of the first group's eyeballs were 7.83 +/- 0.14mm in the right, 7.87 +/- 0.15mm in the left eyes, 7.78 +/- 0.16mm in the right eyes, 7.77 +/- 0.11mm in the left eyes of the second group and 7.89 +/- 0.12mm in the right eyes, 7.87 +/- 0.12mm in the left eyes of the third group. Each group was not statistically different (p>0.05). But at the four weeks of the age, the axial lengths of the lid sutured right chicken eyeball were 11.39 +/- 0.27mm in the first group, 11.40 +/- 0.40mm in the second group and 11.20 +/- 0.40mm in the third group, The third group was statistically different from the first or 2nd group (p<0.05). The growth of the axial lengths of the right chicken eyeballs from the 2nd day to the 4th week of the age was 3.50 +/- 0.35mm in the first, 3.63 +/- 0.42mm in the second and 3.21 +/- 0.29mm in the third group. The right eyes of the third group were found significantly less growth than those of other groups. These results suggest that dopamine-2 receptor playa role in eyeball growth.
2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine ; Bromocriptine ; Chickens* ; Myopia* ; Sensitivity and Specificity* ; Sutures ; Tromethamine ; Ultrasonography

A 13-year-old male presented with a walnut-size tender swelling of the left supraclavicular area. The lesion developed 4 months after BCG vaccination in a left. upper arm location. The supraclavicular lesion gradually increased in size and became suppurative witii resultant sinus formation. Histopathological examination of the nodular lesion showei3 foci of epithelioid granulomas with caseation necrosis, and several Langhans' type giant cells. After a diagnosis of BCGitis was made, the patient was, treated with isoniazid an l rifampin for two months without much benefits. Surgical excision of the lesion were performed to expedite clinical regression. After six months of antituherculous chemctherapy, a clinical remission was evident. Scrofuloderma-like BCGitis as well as other cutaneous complications of BCG vaecination are not uncommon. Thus, the practicing dermatologist should be aware of these complications, for correct diagnosis and treatment.
Adolescent ; Arm ; Diagnosis ; Giant Cells ; Granuloma ; Humans ; Isoniazid ; Male ; Mycobacterium bovis ; Necrosis ; Rifampin ; Vaccination

This study was carried out to find out specific proteins from different organs of Clonorchis sinensis. Crude extract, organ-specific and excretory-secretory (ES) proteins were analyzed by immunoblot with infected human sera. The bands of 7- and 17-kDa were main component of intestinal fluid and ES protein and commonly found in all organspecific proteins. The 17-kDa protein was observed from ES antigen, intestinal fluid, eggs and sperms, 26- and 28- kDa proteins were from the uterus, vitellaria, and ovary, and 34-, 37-, 43- and 50-kDa proteins were mainly from the testis and sperms. Serum of mice immunized with sperms reacted to the 50-kDa protein by immunoblotting and immunohistochemical staining showed a positive reaction at the seminal receptacle and seminiferous tubule. The present results show that the 7-kDa protein is a common antigen of every part or organ of C. sinensis, but different organs express their specific antigenic protein bands.
Animals ; Antigens, Helminth/*analysis ; Clonorchis sinensis/anatomy & histology/*immunology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Rabbits ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

To observe the possibility of human visceral larva migrans due to eating of raw liver of domestic animals, especially of cattle, and also to serve as a good reference for adequate sanitary measures, the investigation survey was carried out from May 1975 to May 1976. From the subjects of a l,048 inhabitants (male 558, female 490) in five localities including two Provinces and three different cities, food habit was studied by questionnaire mannual. Larvae isolated from liver tissues of cattle, and pig were identified. Experimental observation on the chicken and mice infected with Toxocara canis was undertaken to draw a assumption of possibility inducing human visceral larva migrans. The results obtained from the present study are summarized. A part of Korean people has the habit to eat the livers of cattle, fowl, pig and dog raw. Eating rate of raw beef liver was 37.8 percent out of l,048 inhabitants, and its rate was higher markedly in male(57.7 percent) than in female (15. 1 percent), and the highest rate among the group of 31-40 years old. Eating rate of raw liver of fowl was 5.9 percent, pig 5.3 percent, and dog 2.5 percent. Larva recovery rate from beef liver was 11.8 percent out of 195 samples and 72.0 percent of total detected 1arvae were identified as Toxocara(=Neoascaris) vitulorum. From pig liver, larvae of nematoda were found in 6.4 percent out of 109 samples but no larva was detected from 120 fowl livers. Larvae detected from one-half of tissues and organs of infected chicken with about 2,000 Toxocara canis eggs were 8-245 in number, and 85-100 percent of recovered larvae were from their 1iver tissues. Toxocara canis larvae, 45, 31, 42 and 23 in number at 3rd, 14th, 25th and 55th day in one-half of the tissues and organs after infection respectively, were demonstrated from the mice infected with 500 larvae collected from infected chicken liver. Most of the larvae were recovered from the carcass of the mouse. It was approved the larvae isolated from chicken possess infectivity to the mice. Typical eosinophilic granulomatous change was not observed in the liver tissue of the infected chicken at 20th day after infection. As it summarized above, the liver of various domestic animals is the favorite tissue for migration of nematodes larvae. Therefore, the possibility of human visceral larva migrans may be induced due to eating of raw liver of domestic animals.
parasitology-helminth-nematoda ; visceral larva migrans ; Toxocara canis ; liver ; cattle ; fowl ; pig ; dog ; mouse ; chicken ; infectivity