No abstract available.
Menisci, Tibial*

Hantavirus is a genus of the Bunyaviridae family causing two serious diseases, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). Puumala virus is a member of hantavirus originally found in Europe, and its natural reservoir is Clethrionomys glareolus. It is also associated with the hurnan disease nephropathia epidemica, a milder form of HFRS. To identify the hantaviruses in bats, bats were collected from Jeong-Sun, Won-Joo, Chung-Ju and Hwa-Cheon area in Korea, and nested RT-PCR was performed with serotype specific primer from M segment. Interestingly, Puumala virus was detected in bats (Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum) only from Won-Joo. The 327 bp nested RT-PCR product, was sequenced. The sequence database search indicates that the sequence is homologous to the published sequence of Puumala viruses. The sequence similarities were ranged from 71% to 97%. The highest sequence similarity was 97% with Puumala virus Vranicam strain, and the lowest was 71% with Puumala virus K27 isolate. Puumala virus Vranicam strain was isolated from a bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) in Bosnia-Hercegovina. Puumala virus K27 was isolated from human in Russia. This analysis confirms that bats (Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum) in Korea are natural reservoir of Puumala virus.
Arvicolinae ; Base Sequence ; Bunyaviridae ; Chiroptera* ; Chungcheongbuk-do ; Europe ; Hantavirus ; Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome ; Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome ; Humans ; Korea* ; Puumala virus* ; Russia ; Sequence Analysis*

No abstract available.
Humerus*

BACKGROUND: Computerized topography(CT) is the method of choice for establishing patients with abdominal and/or pelvic trauma. However, the sensitivity of CT far detecting bladder rupture has been questioned. We investigated the roles of CT as the initial evaluation of abdominal and pelvic trauma in diagnosis of bladder rupture. METHODS: We reviewed the medical records and radiographs of 53 patients with bladder rupture for last 5 year. And among them, all radiographs of 30 patients who underwent both CT and retrograde cystography were evaluated independently by two urologists who had no knowledge of the patients' final diagnosis. RESULTS: Among 30 patients, all of patients were correctly diagnosed by retrograde cystography, but the CT diagnosis was correct in only 23 patients(76.7%), who were 17 patients(85.0%) with intraperitoneal rupture and 6 patients(60%) with extraperitoneal rupture. And of the 7 patients who were negative by the CT, all showed the sign of inadequate bladder distension. CONCLUSION: We suggest that CT, if properly performed with adequate bladder filling, is as sensitive for detection of bladder injuries as conventional cystography. Especially, in trauma patients with hematuria and suspected other organ injury, CT-cystography with retrograde filing may be as accurate as conventional cystography and obviate the need for an additional plain film cystography,
Diagnosis* ; Hematuria ; Humans ; Medical Records ; Rupture ; Urinary Bladder*

No abstract available.
Appendicitis*

No abstract available.
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous*

No abstract available.
Animals ; Lung* ; Lymphocytes* ; Mice*

No abstract available.
Ossification, Heterotopic*

Plgmented villonodular synovitis is a benigh lesion that develops in joint lining and is characterized by an exuberant inflammation. Many authors have discussed etiology, clinical and radiological features, pathology and treatment regarding the disease. This occurs most commonly in the knee joint as a monoarticular proliferative process, but rarely in the hip joint. It is a nonneoplastic disease but may develop as an aggressive local process with bone and joint destruction. Sometimes clinician can not detect it in early time because of its nonspecific clinical findings and misdiagnose it as sarcomatous process. So, early diagnosis of hip joint involvement is necessary because destruction of the femoral head and acetabulum is the ultimate outcome if treatment is not intiated. We report two cases of pigmented villonodular synovitis involving the hip joint, which were diagnosed and treated in our department.
Acetabulum ; Early Diagnosis ; Head ; Hip Joint ; Hip ; Inflammation ; Joints ; Knee Joint ; Pathology ; Synovitis ; Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular

Larsen's syndrome is a very rare deformity, which is characterized by multiple congenital dislocations with a characteristic facial abnormality. The authors experienced a case of typical Larsen's syndrome that had saddle nose, hypertelorism, high-arched palate, dislocation of the hip joint, subluxation of the knee joint, dislocation of both radial heads, equinovarus deformities of both feet and winged scapulae of both shoulders. The dislocated left hip joint was reduced surgically and the result was excellent.
Clubfoot ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Dislocations ; Foot ; Head ; Hip Joint ; Hypertelorism ; Knee Joint ; Nose ; Palate ; Scapula ; Shoulder