No abstract available.
Adolescent ; Emphysema/etiology* ; Face ; Human ; Male ; Mediastinal Emphysema/etiology ; Neck ; Peptic Ulcer Perforation/complications* ; Pneumoperitoneum/etiology ; Stomach Ulcer/complications*

The occurrence of malignancies during pregnancy has increased over the last decades. Risks of cancer surgery during pregnancy include spontaneous abortion and preterm labor. Radiation therapy especially during the first trimester generally is not offered because it poses high risks : teratogenecity, induction of childhood malignancies and hematologocal disorders. All chemotherapeutic agents used in the treatment of breast cancer are pregnancy category D, meaning that teratogenic effects have occurred in humans. We report a baby of a 33-year-old pregnant woman with breast cancer. She was treated with modified radical mastectomy one month before the pregnancy and full-dose adriamycin, cyclophosphamide and taxol since the first trimester, and 5,400 cGy of radiation therapy in the second trimester. The infant was delivered at 33+6 weeks of gestation and showed no evidence of malformation or abnormalities and developed normally until 8 months of corrected age.
Abortion, Spontaneous ; Adult ; Breast Neoplasms* ; Breast* ; Cyclophosphamide ; Doxorubicin ; Drug Therapy* ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Mastectomy, Modified Radical ; Obstetric Labor, Premature ; Paclitaxel ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Trimester, First ; Pregnancy Trimester, Second ; Pregnant Women*

OBJECTIVES: Recently, the number of female gamblers has increased, therefore, the proportion of women is around one third of all the pathological gamblers. However, the majority of previous studies on pathological gambling have been performed with only male subjects and tended to generalize those results to females. The authors have investigated the gender differences in level 3 gambling in terms of characteristics of gambling and associated psychiatric symptoms. METHODS: 166 participants (104 males, 62 females) who came to a casino have been evaluated for their sociodemographic data and the characteristics of gambling. Participants completed the following self-reported questionnaires: The Korean Version of South Oaks Gambling Screen (KSOGS), The Korean Version of Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), The Korean Version of Beck Anxiety Scale (BAI), The Korean Version of Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS), The Korean Version of Behavioral Activation/Inhibition System Scale (K-BAS/BIS), CAGE (The CAGE Questionnare), The Korean Version of Eating Attitudes Test (KEAT). RESULTS: Female level 3 gamblers had significantly later age of onset for their gambling behavior than male. Female level 3 gamblers were significantly more depressed and male level 3 gamblers had more severe alcohol use problems. The proportion of the participants with more severe eating problems was significantly higher in female level 3 gamblers than their male counterparts. CONCLUSION: This study suggests the importance of considering the associated depressive symptoms and eating problems in female gamblers.
Age of Onset ; Anxiety ; Depression ; Eating ; Female* ; Gambling ; Humans ; Male ; Surveys and Questionnaires

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the usefulness of percutaneous umbilical blood sampling (PUBS) and prevalence of fetal infection in the pregnant women with suspicious fetal rubella infection. METHODS: Between June 1996 and May 2002 in Chonnam National University Hospital, the rubella specific IgG, IgM antibody and RT-PCR were checked in fetal blood obtained from 31 pregnant women with high risk of rubella infection. Eighteen women (58.1%) had rubella specific IgM, 11 women (35.5%) high titer of rubella specific IgG, and 2 women had a history of recent rubella vaccination within 3 months. RESULTS: PUBS was performed in all cases, successful in 27 cases (87.1%) and failed in 4 cases (12.9%). Cardiocentesis was performed in failed cases. Performing the PUBS, fetal bradycardia was observed in 7 cases (25.9%), fetal tachycardia in 1 case (14.8%), and preterm labor in 2 cases (7.4%). Performing cardiocentesis, fetal bradycardia was observed in 1 case (25.0%), fetal tachycardia in 2 cases (50.0%), and preterm labor in 1 case (25.0%). There was no fetal death. All samples of fetal blood were positive for rubella specific IgG but rubella specific IgM was detected in only 1 case. RT-PCR was negative in all cases. CONCLUSION: Fetal blood sampling is relatively safe and a great precaution is necessary before termination of pregnancy with suspicious fetal rubella infection and without typical maternal rash to reduce unnecessary termination of pregnancy. Several tests such as rubella specific IgM and PCR from placental villi, amniotic fluid, and fetal blood should be considered before termination of pregnancy.
Amniotic Fluid ; Bradycardia ; Chorionic Villi ; Cordocentesis* ; Exanthema ; Female ; Fetal Blood ; Fetal Death ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G ; Immunoglobulin M ; Jeollanam-do ; Obstetric Labor, Premature ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Pregnancy ; Pregnant Women* ; Prenatal Diagnosis* ; Prevalence ; Rubella* ; Tachycardia ; Vaccination

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Humans

Most patients with tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI)-sensitive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) eventually develop acquired resistance to TKIs. Factors that affect TKI-sensitive patient survival after progression during TKI treatment remain unknown. We attempted to identify factors that affected post-progression survival. We retrospectively reviewed 81 advanced NSCLC patients with disease progression following tumor response and durable (> or = 6 months) disease stabilization with first-line or second-line gefitinib. Post-progression survival (PPS) and characteristics were investigated and compared in patients who did (n = 16) and did not (n = 65) resume TKIs. Most patients were female never-smokers with adenocarcinoma. Median overall PPS was 10.3 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 7.458-13.142). Age, gender, smoking history, histology, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status at gefitinib initiation, initial stage, and platinum-based chemotherapy after gefitinib were not significant predictors of PPS. Pemetrexed use after gefitinib significantly improved PPS (18.5 vs 8.6 months; hazard ratio [HR], 0.45; P = 0.008). Gefitinib reuse tended to lengthen PPS but was insignificant in multivariate analysis (27.4 vs 8.8 months; HR, 0.53; P = 0.095). NSCLC patients assumed to have clinically acquired resistance to TKIs had relatively long PPS. TKIs reuse or pemetrexed use after progression with gefitinib may improve PPS.
Adenocarcinoma/drug therapy/*mortality ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use ; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/drug therapy/*mortality ; Disease-Free Survival ; Drug Resistance, Neoplasm ; Female ; Glutamates/*therapeutic use ; Guanine/*analogs & derivatives/therapeutic use ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy/*mortality ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Protein Kinase Inhibitors/*therapeutic use ; Quinazolines/*therapeutic use ; Retrospective Studies ; Survival ; Treatment Outcome

No abstract available.
Retina* ; Uveitis*

No abstract available.
Retina* ; Uveitis*

Spontaneous renal rupture with subcapsular renal hematoma is a rare disease entity. Hereby, we report a 60-year-old female who presented with abrupt right flank pain and was diagnosed as spontaneous renal rupture with subcapsular hematoma related to urinary tract infection and review related literatures.
Female ; Flank Pain ; Hematoma ; Humans ; Kidney ; Middle Aged ; Rare Diseases ; Rupture* ; Rupture, Spontaneous ; Urinary Tract Infections*

BACKGROUND: Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy(PMC) has been known as an effective therapeutic modality for moderate to severe mitral stenosis. However, long-term results and factors influencing late outcome after PMC remain to be elucidated. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Three hundred and forty-six patients received PMC at Seoul National University Hospital between August, 1988 and March, 1996. We evaluated long-term results of these patients and assessed demographic, clinical, echocardiographic and hemodynamic variables in order to identify predictors of immediate and late outcomes. RESULTS: PMC was completed without major complication or technical failure in 339(98%) out of 346 cases. A good immediate result was obtained in 67% of cases. Multivariate study identified echocardiographic score(P=0.004) and left atrial volume(P=0.009) as independent predictors of immediate outcome. The estimated 3-year and 5-year event-free survival rates were 95.8+/-2.5% and 90.6+/-4.3%, respectively. According to multivariate analysis, the independent predictors of late outcome were pre-PMC left atrial volume(P=0.03), post-PMC mitral valve area(P=0.01), and severity of mitral regurgitation after PMC(P=0.03). CONCLUSION: Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy as a treatment for patients with mitral stenosis is safe, and achives good long-term results. Pre-procedural echocardiographic score, left atrial volume, post-procedural mitral valve area, and severity of mitral regurgitation affect the immediate and late outcomes after PMC.
Disease-Free Survival ; Echocardiography ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Mitral Valve ; Mitral Valve Insufficiency ; Mitral Valve Stenosis ; Multivariate Analysis ; Seoul