We present two cases of cerebral paragonimiasis in a 23-year-old Korean army soldier and in a 18-year-old Korean girl, respectively. The diagnosis was made on the basis of clinical, laboratory and x-ray findings, and was confirmed by the histopathological examination of the excised cyst. P.W. skin test showed positive reaction, whereas C.S. test negative. X-ray study on skull revealed multiple globulated round cystic formations in occipital region. Two months after surgical removal of cysts, visual field were not improved. Pertinent literatures are reviewed.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Blindness* ; Choroid* ; Coloboma* ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Hemianopsia* ; Heredity ; Humans ; Iris* ; Membranes ; Military Personnel ; Optic Nerve* ; Paragonimiasis* ; Skin Tests ; Skull ; Visual Fields ; Young Adult

A case of iridocyclitis due to cysticercus cyst in the anterior chamber and exophthalmos due to in the orbit. A case of iridocycleitis due to cysticercus cyst in the anterior chamber of the left eye, bilateral exophthalmos due to in the orbit and generalized multiple cysticercus cyst in the subcutaneous tissue, brain and the internal organs is reported in a twenty one year old Korean male. To watch characteristic heaving and undulatory movements of the live cysticercus cyst in the anterior chamber of the eye is fascinating. Iridocyclitis was improved fairly after subconjunctival injection of hydrocortisone acetate 5mg and with general treatment for iridocyclitis. Regarding to literature, ocular cysticercosis is known as a very rare case in Korea. A brief review of the related literatures is presented.
Anterior Chamber ; Brain ; Cysticercosis ; Cysticercus* ; Exophthalmos ; Humans ; Hydrocortisone ; Iridocyclitis ; Korea ; Male ; Orbit ; Subcutaneous Tissue

Authors have experienced a case of long standing chronic gonorrheal orbital cellulitis in a 50 years old Korean male. Surgical evacuation of pus discharges and microscopcially confirmed the gram negative intncellular and extracellular gonococcus. A brief review of the related literatures is present.
Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neisseria gonorrhoeae ; Orbit* ; Orbital Cellulitis* ; Suppuration

The authors have experienced a case of lacrimal gland mixed tumor. The patient was 19 years old male who had exophthalmos of his left eye which had grown slowly for one year. The tumor was completely resected with no significant difficulties during operation. About one year later, the patient was readmitted because of recurrent mixed tumor at the same site. A brief review of the related literatures is presented.
Adult ; Deception ; Exophthalmos ; Female ; Humans ; Lacrimal Apparatus* ; Male ; Orbit ; Orbit* ; Young Adult

The authors have experienced a case of long standing ocular hypotony following filtering operation (sclero-iridectomy) for chronic open angle glaucoma. The patient was 29 years old male who visited our hospital becouse of visual disturbance, haloes vision and mild headache on left eye. We described some of the characteristic clinical findings of ocular hypotony with brief review of the related literatures.
Adult ; Glaucoma, Open-Angle* ; Headache ; Humans ; Male ; Ocular Hypotension*

Orbital neuroblastoma is the most common childhood metastatic malignant tumor almost always originating from the adrenal medulla; orbital primary origin is very rare. The authors experenced a case of orbital neuroblastoma. The patient was 3 year old Korean female child who was in apparently good health and no abnormalities noted of physical examminations when she developed ecchymosis of right lower lid. About two week later, she quickly developed a growing mass in the right lower orbital soft tissue. The mass was removed and his topathologically diagnosed as neuroblastoma. Radiotherapy was recommended. About 4 months bter, the patient was readmitted because of recurrence of orbital mass 3t the same site. At surgery, tumor was found invading inner and flooe wall of the orbital bone. The patient died of poor course of the disease, about one year after the onset of symptoms. It was suggested that this case was represented metastatic orbital neuroblastoma on histopathological base, but authors were unable to determine the primary site. A brief review of the related literatures is present.
Adrenal Medulla ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Ecchymosis ; Female ; Humans ; Neuroblastoma* ; Orbit* ; Radiotherapy ; Recurrence

The authors present a case of interstitial keratitis due to congenital syphilis in a 25-years old Korean army soldier, who had admitted to our Eye clinic at 2nd Feb. 68'. The patient may be present, such as interstitial keratitis, deafness and Hutchinson's teeth. Syphilitic interstitial keratitis is known as a rare case in recent time. A brief review of the related literatures is present.
Adult ; Deafness ; Humans ; Keratitis* ; Military Personnel ; Syphilis, Congenital*

No abstract available.
Kidney Transplantation*

Congenital coronary arteriovenous fistula (CAVF) is a rare condition which is characterized by abnormal communication of the coronary artery with the right ventricle, right atrium, left atrium, left ventricle or pulmonary artery. In this paper, we report a case of a 68-year-old woman complaining of resting chest pain for one week. Initially, after performing a coronary arteriogram, the case was diagnosed as a CAVF combined with a pulmonary artery aneurysm. However, a multidetector-row CT (MDCT) was also performed, and the structure initially diagnosed as a pulmonary artery aneurysm was identified as a dilated pulmonary sinus. Subsequently, the patient was treated successfully with a simple ligation.
Aged ; Aneurysm ; Arteriovenous Fistula* ; Chest Pain ; Coronary Vessels ; Female ; Heart Atria ; Heart Ventricles ; Humans ; Ligation ; Pulmonary Artery

The Pentaspan is a high molecular weight(250,000), hyperosmolar(320 mOsm/l) colloid solution and blood volume expander in clinical practice. Many researches revealed the decreasing of systemic vascular resistance and pulmonary vascular resistance after Pentaspan administration in vivo. Some colloid solution is contraindicated in acute renal failure. We tried to confirm the direct effects of the Pentaspan and its mechanism on the abdominal aorta and renal artery in vitro. The rat abdominal aorta and renal artery were precontracted with norepinephrine(10(-7) M/1) in 50 ml Krebs solution and 5 ml Pentaspan was infused. Ten mininutes after, changes of the vascular tones were obtained. The results were as follows. 1) The vascular tones were significantly decreased in both vessels. 2) Abdominal aorta group, renal artery group and with or without endothelium group were not significant different each other. 3) The vascular tones were not affected by with or without endothelium, indomethacin and methylene blue pretreatment. Smooth muscles were induced relaxation by the Pentaspan infusion and the relaxation were not dependent to endothelium derived relaxing factor, prostanoid and cyclic guanosinemonophosphate.
Acute Kidney Injury ; Animals ; Aorta, Abdominal* ; Arteries ; Blood Volume ; Colloids ; Endothelium ; Endothelium-Dependent Relaxing Factors ; Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives* ; Indomethacin ; Methylene Blue ; Muscle, Smooth ; Rats* ; Relaxation ; Renal Artery* ; Vascular Resistance