Dyskeratosis congsnita is a rare congenital disorder characterized by the triad of reticular pigmentation of the skin. dystrophic naila, and leukoplakia of the mucous membrane, and is often associated with severe pancytopenia. A 9-year-old boy had reticular pigmentation of the skin, dystropbic changes of the finger and toe nails, white patches of the buccal mucosa, mild hyperkeratosia of the palms and soles, excesaive lacrimation, dysphagia and severe pancytopenia, Bone marrow showed hypoplastic anemia and decreased cell mediated immunity was noticed.
Anemia, Aplastic ; Bone Marrow ; Child ; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities ; Deglutition Disorders ; Dyskeratosis Congenita* ; Fingers ; Humans ; Immunity, Cellular ; Leukoplakia ; Male ; Mouth Mucosa ; Mucous Membrane ; Pancytopenia ; Pigmentation ; Skin ; Toes

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Meningitis, Cryptococcal*

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Humans ; Prostate* ; Prostatic Neoplasms* ; Quality of Life*

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Fertility* ; Humans ; Infertility, Male* ; Male ; Male* ; Sperm Motility* ; Spermatozoa*

The development of tophi in th absence of prior episodes of gauty arthritis is unusual. We report a case of extensive tophi in a 31 year-old man, whose initial skin lesion had started without arthritis.
Adult ; Arthritis ; Gout* ; Humans ; Skin

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Heterotaxy Syndrome*

Repeated throwing of baseballs by juvenile pitchers is known to cause damages to bone and cartilage as well as soft tissue in the involved upper extremity. Authors present 4 cases of osteochondral lesion at capitellum of the humerus as a result of repeated insult by throwing baseballs in the juvenile pitchers. Pain and limitation of extension of the affected elbow were the commonest symptoms. Cystic change or osteochondral loose body was found on plain X-ray. Treatment consisted of rest and analgesic administration in the patient who has no loose body, while in case of having loose body it was removed surgically without further treatment to the crater. In spite of the rapid relief of the pain by these treatment, limitation of extension persisted for considerable period of time. It is strongly suggested not to overlook elbow pain in young adolescent whose bone is still growing and who can hardly withstand repeated insult to prevent the development of baseball elbow.
Adolescent ; Baseball ; Cartilage ; Elbow ; Humans ; Humerus ; Osteochondritis ; Upper Extremity

The authors performed a retrospective matched-pair study for 54 uncemented total hip arthroplasties which were performed in management of avascular necrosis of femoral head from July, 1989 to May, 1991 to investigate what kind of stem is better between Anatomic stem as a proximal filling stem and Harris-Galante stem as a distal filling stem. The results were as followings: 1. Clinical results of Anatomic group were slightly better than those of Harris-Galante group in terms of incidence of thigh pain, groin or buttock pain and final functional score of hip. 2. Incidence of radiolucency around femoral stem in Harris-Galante group was higher than that in Anatomic group, especially in zone I, V of anteroposterior view and in zone IV of lateral view, which were statistically significant(p < 0.05). 3. The incidence of vertical subsidence of femoral stem in Harris-Galante group was significantly higher than that in Anatomic group(p < 0.05) and the average distance of subsidence was 3.2mm. 4. The incidence of endosteal osteolysis and bone resorption in Harris-Galante group was higher than that in Anatomic group. 5. In overall view, clinical and radiographic results of Anatomic group were better than those of Harris-Galante group.
Arthroplasty ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip ; Bone Resorption ; Buttocks ; Groin ; Head ; Hip ; Incidence ; Necrosis ; Osteolysis ; Retrospective Studies ; Thigh

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Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular* ; Oximetry*

Purpose: To investigate the extent of bone ingrowth into the porous-coated acetabular cups as well as the factors that correlated with bone ingrowth in total hip arthroplasty. Materials and Methods: Thirty six Harris-Galante porous-coated acetabular cups that were retrieved through revision surgery were examined in this study. Acetabular cups retrieved due to infection or severely destroyed cups (ed note: severe what?) were excluded. The extent of bone ingrowth into the acetabular cups was grossly measured, and its correlation with the variables including age, gender, weight, height, the duration of fixation, size, number of screws, inclination and anteversion was statistically analyzed. Results: The mean proportion of bone ingrowth was 52.9 21.9%(2~90%) and less than 30% in three cups(8.3%). The pattern and the location of bone ingrowth were not consistent. There was no correlation between the extent of bone ingrowth and age, gender, weight, height, the duration of fixation, cup size, number of screws, size, inclination and anteversion. Conclusion: Harris-Galante porous-coated acetabular cups showed satisfactory bone ingrowth regardless of the variables associated with the demographic or surgical conditions. Surface treatments with a fiber-metal porouscoating appears to be suitable for cementless acetabular cups in terms of the long term results.
Acetabulum* ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip