PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence of ocular complications in leprosy patients. METHODS: Screening ocular examinations were performed in 572 leprosy patients, who resided in National sorokdo hospital from May to October, 2011. RESULTS: Overall prevalence of ocular complications was 87.1%. Ocular complication was significantly associated with increasing age. There was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of the ocular complication among males and females. Lepromatous leprosy patients had the greatest prevalence of ocular lesion. CONCLUSIONS: There is a significant rate of ocular complications in leprosy patients in the National sorokdo hospital, and had a potentially sight-threatening ocular complication. Health professionals need to be new eye symptoms and signs require prompt ophthalmology review to prevent avoidable blindness, due to the life-long risk of sight-threatening ocular complications.
Blindness ; Eye ; Female ; Health Occupations ; Humans ; Incidence ; Leprosy ; Leprosy, Lepromatous ; Male ; Mass Screening ; Ophthalmology ; Prevalence

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Reproduction*

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Alcoholics* ; Depression* ; Humans

beta-receptor antagonist as antihypertensive agent has adverse effect such as vasoconstriction, bronchoconstriction and aggravation of atherosclerosis. So beta-receptor antagonist with alpha-receptor blocking property has been studied for avoidance of adverse effects of beta-receptor antagonist. Nipradilol, a new beta-receptor antagonist with alpha-receptor blocking property was administrated in 30 essential hypertensive patients for 10 week in order to evaluate the antihypertensive effects and adverse effects. The results were as follows: 1) Nipradilol was effective in 20 patients(67%) on systolic blood pressure 22 patients (73%) on diastolic blood pressure at the end of 10 weeks treatment. 2)Before medication, mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure in sitting position were 160+/-14mmHg and 102+/-18mmHg,and after 10 weeks of medication, mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure were significantly declined to 143+/-22mmHg and 89+/-12mmHg(p<0.001). 3) There was no significant change in pulse rate, from 78+/-12 beats per minute the beginning of the treatment to 75+/-11 beats per minute after 10 week of treatment. 4) There was no significant changes in sodium, potassium, GOT, GPT, bilirubin, alkalin ephosphatase, BUN, creatinine, LDH, CPK and lipid. 5) The adverse effects of nipradilol were bradycardia(7%), dyspnea(3%), chest discomfort(3%) and headache(3%). In summary, nipradilol seemed to be effective antihyertensive drug in treating mild to moderate hypertension.
Atherosclerosis ; Bilirubin ; Blood Pressure ; Bronchoconstriction ; Creatinine ; Heart Rate ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Potassium ; Sodium ; Thorax ; Vasoconstriction

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Humans ; Moral Development* ; Students, Medical*

A 19-month old male patient developed mutiple, firm, plum-colored, finger tip to chestnut sized nodules on the left cheek, right preauricular area, both elbow joints, and right wrist. On physical examination, a right cervical lymph node was palpable. Histology from one of the nodules revealed a diffuse infiltration of atypical, hyperchromatic, polymorphous lymphocytes in the dermis and subrutaneous fat. Bone marow aspiration, chest X-ray, ultrasonogram, and computerized tomogram were performed revealing bone marrow and lymph node involvement. The patient was treated with a POG @8617 schedule. Skin lesions markedly improved after one cycle regimen. We present a case of diffuse, ponrly differentiated, malignant lymphocytic lymphoma in the early childhood.
Appointments and Schedules ; Bone Marrow ; Cheek ; Dermis ; Elbow Joint ; Fingers ; Humans ; Infant ; Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell ; Lymph Nodes ; Lymphocytes ; Lymphoma* ; Male ; Physical Examination ; Skin ; Thorax ; Ultrasonography ; Wrist ; Prunus domestica

Transforming growth factor beta(TGF-p), initially identified in vlatelet extracts by virtue of its ability to confer anchorage of independent growth and a necplastic phenotype on mesenchymal cells, has subsequently been identified as a potent inh bit or of proliferation in most cells of epithelial origin. The family of TGF-p peptides is currenly onsisted of four subtypes (TGF-pl, p2, p3, p4). Tkiey are initially translated very larged are urssors of approximately 390 amino acids and produced by a wide variety of cell type. iricluding normal cells and tumor cells. TGF-ps promote deposition of extracellular matrix compcineits, facilitate remodeling events during embryonic development, and suppress immune ce 1 fimetion during the inflammatory process. Several nutaneous diseases are characterized typxcessive and progressive fibrosis of the dermis anil subcutaneous tissues. Prominent amon these disorders are progressive systemic sclerosi(PSS) and generalized morphea(GM), is well as the recently described syndrome of diffuse fasciitis eosinophilia(DF), also known; Shulmans syndrome. The hallmark of the pathologic alteration in these disorders is the excessive deposition of collagen and other connenctive iissues. Macromoleculse in the aerriis and/or the subcutaneous and fascial strutures often accompanied by variable degress of hronic inflammatory cell infiltrates. Now we have examined the expression of TGF-b1 mRNA using of northern blot hybridization with specific sequenced cDNA probe in the normal curltured fibroblasts, placental tissues, and fibrosarcorna derived tumor cell line(HT1080). We found that the size of TGF-b mRNA of each specimen was 2.5kb and theres no alteration of its quality.
Amino Acids ; Blotting, Northern ; Collagen ; Dermis ; DNA, Complementary ; Embryonic Development ; Extracellular Matrix ; Fasciitis ; Female ; Fibroblasts* ; Fibrosis ; Humans ; Peptides ; Phenotype ; Pregnancy ; RNA, Messenger* ; Subcutaneous Tissue ; Transforming Growth Factor beta* ; Transforming Growth Factors ; Virtues

There have been so many methods described for the correction of the deviated noses but it is difficult to get satisfactory results and recurrence rate is high. There is no exact explanation why the recurrences are so high and no estabished guides for techniques according to the surgical pathology. We found the classical swinging door technique effective in cases where the caudal septum deviated from the midline. However, where the caudal septum and the tip stay in the midline, scoring or submucosal resection do not work well enough to cortet them. We used the reverse swinging door technique of our own. After elevation of mucoperichonodrium, we did sagittal section in the posterior septum and moved the septum to the midline on the pivot point of the caudal septum and. The gap created in the posterior portion of the septum were filed with bone grafts, cartilage grafts or Medopor, which were sutured to the septum, We did this technique with or without osteotmies in 56 deviated noses for last 5 years. The results were very satisfactory and there was no complication.
Cartilage ; Nose* ; Pathology, Surgical ; Recurrence ; Transplants

The purpose of this study are to delineate the temporal and spatial changes of bone mineralization at the distraction gap and adjacent parent bone, and to investigate the effect of microaxial dynamization on regenerate bone healing and on development of regional osteopenia at the adjacent parent bone, during callotasis. Sixteen Korean adult mongrel dogs underwent bilateral tibial lengthening by callotasis. To the right hindlimbs, no dynamization was applied and served as control group (group I, and axial elastic dynamization was conffered to the left hindlimbs (group II). Bone mineral density(BMD) was measured by dual X-ray absorptionmetry(DXA) at immediate post-operative day, post-operative 12 day, 22 day, 36 day, 50 day, 65 day, and 85 day. Quantitative computed tomogram(Q-CT) was also taken after sacrifice to analyze temporal changes of mineralization pattern in the distraction gap. The following results were obtained; 1. In both group I and II, the BMD was lowest at the interzone in the distraction gap and increased linearly toward the corticotomy surface. This pattern did not change with time until the consolidation of the distraction gap, but the difference of BMD between the interzone and adjacent parent bone decreased with progress of consolidation. 2. During the distraction period, BMD increased progressively at the distraction gap and adjacent parent bone in both group I and II. During consolidation period, although BMD of the distraction gap still increased progressively, that of the adjacent parent bone decreased progressively in group I; the more distant from the corticotomy surface, the more decreased the relative BMD. in group II, the decrease in BMD of the adjacent parent bone was less than that in group I which was statistically significant in mid-consolidation period. In conclusion, the new bone in the distraction gap during callotasis appeared to form in bilateral direction with linear gradient from interzone toward corticotomy surface. Dynamization during callotasis not only stimulated regenerate bone healing in the distraction gap, but also prevented the occurrence of transient regional osteopenia at the distant part of the adjacent bone during midconsolidation period.
Adult ; Animals ; Bone Density ; Bone Diseases, Metabolic ; Calcification, Physiologic ; Dogs ; Hindlimb ; Humans ; Miners ; Osteogenesis, Distraction ; Parents ; Tibia

Cardiovascular changes has been reported eating and digestion. Experimental studies showed an early rise in cardiac output during eating which was attributable to an increased heart rate. This changes reverted to baseline valuse at the end of eating. To investigate postprandial cardiac functional change, we studied 20 healthy young men(average age 27 years) nonivasively with BP measurement, electrocardiography and M-mode echocardiohrapy before, 30 minutes and 3 hours after a lunch(600 Kcal). There was no significant changes in mean blood pressure after eating. On echocardiography, diastolic and systolic left ventricular internal dimensions were 4.9+/-0.4 and 3.1+/-0.4cm before meal and 4.9+/-0.4 and 2.9+/-0.3cm 30 minutes after eating. There was an average increase of 9% in cardiac output 30 minutes after meal. Fractional shortening was 36.4+/-6.4% before meal and 40.4+/-6.1(p<0.05) 30 minutes after eating. Ejection fraction changed from 73.5+/-7.9% to 78.2+/-6.3%(p<0.05) at postprandial 30 minutes. Myocardial contractility index assessed by the ratio of systolic BP to end-systolic volume was 4.3+/-1.6mgHg/ml before and 5.3+/-2.2mmHg/ml 30 minutes after eating. Peripheral resistance index as the ratio of mean blood pressure divided by cardiac index changed from 2,536+/-1,120dynesdSdcm-5/m2 to 2,048+/-472dynesdSdcm-5/m2 at postprandial 30 minutes. Electorcardiographic study revealed no changes in ST SE segment, T wave and heart rate after a meal. In conclusion, the increase of cardiac output after a moderate meal in healthy young men was associated with an increase in myocardial contractility and a decrease in peripheral vascular resistance.
Blood Pressure ; Cardiac Output ; Digestion ; Eating ; Echocardiography* ; Electrocardiography ; Heart Rate ; Humans ; Male ; Meals* ; Vascular Resistance