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Hypertension, Renovascular*

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Heart Ventricles*

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Korea* ; Maternal Death*

No abstract available.
Ultrasonography*

The angiopathy and neuropathy is the basic mechanism causing diabetic gangrene, but the exact mechanism is still unknown. The foot is especially susceptible to diabetic complication of angiopathy and neuropathy. In such a vulnerable foot, trivial trauma may quickly lead the foot to ulceration, infection, gangrene, and to the cataclysmic amputation. Twenty nine patients with diabetic gangrene were studied, the conclution were as follow. 1. Overall incidence is 1.8%, most common age over 50 years of age, and the most common disease durstion is from 10 to 14 years. 2. The most common site is toe (56% of cases). 3. The most common predisposing factor was local pressure (41% of cases), the radiographic bone change was seen in 14% of cases. 4. The FBS level is from 200 to 300 in 35% of cases. 5. Bacterial infection was seen in 80%, and staphylococcal aureus was most common. 6. The surgical or conservative treatment were effective in 80% of cases and mortality was 14%. 7. Diabetic retinopathy was most common associated complication (47% of cases).
Amputation ; Bacterial Infections ; Causality ; Diabetes Complications ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Diabetic Retinopathy ; Foot ; Gangrene ; Humans ; Incidence ; Mortality ; Toes ; Ulcer

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Humans ; Patient Education as Topic* ; Spondylitis, Ankylosing*

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a recently described vascular neoplasm characterized by epitheloiod endothelial linings and its borderline biologic behavior. We report a case of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma in a 6-year-old male. The tumor was presented as a non-tender dermal nodule on the left middle finger. The microscopic sections revealed irregular proliferation of vascular channels lined by epithelioid cells with histiocytoid features and frequent intracytoplasmic vacuoles, mimicking so called signet ring cells. Immunohistochemical stainings for factor VIII and vimentin were positive both in epithelioid and vacuolated endothelial cell. Electron microscopic finding reveals abundant intermediate filaments.

Growth acceleration following femoral shaft fracture occasionally results in a significant leg-length inequality with limp. The ability to predict subsequent overgrowth would enable the surgeon to compensate for growth acceleration by providing the appropriate overriding of the fragments before the time union. The purpose of this study was to establish principles which would aid in predicting over growth. Between 1972 May and 1983 September, 115 inward patients who were 16 years old or the younger were treated in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of Hanyang University Hospital. In these cases, we analysed the causes of fractures, associated injury and methods of treatment. And also, by use of mentgenogram, evaluated on site, shape and degree of overriding of fractures. And then, the degree of overgrowth of bone was compared with unaffected site and analized by Bell Tompson's split orthoroentgenogram. 1. The average tibial overgrowth after fracture of femoral shaft is 2.2 mm in length. 2. The average femoral overgrowth after fracture of femoral shaft is 9.4 mm in length.
Acceleration ; Child ; Extremities ; Humans ; Socioeconomic Factors

No abstract available.
Electrolytes*

The pathologic features of acute corrosive esophago-gastritis by ingestion of "Trapunc", a common commercial drain cleansing liquid, is presented. A 37-year-old woman ingested abut 30 ml of Trapunc (3 gm NaOH/100 ml) to commit suicide and received piecemeal esophagectomy and total gastrectomy 9 days after the episode. The esophagus and stomach were extremely friable and necrotic. The most part of the stomach showed acute toxic necrotizing gastritis which was manifested by extensive greenish brown discoloration due to liquefaction necrosis of the mucosa except for a few rugae along the greater curvature. The antrum and distal body revealed severe mucosal detachment and even transmural necrosis. The tissue reaction was basically the same as those of NaOH-induced corrosive esophago-gastritis of acute stage, although it appeared to be severer probably due to sodium hypochlorite, and additive constituent of the ingested cleanser. A unique distribution pattenr of mucosal involvement is discussed.
Female ; Humans