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Abscess* ; Drainage*

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Moyamoya Disease*

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Humans ; Siblings* ; Thrombasthenia*

Echocardiography was done on 51 cases with various cardiovascular disease and on 23 cases of normal control subjects from April, 1981 to March, 1982 in the Department of internal medicine, Eul Ji General Hospital, Seoul, Korea. The results obtained were as follows: 1. The left ventricular mass estimated by the measurements made with standard convention was 261+/-8gm in patient group and 126+/-6gm in control group. With penn convention, the left ventricular mass of the patients group was 297+/-11gm and that of control group was 127+/-6gm. The differences between both conventions were significant statistically. 2. In measurements made with standard convention, those who showed increased left ventricular posterior wall thickness were 37 cases(73%) and those who showed increased left ventricular internal dimension were 15 cases(29%). On the other hand, number of cases who showed increased left ventricular mass were 45 cases(88%) and this results suggested estimation of left ventricular mass seems to be more useful method in the diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy than simple measurements of left ventricular posterior wall thickness of left ventricular internal dimension. 3. The correlation coefficient between left ventricular mass and maximum voltage of electrocardiography, left ventricular posterior wall thickness left ventricularinternal dimension was 0.70, 0.74 0.51 respectively in standard method and 0.82, 0.76, 0.44 respectively in penn convention. Left ventricular mass was correlated fairly closely with the maximum voltage of electrocardiography and left ventricular posterior wall thickeness, less closely with the left ventricular internal dimension.
Cardiovascular Diseases ; Diagnosis* ; Echocardiography* ; Electrocardiography ; Hand ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular* ; Internal Medicine ; Korea ; Seoul

Primary paraganglioma of the liver is a very rare disorder, and radiologic findings have not yet been described. We report a case of this entity in which the US, CT, MRI and 131I-MIBG scan findings are described.
Liver* ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Paraganglioma*

The VATER syndrome is defined as a non-random association of congenital anomalies including three or more of vertebra(V), anal(A), tracheoesophageal(TE), and radial or renal(R) deficiencies. We experienced two cases of VATER syndrome; one is a 2-year-old male having imperforate anus. V-U reflux. polydactyly and secondary ASD and another one is a 17-year-old Female having lumbar scoliosis, imperforate anus, renal agenesis and didelphy uterus with ovarian cystadenoma.
Adolescent ; Anus, Imperforate ; Child, Preschool ; Cystadenoma ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Polydactyly ; Scoliosis ; Uterus

PURPOSE: To determine the different of enhancement patterns of hepatic hemangioma according to the lesionsize, using dual-phase spiral CT. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fify-nine lesions in 45 patients with hepatichemangiomas were subjected to spiral Ct. According to size, the lesions were divided into two groups(< 2.5cm :n=34 ; >_2.5cm : n=25). The enhancement patterns of the lesions were classified as one of four types (homogeneoushyperdense, peripheral hyperdense, central hyperdense, or hypodense) during the early phase, and as one of fivetypes homogeneous hyperdense, peripheral hyperdense, central hyperdense, hypodense or isodense) during the delayedphase. We evaluated differences in enhancement patterns during the early and delayed phase according to lesionsize. RESULTS: During the early phase, the enhancement patterns of lesions large than 2.5cm were peripheralhyperdense(96%) or homogeneous hyperdense (4%);those of less than 2.5cm were peripheral hyperdense (53%),homogeneous hyperdense(26%), hypodense(18%), or central hyperdense(3%). Thus, hemangiomas in these two groupsusually showed a peripheral enhancement pattern during the early phase, but in those which were smaller than2.5cm, atypical enhancement patterns were more common. During the delayed phase, the enhancement patterns oflesions larger than 2.5cm were peripheral hyperdense (60%) or homogenous hyperdense (40%), while the patterns ofthose smaller than 2.5cm were homogeneous hyperdense (67%), peripheral hyperdense (24%), central hyperdense (3%),hypodense (3%), or isodense (3%). Thus, the enhancement patterns of lesions larger than 2.5cm were usuallyperipherally hyperdense during the delayed phase, while those smaller than 2.5cm showed a homogeneous enhancementpattern. CONCLUSION: The enhancement patterns of hepatic hemangiomas differ according to lesion size. A knowledgeof these differences is helpful in the diagnosis of hepatic hemangioma.
Diagnosis ; Hemangioma* ; Humans ; Tomography, Spiral Computed*

Pulmonary artery aneurysms are extremely rate and are seldom diagnosed during life. In true aneurysms, dilatation tends to be confined to the main trunk of the artery and degenerative changes in the wall are found. In 1971, Williams et al reported the first successful excision and replacement of the main pulmonary artery, including the bifurcation, with a dacron graft. Since then there have been few cases of main pulmonary artery aneurysm treated surgically. However, aneurysm of the main pulmonary artery treated surgically was not reported in our country till now. Recently we have experienced a case of the mainpulmonary artery aneurysm in a 10 years old boy and it was confirmed by echocardiogram, ultrasonogram of the chest, computed tomogram of the chest, radioisotope heart scan, cardiac catheterization and cine-angiogram of main pulmonary artery, aorta & right ventricle etc and patent ductus arteriosus was noted at the indifferent site from aneurysmal sac. Thereafter he underwent surgical correction at our hospital with the aid of total cardiopulmonary by-pass.
Aneurysm* ; Aorta ; Arteries ; Cardiac Catheterization ; Cardiac Catheters ; Child ; Dilatation ; Ductus Arteriosus, Patent ; Heart ; Heart Ventricles ; Humans ; Male ; Polyethylene Terephthalates ; Pulmonary Artery ; Thorax ; Transplants ; Ultrasonography

PURPOSE: To describe the two-phase spiral CT findings of acute cholecystitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: CTscans of nine patients with surgically-proven acute cholecystitis were retrospectively reviewed for wallthickening, enhancement pattern of the wall, attenuation of the liver adjacent to the gallbladder, gallstones,gallbladder distention, gas collection within the gallbladder, pericholecystic fluid and infiltration ofpericholecystic fat. RESULT: In all cases, wall thickening of the gallbladder was seen, though this was moredistinct on delayed images, Using high-low-high attenuation, one layer was seen in five cases, nd three layers infour. On arterial images, eight cases showed transient focal increased attenuation of the liver adjacent to thegall bladder;four of these showed curvilinear attenuation and four showed subsegmental attenuation. One caseshowed curvilinear decreased attenuation between increased attenuation of the liver and the gallbladder, andduring surgery, severe adhesion between the liver and gallbladder was confirmed. Additional CT findings wereinfiltration of pericholecystic fat (n=9), gallstones (n=7), gallbladder distension (n=6), pericholecystic fluid(n=3), and gas collection within the gallbladder (n=2). CONCLUSION: In patients with acute cholecystisis,two-phase spiral CT revealed wall thickening in one or three layers ; on delayed images this was more distint. Inmany cases, arterial images showed transient focal increased attenuation of the liver adjacent to the gallbladder.
Cholecystitis, Acute* ; Gallbladder ; Gallstones ; Humans ; Liver ; Retrospective Studies ; Tomography, Spiral Computed*