No abstract available.
Child* ; Humans ; Lung Diseases, Interstitial*

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Embryonic Structures ; Fetus ; Humans* ; Kidney*

No abstract available.
Dislocations* ; Tendons*

PURPOSE: We wanted to objectively evaluate the anatomy of the neonatal brain on ultrasound images, and so we reconstructed several oblique magnetic resonance images that corresponded with the oblique ultrasound images by using MRI and a multiplanar reconstruction program. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MRI 3D-SPGR axial scans of the brain were performed for two neonates and then we obtained the reconstructed MR images that were parallel with the direction of the sonographic oblique scanning plane. We made the anatomic models of the neonatal cranial ultrasound images by using axial MRI as the standard reference on the same screen. RESULTS: We created an anatomic atlas, with the representative six oblique coronal scans and six oblique sagittal scans that corresponded to the neonatal brain ultrasound images. CONCLUSION: This objective anatomic research with using MRI and a multiplanar reconstruction program for creating the ultrasound oblique brain images of a neonate will be very helpful for evaluating the ultrasonographic anatomy and to apply it to clinical practice.
Brain ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ; Models, Anatomic

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Histiocytosis*

Testicular biopsy is mandatory in azoospermic men with normal sized testes to distinguish between ductal obstruction and spermatogenic failure as the cause of azoospermia. In men with poor semen quality or azoospermia and small testes, the results of a pathologic evaluation will rarely if ever alter therapy. However, the biopsy often assists in making a definitive diagnosis which helps the physician in giving the patient a prognosis and avoiding unnecessary treatment in irredeemable situation. We performed 25 cases of testicular biopsy in infertile men, procuring the results as below: 1. Testicular biopsy specimen were classified into 5 group histopathologically: germ cell aplasia, 6 cases (24%); spermatogenic arrest, 8 cases (32%); hypospermatogenesis, 5 cases (20%); peritubular or tubular fibrosis, 3 cases (12%); normal or obstructive, 3 cases (12%). 2. In 25 cases, 18 cases were azoospermia and 7 cases were oligospermia. 3. In 13 cases (52%), the lesions were localized both in the seminiferous tubule and in the interstitial tissue and in 9 cases (36%), the lesions were localized only in the seminiferous tubule, and 3 cases (12%)were normal.
Azoospermia ; Biopsy* ; Diagnosis ; Fibrosis ; Germ Cells ; Humans ; Infertility ; Infertility, Male* ; Male ; Male* ; Oligospermia ; Prognosis ; Semen Analysis ; Seminiferous Tubules ; Testis

A roentgenologic study of the position and mobility of the kidneys of 50 men and the same number of women at Kang Nam Sacred Heart Hospital were performed during the period from January 1980 through December 1981. The age of the subject were from 21 to 50. None of them had any pathologic conditions of urinary system. Followings are the results of this study: Subject erect 1. The cephalic pole of the right kidney of males is below L 1 more often than the cephalic polo of the left kidney. 2. The cephalic pole of the right kidney of females is below T 12 more often than the corresponding pole of the left kidney. 3. The cephalic pole of the right kidney is below T 12 more often in females than in males. 4. The caudal pole of the right kidney of females is below L 3 more often than the caudal pole of the left kidney. 5. The caudal pole of the right kidney of females is below L 3 more often than the corresponding pole of males. Subject Supine 6. The cephalic pole of the left kidney of females is more often above T 12 than that of the right. 7. The caudal pole of the right kidney of males is below L 3 more often than that of the left kidney. 8. The caudal pole of the right kidney of females is be1ow L 3 more often than that of the left. Relation to Interiliac Line 9. The caudal pole of the right kidney of males, erect, is below the interiliac line more often than the caudal pole of the left. 10. The caudal pole of the right kidney of males, erect, is below the interiliac line more often than the corresponding pole of the left kidney. Kidney Mobility 11. The excursion of the right kidney of females is longer than that of the right kidney of males. 12. The excursion of the right kidney of females is longer than that of the left kidney. 13. The excursion of the right kidney of males is longer than that of the left kidney.
Adult ; Female ; Heart ; Humans ; Kidney* ; Male

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Humans ; Infant*

Subcutaneous panniculitic T-cell lymphoma is one of very rare diseases in children, which is presumably derived from various immunocompetent T-cell system components. It is a distinctive clinicopathologic entity, different from other lymphoma group. We report a case of subcutaneous panniculitic T-cell lymphoma in a 14-year-old boy with the complaints of fever and multiple subcutaneous nodule. A brief review of related literatures was also made.
Adolescent ; Child ; Fever ; Humans ; Lymphoma ; Lymphoma, T-Cell* ; Male ; Rare Diseases ; T-Lymphocytes*

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of vascular abnormality on diabetic neuropathy with the use of pedal vascular pulsation and electrodiagnostic study. METHOD: One hundred-eight non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus patients were studied. All patients underwent nerve conduction studies. Evaluation of vascular status was done using pedal pulse palpation. Four groups were formed. Electrophysiologically normal group was subdivided into non-vascular abnormality group (A1) and vascular abnormality group (A2). Neuropathy group was subdivided into non-vascular abnormality group (B1) and vascular abnormality group (B2). The frequency of diabetic neuropathy among whole groups and the difference of amplitude, conduction velocity, and F-wave latency within A groups and B groups were investigated, respectively. RESULTS: Diabetic neuropathy was significantly correlated with vascular abnormality (p<0.05). There was no definite difference of electrophysiologic parameters between A1 and A2 groups. B1 group showed significantly reduced amplitude of SNAPs in sural and median sensory nerves compared with B2 group (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: The results of the study support the influence of vascular abnormality on diabetic neuropathy and suggest that vascular abnormality in patients with diabetic neuropathy results in axonal injury rather than demyelination injury.
Axons ; Demyelinating Diseases ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Diabetic Neuropathies* ; Humans ; Ischemia ; Neural Conduction ; Palpation ; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases ; Vascular Diseases