Clinical analysis is done on 108 meniscus injuries operated on at Kwangju Armed Forces General Hospital from 1961 to 1971, with the following results. l. All cases included in this report were military personnels aged from 19 to 35 years old 2. The lateral meniscus was more frequently injured than the medial with a ratio of 79 to 29 (8:3) and the right side knee than the left with a ratio of 60 to 48(6:5). 3. The posterior horn tears were the most common type of injuries involved in 40 cases (41%) 4. There could be found no history of definitive trauma in l7 cases.
Animals ; Arm ; Gwangju ; Horns ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Knee ; Menisci, Tibial ; Military Personnel ; Tears

A giant aneurysmal cerebral arteriovenous malformation in the left parieto-occipital region is described in a 4 year old child, including resolution of the alternating hemiparesis and left ventricular hypertrophy of the heart following successful removal of the malformation by microsurgical technique. This arteriovenous malformation has a large aneurysmal sac, 6x5x4cm, in size with several feeders from branches of the left middle and posterior cerebral arteries and drains directly into the straight sinus. So we have proposed to call it "a giant aneurysmal cerebral arteriovenous malformation".
Aneurysm* ; Arteriovenous Malformations ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Heart ; Humans ; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular ; Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations* ; Paresis ; Posterior Cerebral Artery

Eosinophilic lung diseases are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by eosinophilic pulmonary infiltrates and, commonly peripheral blood eosinophilia. A vast number of drugs have been associated with eosinophilic pneumonia and drug reactions are one of the most commonly reported causes of pulmonary infiltrates with blood and/or alveolar eosinophilia. Nickel exposure may occur in occupations including nickel maker, nickel smelters, stainless steel makers, battery makers, electroformer, electroplater, refining operations etc, and has been associated with an increased risk of lung and nasal cancers. Nickel dust has been reported to induce eosinophilic pneumonia, infrequently. We experienced a case of nickel-induced eosinophilic pneumonia in a 55 years old male patient who has been working at a stainless press factory for 25 years until retirement at January 1998. He complained of dry cough and exertional dyspnea, and presented peripheral eosinophilia and multiple small nodular opacities on chest radiograph. Pathological examination of open lung biopsy revealed diffuse vasculitis involving variable-sized vessels with diffuse infiltration of inflammatory cells, particulary eosinophils. Nickel concentration measured from two dried lung tissue was 39.66 microgram/g and 25.14 microgram/g, respectively.
Biopsy ; Cough ; Dust ; Dyspnea ; Eosinophilia ; Eosinophils* ; Humans ; Lung ; Lung Diseases ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nickel ; Nose Neoplasms ; Occupations ; Pulmonary Eosinophilia ; Radiography, Thoracic ; Retirement ; Stainless Steel ; Vasculitis