A study was made on the two cases of congenital adrenogenital syndrome. Cliteroplasty wag performed on the two cases in addition to adrenalectomy in one case. Good results were obtained following the treatment.
Adrenalectomy ; Adrenogenital Syndrome*

Serum Lipoperoxide levels were studied in 50 normal Korean and in the following patients; 26 patients with diabetes mellitus, 20 patients with hypertension, 14 patients with ischemic heart disease, 8 patients with cerebrovascular accident and 6 patients with nephrotic syndrome. The results obtained are summarized as follows; 1. In normal Korean, the average serum lipoperoxide level was 2.62+/-0.27 nmoles M.D. A./ml, with no difference by the sex. 2. In the cases with various disease which in supposed to be related to abnormal lipid metabolism, that is, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, nephrotic syndrome, the serum lipoperoxide value showed statistically significant elevation compared to that of the normal control (p<0.01), but in the patients with cerebrovascular accident the elevation was not significant (p>0.05). 3. The serum lipoperoxide level was coarsely related with the serum concentration of cholesterol and total lipid, the correlation coefficient of which were 0.34 and 0.35 respectively (p<0.05).
Cholesterol ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Lipid Metabolism ; Myocardial Ischemia ; Nephrotic Syndrome ; Stroke

Serum Lipoperoxide levels were studied in 50 normal Korean and in the following patients; 26 patients with diabetes mellitus, 20 patients with hypertension, 14 patients with ischemic heart disease, 8 patients with cerebrovascular accident and 6 patients with nephrotic syndrome. The results obtained are summarized as follows; 1. In normal Korean, the average serum lipoperoxide level was 2.62+/-0.27 nmoles M.D. A./ml, with no difference by the sex. 2. In the cases with various disease which in supposed to be related to abnormal lipid metabolism, that is, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, nephrotic syndrome, the serum lipoperoxide value showed statistically significant elevation compared to that of the normal control (p<0.01), but in the patients with cerebrovascular accident the elevation was not significant (p>0.05). 3. The serum lipoperoxide level was coarsely related with the serum concentration of cholesterol and total lipid, the correlation coefficient of which were 0.34 and 0.35 respectively (p<0.05).
Cholesterol ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Lipid Metabolism ; Myocardial Ischemia ; Nephrotic Syndrome ; Stroke

A Malignant Schwannoma is a relatively rare primary nerve sheath tumor arises from Sehwann cells of the peripheral nerves. This tumor is frequently associated with von Recklinghausens disease. A high percentage of patients experience local recurrence even after radical surgical excision, and eventual pulmonary metastases via the intraneural and hematogenous routes. The treatment of choice is radical excision or amputation. Results of treatment with radiation and chemotherapy have been disappointing. The authors have experienced two cases of Malignant Schwannoma, one of which was located in the median nerve of the palm, the other in the ulnar nerve of the arm, but neither were associated with von Recklinghausens disease.
Amputation ; Arm ; Drug Therapy ; Humans ; Median Nerve ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Neurilemmoma ; Neurofibromatosis 1 ; Peripheral Nerves ; Recurrence ; Ulnar Nerve

One of the most important aspect of hemophilia is repeated bleeding into the joint. The frequency of such hemorrhages varies with the severity of the disease. In moderate or severe cases, repeated hemorrhages result in considerable impairment of joint structure and function: Contractures and gross deformity are frequent end result. This paper described a case of hemophilia A, 24-year-old male, who developed deformity of the shoulder, elbow, ankle and knee joint because of repeated hemoarthrosis. Author attempted to treat this patient by transfusion of fresh whole blood and traction, which resulted in some clinical improvement.
Ankle ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Contracture ; Elbow ; Hemophilia A ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Joints ; Knee Joint ; Male ; Shoulder ; Traction ; Young Adult

Kyphosis or scoliosis are developed with various causes. Mild deformity of Spine does not change the cardiopulmonary function while the more aggravate the deformity of spine, the worse the cardiopulmonary function. In 1968, Nilsonne and Lundgren have reported that the mortality in patients with severe spinal deformity was twice as high as in normal person and heart or lung disease was the main cause of death. The problem of cardiopulmonary function should be considered in the treatment of pateints who have the severe deformity of the spine. The author studied the degree of curvature of spine, pulmonary function and its correlation in 18 cases of severe kyphosis or scolissis which deformities were caused from spinal tuberculosis poliomyelitis or idiopathic Scoliosis. The results of this study are as follows; 1. Over all average degree of kyphosis of spine was 101.4; vital capacity was 61. 1% of normal and maximum breating capacity was 84. 4% of normal. 2. Vital capacity and maxmium breating capacity have a significant negative correlation with the increase of kyphosis and scoliosis of the spine. 3. Vital capacity has a positive correlation with maximum breathing capacity in the increase of the kyphosis, but not significant. 4. Timed vital capacity was in normal limit in spite of the change of kyphosis and scoliosis of the spine. 5. Change of pulmonary function after surgical correction of the deformity of spine was discussed.
Cause of Death ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Forced Expiratory Volume ; Heart ; Humans ; Kyphosis ; Lung Diseases ; Mortality ; Poliomyelitis ; Respiration ; Scoliosis ; Spine ; Tuberculosis, Spinal ; Vital Capacity

Because the postmortem changes rapidly distort values of many constituents in the body fluids, the determination of postmortem chemical changes and relation among body fluids is very important in medicolegal community. A laboratory result is not useful if appropriate data for comparison are lacking. The aim of this paper is to determine the reference ranges and the postmortem changes for chemical constituents in postmortem specimen. We examined 17 clinical laboratory parameters in cadaveric blood and vitreous humor obtained from 51 autopsy cases. The mean, standard error, standard deviation and confidence interval of all measured constituents were shown in Table 2 & Figure 1. The postmortem blood level of amylase, phosporus, LDH, ALT, AST and CPK are very higher than those of antemortem blood. The postmortem vitreous level of total bilirubin, triglyceride, GGT, alkaline phosphatase, albumin, total protein and cholesterol are very low and is not reliable. The ratio of vitreous/blood in calcium, BUN, creatine and uric acid are 0.74, 0.68, 0.29 and 0.23 in decreasing orders(Table 3,4). For the medical examiner or pathologist, routine chemical examinations of the vitreous humor can provide evidence of abnormality not apparent in gross or microscopic examination of the tissue. A more extensive study will be required, using a larger number of subjects, to establish the full range of variability.
Alkaline Phosphatase ; Amylases ; Autopsy ; Bilirubin ; Body Fluids ; Cadaver ; Calcium ; Cholesterol ; Confidence Intervals ; Coroners and Medical Examiners ; Creatine ; Humans ; Postmortem Changes ; Reference Values ; Triglycerides ; Uric Acid ; Vitreous Body

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Child ; Child Abuse, Sexual* ; Child* ; Humans ; Periodicals*

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Adolescent* ; Child* ; Humans ; Periodicals* ; Suicide*

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Child* ; Encephalitis* ; Female* ; Humans