Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty(PTA) is a non-operative therapeutic procedure to the dilation ofstenosis or to the recanalization of occlusion in artherosclesrotic atherosclerotic arteries using of dilatationcatheters. PTA was performed 37 times in 34 patients with arteriosclerosis for 1 year and 4 months from March.,1982 to June, 1983 at department of radiology, Klinikum Barmen/west Germany. The results were as follows; 1. Themale to female ratio was 2:1 and peak age range was from 61 to 70. 2. The most common indication was clinicalstage II b with 19 cases(51.3%) 3. PTA was performed most commonly in superficial femoral artery in 25cases(67.5%). 4. Acute major complication occurred in 2 cases(5.4%). PTA is a alternative or complementarytherapeutic procedure to vascular surgery.
Arteries ; Arteriosclerosis ; Female ; Femoral Artery ; Germany ; Humans

Isolated situs in versus of the stomach with otherwise normal position of the thoracic and abdominal vescera isan extremely rare anomaly occurring in two distinct forms. Majority of cases are associated with eventration of the diaphragm and are reported as being confused with spontaneous pneumothorax of pyopneumothorax at base of the right lung. The right sided stomach may produce interesting and confusing changes in liver scan. We have experienced 2 cases of the isolated dextrogastria.
Diaphragm ; Liver ; Lung ; Pneumothorax ; Stomach

This study was carried out to survey the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and the incidence of vacuolating toxin producing H. pylori from the gastric biopsy specimens of patients with 178 gastritis, 57 gastric ulcer, 455 gastric cancer and 44 healthy person in Pusan, Korea. Further aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of ginseng extract, sofalcone, ginsenosides (F1, Rb3, Re, Rgl), sangwha, green, arrowroot, ginger, and jujube tea on the activity and production of vacuolating toxin by H. pylori in vitro. The isolation rates of H. pylori by culture method from gastric biopsy specimens were 34.1% in healthy person, 42.1% in gastritis, 36.8% in gastric ulcer, and 39.3% in gastric cancer. The isolation rates of vacuolating toxin producing H. pylori from gastric biopsy specimens were 80% in healthy person, 82.7% in gastritis, 81% in gastric ulcer, and 83.8% in gastric cancer. The growth of H. pylori was not influenced by the addition of 10 ug/ml or 100 ug/ml of Ginseng extract and 10 ug/ml of sofalcone in the medium, but the production of vaculating toxin of H. pylori was significantly inhibited by the addition of 100 ug/ml of Ginseng extract and sofalcone. The activity of vacuolating toxin in the culture supernatant of H. pylori was significantly diminished (1/2-1/16 compared to control) by the addition of 10 mg/ml of sangwha, green, arrowroot, and ginger tea, and 1 ug/ml of ginsenosides F1, Rb3, Re, and Rgl. These results suggest that the isolation rates of vacuolating toxin producing H. pylori were significantly higher than that of the foreign reports. Ginseng extract and sofalcone have direct inhibitory effect on the activity of vacuolating toxin production by H. pylori without considerable growth inhibition and sangwha, green, arrowroot, and ginger tea have direct inhibitory effect on the activity of vacuolating toxin of H. pylori.
Biopsy ; Busan ; Gastritis ; Ginger ; Ginsenosides ; Helicobacter pylori* ; Helicobacter* ; Humans ; Incidence ; Korea ; Marantaceae ; Panax* ; Prevalence ; Stomach Neoplasms ; Stomach Ulcer ; Tea ; Ziziphus

Recently, CT scan, CT sialogram, radionuclide imaging and ultasonogram are widely applicated in conjuctionwith conventional studies such as plain film, sialogram and arteriogram for the diagnosis of salivary glanddisease. Among them, ultrasonogram porvides safe, noninvasive, and reliable way to diagnose salivary glanddisease. Authors evaluated ultrasonographic and sialographic findings of patients with suspected salivary glanddisease in 16 cases at Korea University Hosital for 8 months. (from Dec. 1983 to Aug. 1984). The following resultsare observed. 1. Final diagnosis of 16 cases were 2 cases of stone, 1 case of pleomorphic adenoma, 2 cases ofneurilemmoma, 3 cases of chronic sialademitis, 1 case of abscess, 2 cases of Retention cyst, 1 case of psendocyst,1 case of tuberculous lymphadenopathy, and 3 cases of normal finding. 2. Diagnostic ultrasonogram providesaccurate information for the size, location and character of the lesion, and differentiates intragladular lesionsfrom extraglandular ones. 3. Ultrasonogram is one of convenient, reliable and initial modality for the diagnosisof salivary gland disease.
Abscess ; Adenoma, Pleomorphic ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Korea ; Lymphatic Diseases ; Radionuclide Imaging ; Salivary Gland Diseases ; Salivary Glands ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Ultrasonography

No abstract available.
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated*

A 5- year old female patient visited our clinic due to linear erythernatous and verrucous patches on the left extremities of 3 years duration, She was born with a small erythematous macule on the lateral side of left little finger. This macule, over 2 years, developed into pruritic, linear, and verrucous patches stretching from left little finger to lefr, axillai y area, and also erythematous, linear patches on the left thigh. On follow-up visit on October 1986, she has generalized psoriatic eruption with aggravation of originnl skin lesions. Digriosis was based on the clinical features and histopathnlogic findings of the skin lesions.
Extremities ; Female ; Fingers ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Nevus, Sebaceous of Jadassohn* ; Skin ; Thigh

Lymphocytic infiltration of the skin(LIS), first described in 1953 by Jessner and Kanot is relatively uncommon disorder, characterized clinicaily by the presence of erythemat.ous peripherally enlarging papules or plaques which may show central clearing. Histologically, the lesions show patch, perivascular and periadnexal lymphocytic infiltrates. We have experienced a case of 30-year old male who had multiple erythematous nodules and plaques on the face and dorsum of the right wrist with 5 years history. He had first noted erythematous plaques on the cheek and these lesions were gradually increasing in size and spreading to the forehead and forearm. He had transiently improved by medication at the drug store, but recurred after discontinuation.
Adult ; Cheek ; Forearm ; Forehead ; Humans ; Male ; Skin* ; Wrist

No abstract available.
Cesarean Section* ; Female ; Pregnancy ; Pulmonary Embolism*

Ureteroscopic lithotripsy using Swiss Lithoclast was performed in 411 cases from January 1996 to September 2007 in a single hospital. Medical records of 341 cases, in which Swiss Lithoclast was successfully applied, were available for this retrospective study. We used 9.5Fr and 10Fr Storz rigid ureteroscopes. A success was defined as being free of stone-related symptoms and residual stones larger than 2 mm. Sixty one stones were located in the upper ureter, 49 stones were in the mid ureter, and 231 stones were in the lower ureter. The overall success rate was 93.5%. The success rate of upper ureter stone (80.3%) was significantly lower compared with those of mid (93.8%) and lower (96.9%) ureter stones (P=0.001). The higher the calculi was located within the ureter, the more chance of upward migration there was (P<0.001). The success rate in male patients was lower than in female patients without a statistical significance (P=0.068). The success rate decreased as the size of the stone increased (P<0.001), and as the degree of hydronephrosis increased (P=0.03). Perforation rates were 4.9%, 4.1%, and 2.6% from upper to lower ureter stone group. Ureteroscopic lithotripsy using Swiss Lithoclast is a safe and useful treatment modality for ureteral calculi.
Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Female ; Humans ; *Lithotripsy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Retrospective Studies ; Treatment Outcome ; Ureteral Calculi/complications/*therapy ; Ureteroscopy

PURPOSE: To determine the cross sections of extraocular muscles in patients with orbital fracture and to demonstrate a relationship among the cross sections, the size of orbital fracture, the soft tissue, and fat herniation and limitation of ocular movement. METHODS: The study included 87 patients (87 eyes) with orbital fracture. The cross section was defined as multiplication of the long axis and short axis. The ratio of the cross section in normal and injured eyes was calculated at preoperative and postoperative periods. RESULTS: The cross sections of all rectus muscles, except for the superior, increased in injured eyes and subsequently decreased postoperatively. After surgery, the cross sections of lateral and medial rectus muscles recovered to near normal but the inferior remained enlarged. The increased ratio of the short and long axis was significant but not the difference of the cross sections related to the short and long axis ratio. There was a preoperative difference between injured/normal cross section ratio in relation to the size of inferior fracture. There was postoperative normalization for the cross sections of inferior rectus muscles with the restrictive limitation due to inferior fracture. CONCLUSIONS: The cross sections increased mostly after orbital fracture and subsequently decreased postoperatively. There was a change in the cross section ratio with the size of inferior fracture at preoperative period but there was no change in the cross sections related to the restrictive or paralytic limitation, except for eyes with the restriction secondary to inferior fracture. These were significantly normalized postoperatively in cross section.
Axis, Cervical Vertebra ; Eye ; Humans ; Muscles ; Orbit ; Orbital Fractures ; Postoperative Period ; Preoperative Period