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Curettage* ; Female ; Humans ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy, Ectopic*

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Child* ; Humans ; Tuberculosis*

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Cicatrix* ; Cleft Lip* ; Congenital Abnormalities* ; Nose*

BACKGROUND: Methyl bromide is toxic to the central and peripheral nervous systems. Two patients with occupational exposure to this agent are described. CASE: Two cases of previously healthy young men were involved. They had worked in a fumigating plant spraying fruits using methyl bromide for several months before admission. They showed general weakness, severe ataxia, bilateral dysmetria and bilateral lateral gaze limitation. And gaze-evoked nystagmus was observed in one of them. Brain MRI showed symmetrically increased signal intensity lesions including the brainstem, cerebellum and splenium of corpus callosum. After conservative treatment, they gradually improved over the next few weeks. CONCLUSIONS: Symmetry and topography of our patients??clinical and radiographic abnormalities support the proposal that methyl bromide exposure can produce symptoms similar to Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis.
Ataxia ; Brain ; Brain Stem ; Cerebellar Ataxia ; Cerebellum ; Corpus Callosum ; Encephalitis ; Fruit ; Humans ; Hydrocarbons, Brominated ; Male ; Occupational Exposure ; Peripheral Nervous System ; Plants

Isaacs' syndrome is a rare and heterogeneous syndrome of continuous muscle fiber activity that originates from peripheral nerves. We report a 56-year-old male patient who showed symptoms of Isaacs' syndrome after the removal of a malignant thymoma. Needle electromyography revealed spontaneously occurring repetitive myokymic discharge in the affected muscles. Acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibodies were significantly elevated, but clinical and electrophysiologic findings did not indicate the presence of myasthenia gravis. We deduce that in Isaacs' syndrome, raised AChR antibodies may facilitate rather than inhibit cholinergic action.
Acetylcholine ; Antibodies ; Electromyography ; Humans ; Isaacs Syndrome ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Muscles ; Myasthenia Gravis ; Needles ; Peripheral Nerves ; Thymoma

Congenital ocular motor apraxia is a rare syndrome characterized by rotational head thrusts that attempt to compensate for the lack of voluntary eye movements. We describe the clinical, oculographic and magnetic resonance imaging features of two children with congenital ocular motor apraxia.
Apraxias ; Child ; Cogan Syndrome ; Eye Movements ; Head ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Homocystine ; Homocystinuria*

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of stroke patient care education on the knowledge and practice of caregivers of stroke patients. METHOD: Data was collected from December 15, 2004 to March 30, 2005. The research design was a non-equivalent control group non-synchronized design. The subjects were forty primary caregivers of stroke patients who were hospitalized in a neurology unit of a university hospital. Forty caregivers, twenty in the experimental group and twenty in the control group were assigned. The experimental group participated 2 times in an education class given by the researcher. Data analysis included -test, and t-test using the SPSS program. RESULT: Knowledge(t=5..87, p=o.oo) and practice(t=5.53, p=0.00) of the experimental group were significantly different from the control group. CONCLUSION: The stroke patient care education developed in this studyshows a significant promotion of knowledge and practice of caregivers. Thus this program can be recommanded as an intervention model for stroke patients and caregivers.
Adult ; Caregivers/*education ; Family ; Female ; *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Models, Nursing ; Patient Education as Topic ; Program Evaluation ; Stroke/*therapy

Malignant acanthosis nigricans is very rare disease. The disease is related with internal malignancy, especially gastrointestinal tract malignancy. Reported occurrence rate of malignant acanthosis nigricans associated internal malignancies are 64% of stomach adenocarcinoma, 27% of other organs of abdomen (liver, gall bladder, small intestine, rectum, uterus, ovary), 9% of non-abdominal organs(breast, lung). We report a case of malignant acanthosis nigricans associated with stomach adenocarcinoma from 20-year-old female and discuss review of literature on a acanthosis nigricans briefly.
Female ; Humans ; Adenocarcinoma

Aortopulmonary septal defect is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly. A 15 year old boy was admitted to Department of Internal Medicine of Seoul National University Hospital because of exertional dyspnea. Aortopulmonary septal defect was confirmed by cardiac catheterization demonstrating severe pulmonary hypertension and patent foramen ovale, and retrograde aortogram showing contrast material passing from the ascending aorta just above the aortic valve into the pulmonary trunk. We present a case of aortopulmonary septal defect with a review of literatures.
Adolescent ; Aorta ; Aortic Valve ; Aortopulmonary Septal Defect* ; Cardiac Catheterization ; Cardiac Catheters ; Dyspnea ; Foramen Ovale, Patent ; Humans ; Hypertension, Pulmonary ; Internal Medicine ; Male ; Seoul