No abstract available.
Alcoholics* ; Humans

No abstract available in English.
Osteosarcoma

Meningiomas are usually thought of as firm solid tumors and most standard references make no mention of cystic meningiomas. Although several cases of cystic meningioma have been reported in the literature and their neuroradiological features discussed, the rarity of this entity makes its preoperative diagnosis difficult. Recently, the authors encountered a case of cystic meningioma, which was thought as ependymal cyst or infarction, preoperatively. In this report the authors discussed its clinical, neuroradiological and pathological characteristics with brief reviews of the literature.
Cysts ; Meningioma

No abstract available.
Gonadotropins* ; Humans*

Black adenoma is known to be a rare variant of adrenal cortical adenoma containing characteristic abundant lipofuscin pigments in the cytoplasm. Almost all of them are nonfunctioning and only occasionally they are associated with Cushing's syndrome or primary hyperaldosteronism. We present two cases of black cortical adenoma of the adrenal gland associated with Cushing's syndrome in a 24-year-old woman and a 64-year-old man. This report dealt with clinical and pathologic presentation including ultrastructural identification of lipofuscin pigment.
Female ; Male ; Humans ; Adenoma

The authors reviewed 3145 pediatric patients who visited the emergecy room in this hospital during 3yrs period from Jan. 1989 to Dec. 1991. 1) Among the patients visiting the emergency room, the patients under 15 years of age were 26.4% (3145) of total emergency patients (11930). 2) yearly distribution of patients were decreased 17% between 1989 and 1991. 3) Monthly distribution of visits showed higher incidence in June and July. The male to female ratio was 1.5:1. 4) Weekly distribution of visits showed higher incidence on Sunday and Saturday, relatively. 5) Most popular time of visiting the emergency room was between 8:00 PM to 12:00 PM during which time 29.5% of all pediatric patient were seen. 6) Distribution of age showed peak incidence between 6 and 12 years of age (30.9%). 7) 65.18% of total emergency room isits were pediatric patients. 8) Distribution of cases was as follows: Respiratory disease 37%, accident, GI disease in turn listed respectively in ecreasing order of freqency. 9) The admission rate through emergency was 8.5% of total pediatric emergency patients. 10) 82.3% of total emergency visits had medical insurance coverage, 7% had no insurance and 10.7% were on medical aid program.
Emergencies* ; Emergency Service, Hospital* ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Insurance ; Insurance Coverage ; Male

No abstract available.
Dupuytren Contracture*

We clinically reviewed four patients who were suffering from aseptic meningitis combined with polio-like paralysis and performed radiological. neurological and virological studies on them. Three patients were admitted to the department of Pediatrics. Asan Medical Center from March to August 1990, and one patient was admitted to the department of Pediatrics. Kangnam General Hospital. The results were as follows; 1) During the period of study, 18 patients (10.1%)out of 178 aseptic meningitis patients also suffered from hand, foot and mouth disease, and three patients (1.69%) out of 178 patients also suffered from polio-like paralysis. 2) The age of the patients who also suffered from polio-like paralysis were eight months, 22 months, 23 months and four years old respectively. Three patients were male and one patient was female. 3) Paralysis developed three to five days after aseptic meningitis infection. 4) In two cases, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MR) showed two small cavitary lesions that means anterior horn cell necrosis in concordant with residual paralysis. Axial T1-weighted image showed decreased signal intensity and axial T2-weighted image showed increased signal intensity. In another case 20 days after onset of illness MR was performed, the transverse myelitis showed mild swelling of cornus medullaris. Follow up MR in 2 months revealed atropic change in lower thoracic spinal cord. 5) The electromyography and nerve conduction velocity test revealed acute polyradiculoneuropathy. 6) Serologic virus study were carried out in three cases for Coxsackievirus A16 and Enterovirus 71. The Enterovirus 71 antibody titer were 1:128 in two cases and 1:64 in one case. The Coxsackievirus A16 antibody titer were less than 1:4. This study showed that the causative agents for polio-like paralysis during this period seemed to be the Enterovirus 71 infection.
Anterior Horn Cells ; Chungcheongnam-do ; Cornus ; Electromyography ; Enterovirus ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Meningitis, Aseptic* ; Myelitis, Transverse ; Necrosis ; Neural Conduction ; Paralysis* ; Pediatrics ; Polyradiculoneuropathy ; Spinal Cord

We retrospectively reviewed 48 pregnancies in 36 female patients after renal transplantation until February, 1998 at Yonsei University College of Medicine. All patients were maintained on cyclosporine-based immunosuppressive regimen before, during and after pregnancy. Patients were divided into two groups; group 1 (Delivery Group) of 25 women with 26 pregnancies and group 2 (Abortion Group) of 19 women with 22 pregnancies. Mean interval between renal transplantation and conception is 31.8+/- 22.9 months. Serum creatinine was reported before, during and after pregnancy and there was no significant changes of its mean value in both groups. Mean daily dosage of cyclosporine were similar in patients. Average gestational age was 37.0+/- 2.0 weeks and the incidences of very low birth weight (VLBW), low birth weight (LBW) and small for gestational age (SGA) were 7.7%, 63.5% and 84.6%, respectively. Pregnancy-related complications during pregnancy in group 1 were urinary tract infection in 11 cases, preeclampsia in 7 cases, hypertension in 4 cases and proteinuria in 3 cases. There was no acute rejection or graft loss during pregnancy. The premature deliveries less than 37 weeks were 12 cases (46.2%). Low birth-weight of neonate was significantly related with maternal pre-pregnant hypertension (1793.3+/- 393.0 gm in patients with hypertension vs. 2471.2+/- 468.1 gm in patients without hypertension; p=0.001). Pregnancy in female renal transplant patients is relatively safe while they are monitored in a tertiary care center with close monitoring of cyclosporine A (CsA) dosing, serum creatinine levels and the other laboratory values by a transplant surgeon, nephrologist, obstetrician and pediatrician.
Allografts* ; Creatinine ; Cyclosporine ; Female* ; Fertilization ; Gestational Age ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Incidence ; Infant, Low Birth Weight ; Infant, Newborn* ; Infant, Very Low Birth Weight ; Kidney Transplantation* ; Mothers* ; Pre-Eclampsia ; Pregnancy* ; Proteinuria ; Retrospective Studies ; Tertiary Care Centers ; Transplants ; Urinary Tract Infections

No abstract available.
Sarcoma*