No abstract available.
Sulpiride*

Extensive knowlege of the characteristics of synovial fluid has been available for at least the past 30 years, when a Monograph on the subject by Kling first appeared in 1938. Since that time, Ropes, Bauer(1953) and Hollander (1960, 1961, 1965) have published classic. Monographs on their extensive studies and findings of synovial fluid. Specific laboratory tests for diagnosis of various forms of arthritis are usually lacking. For example, the test for the rheumatoid factor in serum may be helpful in establishing the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, but these are often negative in early cases and L. E. phenomenon is often negative in the early stage or between severe exacerbations of the Systemic lupus erythematosus. It has become increasingly clear during the past 10 years that synovial fluid analysis is both the most valuable and yet the most neglected differential diagnostic test for arthritis. Studies of synovial fluid have presented a virtually unexplored frontier in the investigation of arthritis. So, we studied the synovial fluid from 100 cases of various forms of arthritis in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Severance Hospital from May, 1968 to May, 1969. 100 cases of arthritis are; 30 cases of Osteoarthritis, 20 cases of Traumatic athritis, 25 cases of Rheumatoid arthritis, 10 cases of Septic arthritis, 5 cases of Tuberculous arthritis, and 10 cases of Non-specific bursitis. The synovial fluid were aspirated from the involved joints in aseptic conditions and follwing studies were done. 1) General appearance. 2) Mucin content by Acetic acid PPT. or Ropes test. 3) Viscosity by Drop test. 4) Cell count by Wright s stain. WBC: Total and differential count. RBC count. 5) Synovial sugar by Folin Wu method. 6) Fasting blood sugar by Folin Wu method. 7) Sugar difference between synovial sugar and Fasting blood sugar. 8) Total protein by Kingsley s Biuret method. 9) Bacterial culture in Septic arthritis. 10) Microscopic examination. RA cells by Sternheimer-Malbin stain in Rheumatoid arthritis. Cartilage fragments with simple wet preparations in Osteoarthritis. 6 kinds of arthritides were grouped into 3 categories based on the degree of inflammation of the synovial membrane as reflected by synovial fluid changes according to Ropes and Bauer s classification(1953). The first group, consisting of Osteoarthritis and Traumatic arthritis, was associated with mild inflammatory reactions and increased amount of fluid, but no significant changes in the number of WBC, sugar concentration, or quality of mucin. The second group was characterized by more sever inflammation of the synovial membrane and included Rheumatoid arthritis, Septic arthritis and Tuberculous arthritis. The second group was associated with decreased mucin content, increased WBC, polymorphonuclear leucocytes, RBC and protein and decreased amount of synovial sugar. RA cells were found in all cases of Rheumatoid arthritis and cartilage fragments in Osteoarthritis under the light microscope. The third group, an intermediate group-Non specific bursitis might have some distinguishing characteristics of synovial fluid but these were not usually diagnostic.
Acetic Acid ; Arthritis ; Arthritis, Infectious ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid ; Biuret ; Blood Glucose ; Bursitis ; Cartilage ; Cell Count ; Diagnosis ; Diagnostic Tests, Routine ; Fasting ; Inflammation ; Joints ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic ; Methods ; Mucins ; Netherlands ; Orthopedics ; Osteoarthritis ; Rheumatoid Factor ; Synovial Fluid ; Synovial Membrane ; Viscosity

No abstract available.
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin*

This study aimed at assessing the usefulness of paraffin wax sections for demonstration of ER(estrogen receptor) and PR(progesterone receptor), using brief microwave processing rather than proteolytic predigestion. The receptor status of a breast cancer is often into consideration when planning treatment nowadays. As biochemical receptor assays require large amount of fresh tumor tissue and are not always available for all tumors, pathologists are now increasingly asked to provide a service for the assessment of the receptor status in tissue routine sections. Until recently, immunohistochemical demonstration of receptors was used in frozen sections. Therefore, routinely processed paraffin wax sections of 25 cases of breast carcinoma with known ER and PR concentrations, estimated by the standard DCC(dextran-coated charcoal) biochemical assay, were examined using the ABC immunoperoxidase technique. The results were assessed semiquantitably, using a five grade scoring system. Of the 25 cases examined, with DCC cutoff point being <10 fmol,71% and 75% in positivity of each ER, PR receptor is concordant. Statistic analysis demonstrates high relationship between scoring system of IH method and DCC value in ER (R=0.6061, p=0.001) and PR (R=0.5832, p=0.001). The IH method can provide easily assessed reliable positive information about ER, PR status of breast carcinoma using routinely processed paraffin wax sections.
Breast Neoplasms

No abstract available.
Cleft Lip* ; Congenital Abnormalities* ; Nose* ; Transplants*

No abstract available.
Animals ; Finasteride* ; Rats* ; Spermatogenesis*

No abstract available.
Aortic Rupture*

A statistical observations were made on total 79 In-Patients in the departments of dermatology, Dongsan Presbyterian Hospital, Kyungpook National University and Fatima Hospital, Taegu, Korea during the period from Sept. 1, 1975 to August 31, 1976.
Daegu* ; Dermatology* ; Gyeongsangbuk-do* ; Korea* ; Protestantism*

No abstract available.
Femoral Fractures*

The nasal tips of Orientals are different from those of caucasians with are characterized by flat nose and bulbous nasal tip appearance because of its thick and tense skin, shory columella, flaring of nostrils, and restriction of nasal tip projection due to underdevelopement of medial crus of alar cartilage. For better nasal tip definition and projection, alar carilage must be realigned and tip might be augmented with autogenous cartilage onlay graft. Furthermore in patient with short columella, strut formation might be performed because the nostril comprises two-thirds of height of nasal tip. If the nasal tip is prjected without lengthening of columella, sometimes we noted unnaturally tented appearance of nasal tip may result. Also for the soft tissue lengthening in columella in proportion to the nasal tip projection, the short columella can be lengthened with columella based V-Y advancement. Surgical approach through alar rim incision or open rhinoplasty incision may be employed depending upon the severity of tip defomity. If flattening is severe to enough require lengthening of the columella, open rhinoplasty incision is the best choice. Through the incision, the alar cartilage is dissected freely from the skin and vestibulsr mucosa. Cartilage grafts are performed using carilage onlay graft or columella strut formation after transdormal fixation suture. This study presents clinical cases of various nasal tips in the view of nasal tip deformity which were corrected with various operative methods using combined technique of approximating the alar cartilage and a multilayered autogenous onlay cartilage graft on the nasal tip harvested from the auricular cartilage, also Silicone implant was used for augmetation of nasal dorsum and columella strut formation with columella base V-Y advancement. The ten years of our experience with nasal tip plasty in over one hundred patient showed excellent result and no complications were observed during post operative follow-up so we are reporting these cases with review of literature.
Cartilage ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Ear Cartilage ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Inlays ; Mucous Membrane ; Nose ; Rhinoplasty ; Silicones ; Skin ; Sutures ; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation ; Transplants