Superior vents lava(SVC) syndrome is mostly related to a malignant process, but many different benign causes haute also been described. We report a case of SVC syndrome caused by Klebsiella pneumonia diagnosed by sputum culture and serial chest X-ray changes. A 27-year-old man had been in stable health until three days before admission, when he complained of pleuritic chest pain, facial flushing, and shortness of breath. Examination of the head and neck disclosed edema of face and both arms, and jugular venous distention to the angle of the jaw. The chest auscultation resealed decreased breath sound without crackle on right upper lung field. The chest roentgenogram showed homogenous air space consolidation on right upper lobe, asociated with downward displacement of minor fissure and contralateral displacement of trachea, but air bronchogram was not seen. We began antibiotic therapy under impression of pneumonia after assailable culture was taken from blood and sputum. SVC scintigraphy showed stasis of drain of right brachiocephalic vein at the proximal portion with reflux into the right internal jugular vein and faintly visible SVC via the collaterals. Sputum culture resealed Klebsiella pneumoniae. Antibiotic therapy resulted in a cure of infection and disappearance of facial swelling. Follow-up SVC scintigraphy after 20 days showed normal finding. We first report a case of SVC syndrome caused by klebsiella pneumonia
Adult ; Arm ; Auscultation ; Brachiocephalic Veins ; Chest Pain ; Dyspnea ; Edema ; Flushing ; Follow-Up Studies ; Head ; Humans ; Jaw ; Jugular Veins ; Klebsiella pneumoniae ; Klebsiella* ; Lung ; Neck ; Pneumonia* ; Radionuclide Imaging ; Respiratory Sounds ; Sputum ; Superior Vena Cava Syndrome* ; Thorax ; Trachea ; Vena Cava, Superior*

Adenoma malignum (minimal deviation adenocarcinoma) is a rare, extremely well-differentiated form of invasive cervical adenocarcinoma. The name derives from the deceptively benign epithelial cells that line the glands of this neoplasm. The presence of architectural disorder with irregular, abnormally shaped invasive glands sometimes surrounded by a desmoplastic stromal response or demonstrating vascular and perineural invasion may be the only features establishing its malignant nature. Despite its bland appearance, adenoma malignum may carry a poor prognosis. Because of its rarity, and possibly because diagnostic changes are subtle and may be missed, there are few reports. A case of adenoma malignum of the uterine cervix is presented with a brief review of the literatures.
Adenocarcinoma ; Adenoma* ; Cervix Uteri* ; Epithelial Cells ; Female ; Prognosis

Adenoma malignum (minimal deviation adenocarcinoma) is a rare, extremely well-differentiated form of invasive cervical adenocarcinoma. The name derives from the deceptively benign epithelial cells that line the glands of this neoplasm. The presence of architectural disorder with irregular, abnormally shaped invasive glands sometimes surrounded by a desmoplastic stromal response or demonstrating vascular and perineural invasion may be the only features establishing its malignant nature. Despite its bland appearance, adenoma malignum may carry a poor prognosis. Because of its rarity, and possibly because diagnostic changes are subtle and may be missed, there are few reports. A case of adenoma malignum of the uterine cervix is presented with a brief review of the literatures.
Adenocarcinoma ; Adenoma* ; Cervix Uteri* ; Epithelial Cells ; Female ; Prognosis

The human basic Krüppel-like factor (hBKLF) is a newly cloned human transcription factor from the cDNA library of fetal liver. It belongs to the Krüppel-like transcription factor family. Previous expression study showed that it is a hematopoietic related factor. This study was aimed to investigate the effect of hBKLF on cell proliferation, differentiation and hemoglobin synthesis by using K562 cell line as model. The sense and antisense expression plasmids of hBKLF were constructed, and transfected into K562 cells by lipofectamine. After G418 selection for 4 weeks, the cell line with stable expression of the gene was obtained. Then the hBKLF expression level, proliferation ability, colony formation and hemoglobin production were detected by RT-PCR and Western blot, MTT method, methyl cellulose semisolid culture method and benzidine test respectively. The morphologic change of cell was observed with inverted microscope. The results showed that the sense plasmid could increase hBKLF level and antisense plasmid could decrease hBKLF expression. When hBKLF level was down-regulated, K562 cells could proliferate more quickly and synthesize more hemoglobin. But there were no differences in colony formation ability and no apparent morphologic change. It is concluded that hBKLF can inhibit hematopoietic cell proliferation and hemoglobin synthesis. It is suggested that hBKLF plays an important role in the proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic cells.
Animals ; COS Cells ; Cell Differentiation ; physiology ; Cell Proliferation ; drug effects ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic ; drug effects ; Cercopithecus aethiops ; Hemoglobins ; biosynthesis ; Humans ; K562 Cells ; Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors ; biosynthesis ; genetics ; pharmacology ; Transcription Factors ; biosynthesis ; genetics ; Transfection

We report here a human case probably mixed-infected with Clonorchis sinensis and Fasciola sp. who was diagnosed by computed tomography (CT) scan, serological findings, and/or fecal examination. The patient was a 43-year-old Korean female and was admitted to Kyung Hee University Hospital with the complaints of fever and abdominal pain. On admission, marked eosinophilia was noted in her peripheral blood. CT scan showed specific lesions for clonorchiasis and fascioliasis in the liver, along with lesions suggestive of amebic abscess. Micro-ELISA revealed positive results for the 2 helminthic infections. Eggs of C. sinensis and trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica were observed in the stool. Treatment with praziquantel followed by metronidazole and tinidazole reduced abnormalities in the liver and eosinophilia. This is the first case report of a possible co-infection with 2 kinds of liver flukes in the Republic of Korea.

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Acalculous Cholecystitis* ; Churg-Strauss Syndrome* ; Colitis, Ischemic* ; Ulcer*

BACKGROUND: Quality-of-life measurement represents an important tool for evaluating the management and impact of headache on individuals and society. The Headache Impact Test-6 (HIT-6) is a simple instrument developed to assess headache-related disability in Western countries. The objective of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of the Korean HIT-6. METHODS: Participants were recruited from patients who visited the Neurology Clinic of Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital due to headache. The survey included the SF-36 and HIT-6. Headache diagnosis was assigned using ICHD-II after completing a semistructured diagnostic interview. RESULTS: A total of 43 patients were recruited, who were aged 35.2+/-13.6 years (mean+/-SD). Thirty-three and three were diagnosed as having migraine and probable migraine, respectively. Eight and two were diagnosed with tension-type and probable tension-type headache, respectively. There was a negative correlation between the total SF-36 and HIT-6 scores (Spearman's correlation coefficient=-0.64, p<0.01). Similar significant negative correlations were also observed between SF-36 physical health summary and HIT-6 scores (Spearman's correlation coefficient=-0.54, p<0.01), and between SF-36 mental summary and HIT-6 scores (Spearman's correlation coefficient=-0.60, p<0.01). The Cronbach's alpha of HIT-6 was 0.85. CONCLUSIONS: The Korean HIT-6 is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing headache-related quality of life.
Aged ; Headache ; Heart ; Humans ; Migraine Disorders ; Neurology ; Quality of Life ; Reproducibility of Results ; Tension-Type Headache

BACKGROUND/AIMS: There are few available data regarding the association between the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the gene encoding interleukin 28B (IL28B) and a sustained virologic response (SVR) to peginterferon (PEG-IFN) plus ribavirin (RBV) therapy in Korean chronic hepatitis C patients. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study of 156 patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who received combination treatment of PEG-IFN plus RBV. Blood samples from these patients were analyzed to identify the IL28B SNPs at rs12979860, rs12980275, rs8099917, and rs8103142. Association analyses were performed to evaluate the relationships between each IL28B SNP and SVRs. RESULTS: Seventy six patients with HCV genotype 1 and 80 with genotype non-1 were enrolled. The frequencies of rs12979860 CC and CT genotypes were 90.4% and 9.6%, respectively; those of rs12980275 AA and AG genotypes were 87.2% and 12.8%, respectively; those of rs8099917 TT and TG genotypes were 92.3% and 7.7%, respectively; and those of rs8103142 TT and CT genotypes were 90.4% and 9.6%, respectively. Among the patients with HCV genotype 1, the SVR rates were 69.7% and 80.0% for rs12979860 CC and CT, respectively (P=0.71). Among the HCV genotype non-1 patients, SVR rates were 88.0% and 100% for rs12979860 CC and CT (P=1.00), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Genotypes of the IL28B SNP that are known to be favorable were present in most of the Korean patients with chronic hepatitis C in this study. Moreover, the IL28B SNP did not influence the SVR rate in either the HCV genotype 1 or non-1 patients. Therefore, IL28B SNP analysis might be not useful for the initial assessment, prediction of treatment outcomes, or treatment decision-making of Korean chronic hepatitis C patients.
Adult ; Alleles ; Antiviral Agents/*therapeutic use ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group/*genetics ; Cohort Studies ; Drug Therapy, Combination ; Female ; Gene Frequency ; Genotype ; Hepatitis C, Chronic/drug therapy/*genetics ; Humans ; Interferon-alpha/therapeutic use ; Interleukins/*genetics ; Linkage Disequilibrium ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Polyethylene Glycols/therapeutic use ; *Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; Recombinant Proteins/therapeutic use ; Republic of Korea ; Retrospective Studies ; Ribavirin/therapeutic use

Hemangioma in the renal pelvis is a very rare benign tumor that may be mistaken for renal cell carcinoma. We present a case of a 59-year-old woman with a renal mass, that was diagnosed as a cavernous hemangioma in the renal pelvis.
Carcinoma, Renal Cell ; Female ; Hemangioma* ; Hemangioma, Cavernous ; Humans ; Kidney Pelvis* ; Middle Aged

PURPOSE: To assess the usefulness of an ultrasound (US)-guided peritoneal biopsy for the solitary peritoneal thickening visualized as only infiltrated fat on a computed tomography (CT) scan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective study included 36 patients (16 males, 20 females; mean age, 51.7 years) who underwent a US-guided biopsy for the solitary peritoneal thickening of unknown cause visualized as only infiltrated fat without an apparent mass formation on a CT scan. The rate of the specific histopathological diagnosis and accuracy for the diagnosis of malignant disease was assessed. RESULTS: The procedure was technically successful with the acquisition of an adequate amount of the specimen for microscopic examination from all patients. A specific histopathological diagnosis was made in 31/36 patients (86.1%): peritoneal carcinomatosis in 15/31 (48.4%), tuberculous peritonitis in 15/31 (48.4%) and panniculitis in 1/31 (3.2%). A non-specific histopathological diagnosis was made in 5/36 (13.9%): chronic inflammation in 4/5 (80%) and mesothelial hyperplasia in 1/5 (20%). The procedure showed sensitivity of 83.3%, with a specificity of 100%, a positive predictive value of 100%, a negative predictive value of 85.7%, and an accuracy rate of 86.1% for the diagnosis of malignant diseases. CONCLUSION The US-guided peritoneal biopsy is a fairly accurate diagnostic procedure for the peritoneal thickening visualized as only infiltrated fat on a CT scan, and it can be used before performing laparoscopic or an open biopsy.