Plain radrographs of thirty nine patients with giant cell tumor of long bone and CT scans of twenty patients among the thirty patients were reviewed retrospectively to evaluate the frequency and significance of sclerosis of the tumor margin. The sclerosis of the tumor margin was observed on plain radiographs in thirteen patients(33.3%) and they were located either on epiphyseal or on both epiphyseal or metaphyseal portion of the tumor. The authors concluded that the giant cell tumor should not be excluded from the differential entities eventhough the tumor has the marginal sclerosis.
Diagnosis, Differential* ; Giant Cell Tumors* ; Giant Cells* ; Humans ; Retrospective Studies ; Sclerosis* ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

This study was conducted to find out an appropriate means for preventing the juvenile delinquency (JD), which is supposed to be greatly realted to family environment. The data were collected through a questionnaire survey with a means of writing by themself, to 257 middle and high school students and 309 juvenile delinquents who were in confinement. The questionnaire was consisted of 27 items of juvenile delinquencies, 15 questions about personal environment in their period of childhood, 36 questions on their home atmosphere, 25 items with regard to their parental behavior to their children in the rearing of them. The extent of delinquency was calculated by summing the numbers of experienced delinquencies of the listed items. The study subjects were divided into two groups; student group (SG) and juvenile delinquent group (JDG) and the collected data were analyzed with the extent of delinquency in each group by SPSS/PC+statistical package. The extent of JD was increased as the study subjects grew older, defective families were more common, total family income was more poor, parents' educational level was lower, personal expenses were higher and the conflicts between parents were more high in JDG as compared with of SG. The differences were statistically significant. As long as the extent of delinquency is concerned, delimquent points of JDG were significantly higher as compared with that of SG in all items except one item, below the primary school item in fathers' educational level. (In order to prevent JD in our country, it is recommended that educational level and the living standared of the lower class people should be raised, the sound families which do have less conflictsshould be established as much as possible, the present educational system which is making much conflicts between parents and their offsprings should be changed so that their given temperament would be brought up to the highest level, defective families should be reduced as much as possible and adults should not do actions that are considered not to be done by youngsters and must set a good example.)
Adult ; Atmosphere ; Child ; Humans ; Juvenile Delinquency* ; Parents ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Temperament ; Writing

To stydy the parameters of preload, afterload, and contractility of the heart, we evaluated 10 mitral stenosis, 5 mitral stenoinsufficiency, and 5 mitral stenosis with aortic insufficiency by measuring the external energy potential, external mechaical work, and external energy potential to PVa(Pressure-volume Area) ratio with non-invasive method, echocardiography and carotid pulse tracting. The results are summarized as follows; 1) External energy potential of mitral stenosis was significantly higher than that of MSI or MS with AI. 2) External mechanical work of MSI or MS with AI was significantly higher than that of Ms. 3) External energy potential to PVA ratio was signifiantly higher in the MS, but there was no significantly difference between the MSI and MS with AI. According to the above results, external energy potential to PVA ratio with echocardiogram and carotid pulse tracting was good parameters of preload, afterload, and contractility. And this method may used bed-side monitoring in the clinical area.
Echocardiography ; Heart ; Heart Valve Diseases* ; Mitral Valve Stenosis

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Urachal carcinoma is an uncommon neoplasm associated with a poor prognosis. We have encountered two another cases of urachal adenocarcinoma recently 5 years after our first report. The common sign of urachal cancer was painless hematuria. We diagnosed the specific site of origin preoperatively by means of computerized tomography. One patient was performed partial cystectomy and another was total cystectomy with double barrel ureterocutaneostomy. A brief review of the literature of urachal adenocarcinoma was also made.
Adenocarcinoma* ; Cystectomy ; Hematuria ; Humans ; Prognosis

No abstract available.
Incidence* ; Nurseries* ; Parenteral Nutrition, Total* ; Pharmacy* ; Sepsis*

Tuberculosis remains high incidental disease in Korea with an estimated incidence of 2.5% in generalpopulation. Among the tuberculosis of bone, spinal tuberculosis is high incidence and curable disease, but earlytreatment demands early diagnosis. Authors reviewed clinical aspects of 376 cases, and reviewed conventional filmsof 74 cases and CT of 8 cases, confirmed histopathologically as spinal tuberculosis from Jan. 1976 to May 1985 atYonsei medical center, Yonsei University. The results were as follows: 1. The frequent site of involvement werelower thoracic and lumbar vertebra, 4th lumbar vertebra was the most common lesion site among them. 2. Theseperated lesions were 10.2% among spinal lesion. 3. The most common type and pattern of bone density wasintervertebral type and mixed pattern each other. 4. Paravertebral abscess, kyphosis and narrowing ofintervertebral disc space were discovered more than 80% in reviewed conventional films. 5. In children, there isno predilection site. 6. Spinal CT was more accurate diagnostic method than conventional study in the evaluationof following aspects: 1) extent of lesion 2) degree of spinal canal involvement 3) changes of surrounding organ.
Abscess ; Bone Density ; Child ; Early Diagnosis ; Humans ; Incidence ; Korea ; Kyphosis ; Methods ; Spinal Canal ; Spine ; Tuberculosis ; Tuberculosis, Spinal

In Bureger's angiographic findings are not pathognomonic, but in most cases they are diagnostic. We reviewedperipheral angiography of 36 cases of Buerger's disease who were suspected clinically during the period from Jan.1979 to Dec. 1984. The results were as follows: 1. The sex distribution of the cases were 34 males and 2females(17:1) and most common in 4th decade. Eight-six percents of the patients were smokers. 2. Chief complainson admission were ulceration, pain at rest, coldness, and discoloration. 3. The anterior tibial artery wasaffected most commonly (88%) and posterior tibial(76%), peroneal(68%), popliteal(22%), and femoral arteruy(15%) inorder. 4. The angiographic findings were 1) In all cases, there was abscence of arteriosclerotic lesions andshowed smooth vessel walls in non-affected arteries. 2) Direct corkscrew type collaterals were found in 2% of thelesions, and indirect type collaterals in 81%. The tree-root or spider's leg type collaterals were also found in74%. 3) Standing-wave patterns were found in 30% which affected above the popliteal artery. 4) Early venousdrainage was found in 16% of the lesions.
Angiography ; Arteries ; Humans ; Leg ; Male ; Popliteal Artery ; Sex Distribution ; Thromboangiitis Obliterans ; Tibial Arteries ; Ulcer

BACKGROUND: Both atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia may progress to gastric dysplasia. This study aimed to analyze the factors influencing progression of atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia to dysplasia. METHODS: People diagnosed with atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia for the first time received a follow-up endoscopy and were investigated for the cumulative incidence rate of gastric dysplasia by age, gender, smoking habit, alcohol intake, rice consumption and family history of stomach cancer. RESULTS: The cumulative incidence rate increased with age, consuming > or =3 bowls of rice per day and family history of stomach cancer. Multivariate analysis showed that the cumulative incidence rate of gastric dysplasia increased in subjects >61 years (RR=2.54, P=0.014), in those consuming > or =3 bowls of rice per day (RR=1.46, P=0.021) and in those with a family history of stomach cancer (RR=1.31, P=0.037). CONCLUSIONS: More active management, such as intensive endoscopic follow-up examinations, lifestyle change and education regarding gastric dysplasia, are required in those older than 61 years, having a higher intake of grain or with a family history of stomach cancer.
Edible Grain ; Endoscopy ; Follow-Up Studies ; Gastritis, Atrophic ; Humans ; Incidence ; Life Style ; Metaplasia ; Multivariate Analysis ; Risk Factors ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Stomach ; Stomach Neoplasms

Pneumocystis carinii is a pulmonary pathogen of immunocompromised humans or other mammals. Its infection results from activation of organisms involved in latent infection or from new infection through the air. Almost all children are known to be infected within 2 to 4 years of birth, though prenatal transplacental transmission has not yet been demonstrated. In this study we observed experimental P. carinii infection in neonatal rats, thus investigating the possibility of transplacental vertical transmission by Diff-Quik staining of the lung impression smears and in-situ hybridization for lung sections. The positive rate of P. carinii infection in immunosuppressed maternal rats was 100%, but that in normal maternal rats was 0%. Cystic forms of P. carinii were observed in three of six 1-week old neonatal rats born of heavily infected mothers, but none of them was positive by in-situ hybridization. Five weeks after birth, cystic forms were detected in four neonatal rats. In the lobes of the lungs, no predilection site of P. carinii was recognized. Counts of cystic forms on smears and the reactivity of in-situ hybridization in the lungs of neonatal rats were significantly lower than in maternal rats. The present findings suggest that P. carinii is rarely transmitted through the placenta and proliferates less successfully in the lungs of neonatal rats than in mothers.
Animal ; Animals, Newborn/microbiology* ; Disease Transmission, Vertical* ; Female ; Immunocompromised Host ; Lung/microbiology ; Male ; Opportunistic Infections/transmission* ; Opportunistic Infections/complications ; Pneumocystis carinii/isolation & purification ; Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii/transmission* ; Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii/complications ; Pregnancy ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar