No abstract available.
Arachnoid* ; Arachnoiditis* ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Tuberculosis*

No abstract available.
Arachnoid* ; Arachnoiditis* ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Tuberculosis*

Cases of metastases from extracranial tumor to intracranial tumor are very rare. The world wide review of the literatures until 1992 revealed 44 cases of primary intracranial tumors containing metastatic tumors which are unrelated extracranial primary malignant tumors; the intracranial recipient tumor is a meningioma in 35 cases among them. Carcinomas of the lung and the breast are the most common extracranial donor tumors. Metastases from colon cancer to meningioma are extremely rare. A 74 year-old-female presented with headache for 2 weeks. CT revealed a round mass with high signal intensity, measuring 4 cm in diameter, which is located in the left parietal lobe. The patient had colon cancer 2 years ago and lymphoma I year ago. On operation, the tumor is relatively well delineated and attached to the meninx. Microscopically, the tumor is composed of fascicles of long slender, fibroblast-like spindle cells with indistinct cytoplasmic border, variable amount of collagen deposit and many psammoma bodies. A few scattered glands are present in periphery of the meningioma. The tumor glands are composed of columnar cells with basally located hyperchromatic nuclei and similiar to the glands of the adenocarcinoma of the colon.
Female ; Humans ; Adenocarcinoma ; Meningioma ; Neoplasm Metastasis

No abstract available.
Urinary Tract Infections* ; Urinary Tract*

No abstract available.
Gemfibrozil* ; Humans ; Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory*

No abstract available.
Humans ; Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory* ; Shock, Septic*

In order to investigate the efficacy and safety of oral cilazapril, a new angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, on essential hypertension, a single daily dose of 2.5 to 5.0mg cilazapril was administered in 30 hypertensive patients with diastolic blood pressure in the range of 95??15mmHg while off all other anti-hypertensive agents for 10 weeks. Blood pressure and heart rate were measured every 2 weeks. The complete blood count with platelet count, blood chemistry by SMA-12 including lactic dehydrogenase and serum electrolytes, and urinalysis were performed at 4th and 10th week of therapy. The electrocardiography was performed at the beginning and the end of treatment period. Any kinds of side effects were actively questioned by the examining physicians. The following results were obtained : 1) The mean age was 49.2 years, and the ratio of male-to-female was 1 : 1.3. 2) Blood pressure started to fall significantly within 2 weeks of treatment with cliazpril 2.5mg(M+/-S.E., 15.4+/-17.4mmHg vs 138.5+/-23.3, 100.3+/-6.2 vs 89.4+/-6.6, p<0.05), and after 6 weeks of treatment with a mean dosage of 2.84mg. diastolic blood pressure of all subjects was maintained below 90mmHg throughout the rest of trial. 3) Pulse rate or body weight were not significantly changed during the entire treatment period(69.3+/-6.0/min vs 10th week : 69.0+/-7.7, 64.7+/-7.4kg vs 63.6+/-6.7, p>0.05). 4) There were no significant changes in blood chemistry including blood sugar, cholesterol and electrolytes, except mild changes of serum creativine and alkaline phosphatase values. 5) Hematologic findings, urinalysis and electrocardiographic findings remained unchanged. 6)Side effects were mostly mild in nature without potentially serious episodes(dry cough : 20%, indigestion, headache, dizziness, in order), but there was 1 cases in whom the dosage was redyced due to postural hypotension. From the above results, cilazapril with the dosage of 2.5 to 5.0mg was effectvie and well tolerated in essential hypertensive patients with diastolic blood pressure of 95 to 115mmHg, and cilazapril seems to be appropriate for monotherapy of mild to moderate hypertensive patients.
Alkaline Phosphatase ; Antihypertensive Agents ; Blood Cell Count ; Blood Glucose ; Blood Pressure ; Body Weight ; Chemistry ; Cholesterol ; Cilazapril* ; Cough ; Dizziness ; Dyspepsia ; Electrocardiography ; Electrolytes ; Headache ; Heart Rate ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Hypotension, Orthostatic ; Oxidoreductases ; Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A ; Platelet Count ; Urinalysis

No abstract available.
Seizures* ; Sparganosis*

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome(EDS) is an inherited disorder of the connective tissue disease that is usually transmitted as autosomal dominant trait. The defect in the biogenesis of collagen results in varying degree of skin hyperextensibility, joint hypermobility, skin fragility and bruising. There have been several reports of cardiac or great vessel abnormalities in patients with the EDS. A 45-year-old Woman was admitted to Maryknoll hospital because of orthopnea, palpitation and epigastric discomfort. Physical examination reveals multiple variable sized bruises and increased hyperelasticity on skin, and hypermobile joint in knee and proximal interphalanges of both hands. Mitral valvular prolapse and atrial septal defect were detected by echocardiography. We report a case of EDS accompanied by mitral valvular prolapse and ostium secundum atral septal defect with brief review of literature.
Organelle Biogenesis ; Collagen ; Connective Tissue Diseases ; Contusions ; Echocardiography ; Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome* ; Female ; Hand ; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial* ; Humans ; Joint Instability ; Joints ; Knee ; Middle Aged ; Physical Examination ; Prolapse* ; Skin

No abstract available.
Dialysis* ; Humans ; Kidney Failure, Chronic* ; Pericarditis*