| Neonatal spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a rare phenomenon which is observed in case of respiratory distressed, meconium stained and meconium aspirated neonate. In certain state, air can leak from the ruptured alveoli into the pulmonary interstitium and movement of this air along the vascular structures may result in pneumomediastinum. We experienced a case of spontaneous pneumomediastinum, in a 3 day-old male infant (43+5 wks gestational... |
| The authors experienced a case of hypersplenism in a 12 year-old male patient with the chief complaints of nasal bleeding and palpable mass on LUQ of abdomen. The patient had splenomegaly, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia. He had high portal venous pressure of about 340 mmH20 and the splenoportography showed non-visualized portal vein and tortuous vessels suggesting portal vein obstruction. Splenectomy was done and his symptoms... |
| We observed the patients admitted to the department of pediatrics of St. Mary*s Hospital, Catholic Medical College during the past 20 years from Jan. 1966 to Dec. 1985 and classified them by year and disease according to the International Classification of Disease by W.H.O. (1965 Revision). The results were as follows: 1) The total number of pediatric inpatients during 20 years was 18,686, of which... |
| Acute renal failure is defined as a sudden decrease in renal function resulting in progressive retention of nitrogenous waste products. Acute renal failure should be suspected in any infant who has a sustained decrease in urine output to less than 1 ml per kg per hour, a blood urea nitrogen level above 20 mg per dl, a serum creatinine level greater than 1.0... |
| A clinical study was done on 33 cases of congenital small intestinal atresia at II Sin Christian Hospital between Jan. 1979 and Dec. 1985. The following results were obtained: 1) The incidence of congenital small intestinal atresia was 1: 1509 live births and sex ratio was 1. 2: 1, male: female which was the same as the overall hospital distribution. 2) Birth weight was less than 2,500... |
| A clinical observation was made on 12 cases of the hypoplastic right heart syndrome who were admitted to the department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Hospital from January 1978 to May 1986. The -results were as follows; 1) The ratio of female to male was 1:1 and, according to the anatomic classification by Khoury, 6 cases were in type 1, 4 cases in type II... |
| The Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome is defined as rarely occuring hemangioma of the skin and gastrointestinal tract, with intestinal hemorrhage. Bean in 1958 gave the name Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus (BRBN) to a variant of bluish hemangiomas of the gastrointestinal tract which causes bleeding, which had been described for the first time by Gascoyen. We experienced a case of Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus... |
| We have experienced a case of Potter syndrome type I in a newborn infant who presented with severe respiratory distress soon after birth. The diagnosis was made with autopsy findings consisted of bilateral polycystic renal dysplasia, bilateral hypoplastic lung , facies renalis, fibrocystic change of liver, patent ductus arteriosus, patent foramen ovale, ureter and urinary bladder hypoplasia and calcaneovarus. Brief... |
| The mechanism involved in pubertal changes has not been clearly demonstrated, but evidence has been accumulated that hormonal changes are responsible for this pubertal changes. We studied the height, weight, testicular volume, bone age, LH, FSH, and testosterone, "by Tanner stage of pubic hair development in 134 pubertal male children with no previous endocrine disease, who admitted at Yonsei University Medical... |
| Clinical study was performed on 76 cases of upper gastrointestinal bleeding who had been admitted to Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine during the period of 6.5 years from Jaunary, 1979 to June, 1985. The results were as follows: 1) Seventy six cases with upper gastrointestinal bleeding in this study accounted for 0.32% of the total admitted patients, and... |
| We analyzed clinical findings, pathological findings and clinico-pathological correlations in 55 children with idiopathic IgA nephropathy confirmed immunopathologically, and the results were as follows; 1) The mean age at onset was 9.65±2.45 years with relatively even distribution in school ages and males outnumbered females by 1.75 : 1. 2) The main mode of presentation was typical... |
| A clinical study was conducted on 30 term babies with neonatal asphyxia, who were admitted to Pediatric Department of Kyungpook National University Hospital during 2years period from May 1983 to April 1985. Of the 20 cases returned to follow up, 15 cases were neurodevelopmentally normal but 5 cases were retarded with neurologic disability. Retarded case revealed higher incidence of severe asphyxia... |
| One hundred and sixty seven patients ranging age from 5 months to ],6 years seen at Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University, College of. Medicine, were underwent diagnostic fiberoptic endoscopy and double contrast barium meal examination. Of 167 patients, 138 cases had chronic recurrent abdominal pain with or without associated vomiting and 29 cases had upper gastrointestinal bleeding on admission. The... |
| To evaluate the influence of HBV to fetus, authors studied 817 pregnant women and neonates who were admitted to delivery room of Keimyung University Dongsan medical center from 1882 to 1984. The results were as follows; 1) Percent of HBsAg positive mother was 6.8% (50/817) and child bearing age was 7.8% (72/917). Percent of Anti-HBs positive was 33.9% and... |
| A case of Niemann-Pick disease in a 12 year and 6 month old Korean male was reported. The patient showed marked hepatosplenomegaly without neurologic symptoms. Fundoscopic examination revealed a cherry-red spot with white ring in the maculae. Numerous foamy histiocytes and sea-blue histiocytes were seen in the bone marrow. The liver biopsy specimen showed the diffuse ballooning of hepatocytes obliterating... |
| Myelodysplastic syndrome is a disorder of the marrow stem cell characterized initially by ineffective erythropoiesis, an abnormal bone marrow, and peripheral blood cytopjenia. Recently MDS was classified into 5 subtypes by the F rench-American-British (FAB) Cooperative Group: (1) Refractory anemia(R.A.), (2) RA with ring sideroblast, (3) RA with excess of blast(RAEB), (4) Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) and (5) RAEB in transformation. We... |
| Bone marrow cell cultures (GM-CFU) were performed in the 15 cases of children with aplastic anemia and the correlation with the clinical course were investigated. They have been treated with androgen with or without low dose prednisone and supportive care. Bone marrow cell cultures from 8 children without any evidence of aplastic anemia were performed as a control. 1)In control... |
| It is well known that chronic anemia is associated with hemodynamic alterations like increased cardiac output and stroke volume and decreased peripheral vascular resistance. Left ventricular size and function were studied by echocardiography in 16 chronic anemia patients, mainly aplastic anemia, without evidence of cardiac decompensation. Left ventricular dimension, stroke volume, ejection fraction and fractional shortening were calculated. The LV... |
| Congenital hypoplastic anemia is a rare disease characterized by aplasia or severe hypoplasia of the erythron, with onset usually at birth or during early infancy. This report presented three cases of congenital hypoplastic anemia in 3 infants with pallor and irritability which were noticed since one to three months of age. Three cases were treatsd with prednisolone and the courses of... |
| We observed a case of congenital hypoplastic anemia in a 10 month old male patient who was diagnosed through bone marrow aspiration. This steroid-unresponsive patient has been maintaining a concentration of hemoglobin compatible with health from supportive transfusion therapy. A brief review of related literature was made. |
| Neuroblastoma is one of the most common malignant tumors in infants and children, which arises from sympathetic nervous system. We had experienced a case of neuroblastoma originated from mediastinum and metastized to bone & lymph node. |
| Interstitial pneumonitis is a rare, diffuse lung disease characterized by varing combinations of two histological features: thickening of alveolar walls and the presence of large mononuclear cells in the alveolar spaces. 4 cases with interstitial pneumonitis, admitted to the Pediatric Department of Seoul National University Hospital during the period from Jan. 1979 through. May, 1985 were reviewed clinically. The results... |
| Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, also known as intestinal polyposis II, is a familial condition characterized by the triad of (1) mucocutaneous pigmentation, (2) benign polyps occuring in any part of the intestinal tract but mainly in the jejunum, and (3) autosomal dominant inheritance. This syndrome was first reported by Peutz in 1929. Following reemphasis by Jegers in 1949, it became a definite... |
| Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia in a very rare type of leukemia characterized by megakaryoblatic proliferation and organ infiltration without proliferation of other marrow elements. The authors experienced a case of acute megakaryoblastic leukemia in a 3 9/12 year-old female patient on admission. Acute leukemia was suspected because blast cells were found in peripheral blood smear, and there was hepatosplenomegaly. Bone marrow... |
| A retrospective review was performed of 15 medical records to study the pneumomedia- stinum in the newborn during last 4 years from Jan. 1980 through Dec. 1983 at Severance Hospital of Yonsei University. Tne results were as follows: 1) The incidence was 0.14% (15 of 8,737 live-births) during the neonatal period. Of those cases spontaneous pneumomediastinum was 66.7%(10 cases) and secondary pneumomedia- stinum 33.3%(5 cases). Males were... |
| The Author observed patients admitted to the pediatrics of Dong Bu City Hospital from. Mar. 1983 to Feb. 1984. The results were as follows: 1)The total numbers of pediatric inpatients was 194 including male 110, female 84 and. male to female ratio was 1.31 : 1. 2)In age distribution, the neonates and infants occupied 75(38.6%) of total inpatients. 3)Seasonal distribution revealed high... |
| Infantile polycystic kidney is uncommon disease and rare in children and is used to refer to a group of heritable conditions that occur predominantly in childhood and is transmitted by autosomal recessive inheritance. By developmental abnormality, multiple cysts are produced from enlargement or giantism of the collecting tubules in association with cellular hyperplasia. Kidneys are grossly enlarged and have a diffusely... |
| Clinical records of 25 neonates with secondary pneumothorax were reviewed retrospectively during last 6 years from Jan. 1978 through Dec. 1983 at Pediatric Department of Yonsei University Hospital. The following results were obtained; 1)The incidence of secondary pneumothorax was 0.16% (21 out of 12,864 live-birth) during the neonatal period. The incidence tended to increase since we had set up the neonatal,... |
| Authors experienced two cases of Hand-Schuller-Christian disease developed simultaneously in 35 month old male monozygotic twin. So we report with literature review briefly as follow. The elder had the complaints of polyuria, exophthalmos, skin lesion. The younger had the complaints of mild exophthalmos and skin lesion. They were confirmed by clinical and pathological features and radiological examination. But patients died... |
| Recently, we experienced two cases of aplastic anemia following hepatitis in 6 and 12year old boys. A 6 year old boy was admitted to Jeonbug National University Hospital in Dec. ’82, because of frequent expistaxis and petechiae on entire body. He had a history of hepatitis 2 months ago. On admission liver function was normal and pancytopenia was revealed. Bone... |
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