Purpose : Recent years have witness a dramatic increase in public awareness of the health risks associated with lead exposure-particularly concerning young children. The lead poisoning in children was considered a rarity, usually resulting from unique circumstances such as in appropriate use of lead-based body cosmetics or direct administration of lead-containing folk medicine or contaminated atmosphere. The increasing concern about children with lower levels... |
Castleman's disease(CD) is rare in childhood. It is defined as a localized nodal hyperplasia in mediastinum or cervical area. It is also called angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia, lymph nodal hamartoma, giant lymph node hyperplasia. It was first described in 1956 by Castleman et al. as a lesion of mediastinal mass. The etiology of CD is not clear. The histologic classification... |
Purpose : Intrabventricular hemorrhage is a common neuropathologic finding in premature and low birth weight infants. It is deeply related with neonatal death and neurologic sequelae. We want to know the incidence and the relating factors of intracranial hemorrhage in premature and low birth weight infants. Methods : We performed craniosonography in 170 premature and low birth weight infants in 3-7... |
Sjören-Larsson Syndrome is a rare disorder chracterized by congenital icthyosis, spastic diplegia or tetraplegia and mental retardation. The inheritance is autosomal recessive, due to deficiency of alcohol dehydrogenase activity of fatty acid matabolism. We have experienced a case of Sjören-Larsson Syndrome in a 16 month-old male children who have dried thick skin, developmental delay, and spastic diplegia. He was much improved clinically... |
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis is the renal histopathologic lesion observed in 10% of children with idopathic nephrotic syndrome. Complications include infection, thrombosis, hypocalcemia and adverse effect of steroid use. The incidnce of thrombosis reported ranges from 10~40%. The pathogenesis are changes in coagulation system, decrease of Antithrombin III, increase platelet aggregability and steroid or diuretics use. These changes take place passively... |
Iron deficiency remains the most common cause of anemia in infants and children despite increasing availability of iron-fortified foods. We screened out anemia in 9-month old infants in well baby clinic to know the prevalence of anemia and the weaning status. The results were as follows. 1) Among 345 infants screened, 24 infants(7%) were found to have anemia. 2) The king of anemia... |
To determine the normal neonatal adrenal gland size, ultrasonographic examinations were performed in 145 newborn infants. They were divided into 3 groups according to the days of age. The group I is 1~3 days, group II is 6~9days and group III is 21~50days of age. 1) The adrenal gland size was as follows. In group I, the length was 29.05mm and the... |
Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory disease, which may affect any area of the gastrontestinal tract from mouth to anus. The etiology is not clearly defined and rather uncertain. The incidence of the disease is geogra- phically unequal in world wide distribution. Male and female are equally involved. We experienced a case of CrohnDisease in 13 year old male child who complained abdominal pain, anorexia... |
Four hundred and ninety-nine cases of bleeding disorders in childhood who were admitted to department of pediatrics, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital during 10 years from July 1977 to June 1987 were clinically evaluated. The results obtained were as follows: 1) The incidence of bleeding disorders was 2.97% of total admitted patient. There was no signifi- cant difference in annual incidence. 2) The peak age of incidence was... |
Glanzmann’s Thromboasthenia is a rare autosomal recessive hemorrhagic disorder characterized by chronic nonthrombocytopenic purpura, a prolonged bleeding time, and deficient or absent clot retraction. The major underlying abnormality is defective first phase aggregation of platelets, which are unresponsive to ADP in any concentration. The authors experienced one case of Glanzmann’s Thromboasthenia in a 8 year 10 month old female, who had frequent epistaxis and gingival... |
A Survey on the present status of infants feeding in Korea was carried out during the period form July to September of 1984. |
Congenital adrenal agenesis or hypoplasia is very rare disorder which causes adrenal insufficiency. It is usually the result of an isolated defect of organogenesis. It may be sporadic, or it may express itself as an autosomal recessive or X-linked disorder within families. We experienced a baby who revealed hyperpigmentation, hypoglycemia, hyperkalemia and hyponatremia immediately after birth. Hormone study was compatible with primary adrenal insufficiency. Complete... |
We have observed clinically about 254 patients of convulsive disorder at the psdiatric department of Soon Chun Hyang Hospital from Jan. 1981 to Dec. 1982. The clinical and statistical results were obtained as follows. 1) The incidence of convulsive disorders among the patients of admission was 9.2%. 2) The most common cause of convulsion was febrile convulsion(34.5%) and the next was epilepsy (18.9%). 3) Convulsion was mo3t... |
We experienced three cases of Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, which revealed fullfilling- all characteristics of clinical 技 laboratory finding during recent 3 years. Two diabetic children among three patients had developed diabetic ketoacidosis. The one of the two cases, 14 aged girl complained of dyspnea & severe emaciation. The another case, 11 year and 2 month-old boy who had cataract complained of severe epigastric pain,... |
A total of 211 children fullfilling all characteristics of Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease (H.F.,& M. Dis.) and 94 children of Herpangina were studied prospectively during epidemic period of 5 months, April through August, 1981 in Seoul, Korea. Maculopapular rash and vesicles that were changed in patterns from time to time were distributed on hands(97%), feet(95%), buttocks(46%), legs(45), arms(16%), trunk (3%),... |
A hemorrhagic disease due to acquired prothrombin complex deficiency is presented in five infants from 3 weeks to 2 months of age. There are 2 cases of intracranial hemorrhage, 1 case of hemothorax, 2 cases of gastrointestinal bleeding, 1 case of epistaxis and 3 cases of petechia, purpura or bleeding from injection site. After the administration of vitamin K, bleeding... |
A case of lacunar skull associated with meningomyelocele, spina bifida, kyphcsis on thoracolumbar area, hydrocephalus, bilateral club foot and paralysis of lower extremities at birth was reported. Diagnosis was made by X-ray of skull, whole spine, upper and lower extremities. On skull X-ray film, multiple small area of round rarefaction surrounded by arborizing pattern of bony ridge was visualized on... |
The 15 year-old female patient was admitted with the complaints of moon face, obesity and short stature. She has received steroid therapy since 11 years ago at home to control joint pain due to rheumatoid arthritis. The diagnosis was confirmed by history of long-term steroid therapy, characteristic clinical features, biochemical studies and radiological studies. In radiological studies, superior mediastinal widening,... |
Authors reviewed 1809 childhood accident cases who visited the emergency room of Soon Chun hyung Hospital from May, 1974 to Aug. 1980. The following results were obtained; 1. Incidence of accidents was 4.1% of all patients who visited emergency room. 2. The highest age incidence was in the age group of 5-9 years, especially in Falldown, Traffic accident, Laceration accident.... |
A case of congenital syphilitic nephrotic syndrome in 5-month old male infant was presented. The diagnosis was established by clinical, labortory, X-ray findings and good clinical response after penicillin therapy. A brief review of literature on syphilitic nephrotic syndrome was made. |
The incidence of anencephaly ranges from 0.1 to 6.7 per 1,000 births. Female fetuses predominated, especially among prematures, with a ratio of between 3 and 7 to 1. The infants are either stillborn or die within a few days of birth. By about 23 days?gestational age the neural tube is complete, except for an opening at each end, the anterior... |
Two cases of infectious mononucleosis were presented. They were admitted with chief complaints of fever and puffy face for the past 2 weeks. They showed characteristic atypical lymphocytes in peripheral blood smear associated with lymphocytosis. Monospot test was positive in first case, but negative in second case. They took self limtied course without any specific treatment and discharged without any complication. A... |
A case of pheochromocytoma with renal artery stenosis was presented. A 11 year old boy was admitted to our pediatric depart, of KUH with chief complaints of headache and vomiting. Urinaly excretion of VMA was 5.9mg in 24 hour collections. Regitine test was positive but histamine test and BMR were not performed. Abdominal aortogram showed nonvisualization of the left kidney... |
A case of Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome was presented. It was characterized by acute renal failure, hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia. The patient was 3 years and 2 months old girl who was admitted to our hospital on November 12th, 1974 with chief complaints of lethargy and jaundice. Burr cells and fragmented red cells with moderate to marked anisocytosis were seen on the... |
A case of Cushing’s syndrome in 10-year-old girl is presented who was admitted to the Pediatric ward of Kyung Hee University Hospital with the complaints of moon face, obesity and hirsutism. The diagnosis was confirmed by characteristic clinical features, biochemical studies, radiological studies and pathologic examination. The tumor was removed successfully and final diagnosis was adrenocortical carcinoma of the Rt.... |
Two cases of methemoglobinemia due to accidental ingestion of DDS was reported. On physical examination, cardiac or pulmonic diseases couldn’t be detected, but cyanosis was remarkable on their lips, cheeks, fingers, and oral mucosa. Methemoglobin was determined, the results of which were 25%, and 30. 4% of total hemoglobin respectively. Review of literature was made briefly. |
A 7-year old boy was admitted to Dept, of Ped. of Kyung Hee University Hospital bacause of vomiting, oliguria, generalized edema and dark red urine since 3 days prior to admission. On admission, physical examinations showed puffy face, pretibial pitting edema and clear mental state. After admission, conservative therapies such as adequate fluid, diuretics, antihypertensives and diet control was taken.... |
This is to report a case of the “Cri du Chat” syndrome, who has been /admitted to the Department of Pediatrics, Kyung Hee University Hospital. ;The patient was a H-month old Korean female infant, brought to the hospital because of growth retardation and pneumonia. The diagnosis of the “Cri du Chat” syndrome was established by the typical cat-crying voice, mental... |
Authors experienced a case of Cryptococcosis accompanied by eosinophilia in a 12 years 8 months old Korean boy. He was admitted to our hospital due to high fever and intermittent coughing. Lymphnode biopsy showed Cryptococcus neoformans, which was obtained at left inguinal region. And tlie organism was found on the culture of cerebrospinal fluid. Brief review of related literature were presented. |
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