• Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
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• v.55 no.2
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• pp.183-187
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• 2020

Perineural cysts are usually discovered incidentally; only approximately one percent of such cysts are symptomatic. Symptomatic cervical perineural cysts, of which only five case reports have been found in the literature, are extremely rare and there is no consensus regarding treatment. When a cervical perineural cyst is discovered in a patient with cervical radiculopathy without the cause of other apparent compression, the cyst can be considered as a possible cause of cervical radiculopathy. In such cases, non-surgical conservative treatment can be considered before any surgical intervention. We reported the successful treatment of case of a 40-year-old woman with a symptomatic cervical perineural cyst by oral steroids and transforaminal epidural steroid injection.

• Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
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• v.56 no.2
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• pp.178-182
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• 2021

Spinal hematomas are a rare but serious complication that is typically observed in the epidural space. Spinal subdural hematomas are a dangerous clinical situation because of their potential to cause significant compression of the neural elements and can be mistaken easily for spinal epidural hematomas. This paper reports a case of a severe whole lumbar subdural hematoma after a simple epidural injection that was treated with surgical decompression with excellent clinical results.

• Journal of the korean veterinary medical association
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• v.46 no.3
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• pp.245-263
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• 2010

말 원충성척수뇌염(equine protozoal myeloencenphalitis; EPM)은 말에게 심각한 신경성 질병을 일으키는 원충성 질병으로서 Sarcocystis neurona가 원인체이다. 근육포자낭(sarcocyst)을 숨기고 있는 자연중간숙주를 포함한 S. nuerona의 완전한 생활사는 알려져 있지 않으나 주머니쥐의 일종인 opossum(Didelphis virginiana, Didelphis albiventris)이 최종 숙주이며, 말은 정상적 숙주로 알려져 있다. 왜냐하면 말에서는 분열체(schizonts)와 분열소체(merozoites)가 발견되기 때문이다. EPM 유사 질병들이 고양이, 밍크, 너구리, 스컹크, 태평양 점박이 바다표범, 포니, 바다수달 등을 포함한 다양한 포유류에서 발생한다. 고양이는 포자낭(sporocytes) 섭식 후 근육포자낭 단계를 숨기는 실험적인 중간숙주로서 역할을 할 수 있다. 최근 국내에서 신경증상을 나타내는 말에 대한 의심스러운 임상증상이 임상수의사들에 의해 관찰되어졌는, 정확한 진단을 하기위하여 S. nuerona에 의해 발생된 EPM의 역사, 구조, 생활사, 생물학, 병리론, 동물에서 질병 유도, 임상 증상, 진단, 병인론, 생태학, 치료 등에 대하여 알아보고자 한다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• v.48 no.11
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• pp.1232-1238
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• 2005

Purpose : Though more than 15 years have passed after introduction of Lorenzo's oil therapy in X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy(ALD), its efficacy is still fully not known. In patients who already have neurologic symptoms, most reports indicate that the neurologic disability continues to increase. We evaluated its efficacy in X-linked ALD patients. Methods : Four patients who were treated with Lorenzo's oil for at least 12 months were enrolled from 1996 to 2003. During treatment, changes of neurologic symptoms, brain magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) findings, and serum saturated very long-chain fatty acid(C26:0) were assessed. Results : Two patients with childhood cerebral ALD had progression of neurologic symptoms and MRI lesions during treatment. One asymptomatic patient developed childhood cerebral ALD after six year treatment of Lorenzo's oil. One "Addison only" patient remained neurologically intact after three years. During Lorenzo's oil therapy, serum C26:0 levels which had increased at diagnosis decreased in all four patients. Conclusion : Treatment with Lorenzo's oil did not prevent disease progression in childhood cerebral ALD patients who were already symptomatic. Long term follow up will be needed in asymptomatic ALD including "Addison only" to reveal the efficacy of Lorenzo's oil.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.77-89
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• 1998

Background: Genetic and environmental factors are known to affect the incidence and severity of asthma. Stimulation of $\beta_2$-Adrenergic Receptor ($\beta_2$AR) results in smooth muscle relaxation, leading to decrease in resistance of airflow. The gene encoding the $\beta_2$AR has recently been seguenced. The $\beta_2$AR genotype at the polymorphic loci of codons 16, 27, 34, and 164 was known to cause changes in the amino acids. The relationships between the structure of the $\beta_2$AR and its functions are being elucidated. Purpose : The gene encoding the $\beta_2$AR was carried out to assess the frequency of polymorphisms in bronchial asthma, to determine wheather these polymorphisms have any relation to the severity, or nocturnal symptoms in bronchial asthma. Methods: The subjects studied were 103 patients with bronchial asthma, which consisted of 30 mild episodic, 32 mild persistent, 17 moderate, and 24 severe asthma patients. The polymorphisms of the $\beta_2$AR gene were detected by mutated allele specific amplification (MASA) method at the codons 16,27,34, and 164. Results: The most frequent polymorphism was arginine 16 to glycine. The other two polymorphisms, valine 34 to methionine and glutamine 27 to glutamic acid occured in 11 and 6 patients respectively. The polymorphism of threonine 164 to isoleucine was not found in our enrolled patients. The homozygous polymorphism of $\beta_2$AR gene was found in only arginine 16 to glycine (12.6%). The heterozygous polymorphisms of $\beta_2$AR gene were in arginine 16 to glycine, valine 34 to methionine, and glutamine 27 to glutamic acid, as 65.1 %,10.7%, and 5.8% respectively in asthma patients. The presence of agrginine 16 to glycine heterozygous or/and homozygous polymorphism was associated in severe asthma (p=0.015), but there was no association between the other three polymorphisms and the severity of asthma. The frequency of the $\beta_2$AR gene polymorphisms was no relation in nocturnal asthma as compared with non-nocturnal asthma. Conclusion: The arginine 16 to glycine polymorphism of the $\beta_2$AR gene is the most frequently found in asthma patients and association with severe asthma. But there was no association between the polymorphism of the $\beta_2$AR gene and nocturnal asthma.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.415-424
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• 2011

연구목적 : 본 연구는 볼기신경 뿌리병증 환자에 대하여 역학적 스트레스인 압박과 긴장을 가하여 환자의 증상을 나타내 신경동역학적 검사간의 상관관계를 수행하였다. 연구방법 : 신경동역학검사인 하지직거상검사, 수정된 활시위검사, 슬럼프검사에 앞서 방사선과 전문의에 의해 자기공명영상 판독을 실시하여 허리원반 이탈로 진단받은 다리쪽으로 방사통을 호소하는 21명의 환자가 참여 하였다. 수집된 자료는 질적변수에 따른 빈도와 비율은 교차분석표로 작성하였고, 신경동역학적 검사간의 상관관계를 검정하기 위해 피어슨의 카이스퀘어(Pearson's chi-square)을 시행하였다. 연구결과 : 허리 자기공명영상 결과, 증상에 대한 두 검사 간 교차표를 작성하여 하지직거상검사와 수정된 활 시위검사, 하지직거상검사와 슬럼프검사는 유의한 상관관계는 없었지만(p>.05) 수정된 활시위검사와 슬럼프검사는 통계적으로 유의한 상관관계(p<.05)가 제시되었다. 결론 : 볼기신경 뿌리병증 환자에 대한 신경동역학검사인 수정된 활시위검사와 슬럼프검사가 통계적으로 유의한 상관관계를 나타내는 증거를 제공하였다. 신경동역학 검사는 신경계에 역학적 스트레스 즉, 긴장, 활주, 또는 압박 자극을 주어 신경기능이상 환자에 대해 적절한 검사를 제시하였다.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.199-206
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• 2001

Purpose: To review the clinical and laboratory features of patients with Wilson disease at diagnosis. Methods: In this retrospective study, records of all 20 patients, who were diagnosed as having Wilson disease at the Paik hospital in Busan from 1990 to 2000, were reviewed. Results: Out of 20 patients, 12 pateints (60%) have hepatic presentation alone, 2 patients (10%) have neurologic presentation, 4 patients (20%) have hepatic and neuropsychiatric presentation, and one patient (5%) has hematologic presentation at diagnosis. One patient (5%) has neither symptom nor laboratory finding of Wilson disease except very low serum ceruloplasmin level and positive family history. Family screening test revealed 3 cases of Wilson disease. 12 patients were revealed to be combined with liver cirrhosis at diagnosis. Conclusion: Early diagnosis and treatment is very important in patients with Wilson disease. Children or adolescents who manifest symptoms of hepatitis, who has prolonged elevation of liver enzymes, and has family history of hapatitis of unknown origin, with mild hematologic or urinary abnormalities must be suspected to have Wilson disease. Also, in adolescents with extrapyramidal symptoms or other neuropsychiatric symptoms, liver function test should be done.

• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.27-46
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• 1993

• Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.117-123
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• 1994

This study was performed to examine the role of neuroleptics may in the development of neurologic soft signs in patients with schizophrenia. Neurologic soft signs were evaluated in 28 neuroleptic naive patients with schizophrenia or schizophreniform disorder and 31 neuroleptic non-naive patients with schizophrenia using a structured tool for measuring neurologic abnormalities, Neurological Evaluation Scale-Korean version(NES-K). Relationship to dose, duration and neurological side effects of neuroleptic treatment were also evaluated. Total scores of NES-K in neuroleptic naive group were significantly higher than those of non-naive group. Scores of motor coordination, sequencing of complex motor acts and others items in functional subcategories were also significantly higher in drug-naive patients. The sensory integration item was not different between two groups. After controlling covariates such ac dose of neuroleptics, age and sex, total scores, motor coordination and others items of NES-K were significantly higher in neuroleptic naive group. However there was no difference between drug naive and non-naive group in the sequencing of complex motor acts item due to effects of these covariates. In neuroleptic non-naive group the dosage of neuroleptics correlated with the motor coordination item, nor were there relationships between duration and side effects of neuroleptic treatment and neurologic soft signs. These findings suggest that neuroleptic treatment may play a only relative role in the development of neurologic soft signs in patients with schizophrenia and these abnormalities may be one of possible trait markers of schizophrenia. To elucidate this opinion, well-controlled, prospective study in same subjects will be helpful.

• The Monthly Diabetes
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• s.218
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• pp.62-65
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• 2008

차가운 물을 마시거나 양치질을 할 때 참을 수 없을 만큼 이빨이 시린 분들이 있다. 이빨이 시린 증상은 성인 10명중 7명꼴로 아주 흔한 증상이라고 말할 수 있다. 시린이는 찬바람이 불기 시작하는 환절기와 겨울에 많이 보이는 증상으로 가급적 찬물이나 뜨거운 음식은 삼가하고 심한 경우 신경 손상으로 연결되므로 적절한 치료를 받도록 해야 한다. 그렇다면 시린이의 원인은 무엇이고 치료와 예방법은 무엇인지 알아보자.