• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.11-17
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• 2010

A urolithiasis, also called calculus, is one of the brutal illnesses, which has constantly harassed humanbeings from time immemorial. However, there is no appropriate method of prevention so far. So, Urological therapy must be followed upon those patients. The biggest problem of urolithiasis is usually causing harsh pain, fever, and throw up. The pain would be more intensified when something came through the ureter or the moment of convulsion caused beyond transmission of urinary calculus. Even strong painkillers, such as fentanyl and Pethidine, can not handle those harshly pain easily. Therefore, a prompt action of medical check up and its therapy must be required to those patients. This thesis paper has put the accent on the specific therapy, known as ESWL (Extracorpereal Shock Wave Lithotripsy), which have generated quite optimum resolution to patients, who received harsh pain from Proximal ureteral stone and Mid ureteral stone and because of its low provability of pulverization. The results of the experiment confirmed that the stone, located between Proximal and Mid ureter, has lower provability of pulverization than distal ureter, because its accuracy rate on shock wave, in respect of breathing, are low. However, decrease in discharge interval have enhanced provability of pulverization. it can also intensify probability of pulverization and its safety by discharging high power with appropriate intervals, and that is more efficient than discharging low power with frequent time.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.637-642
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• 2021

Kidney stones are largely classified into kidney stones, ureter stones, and urolithiasis depending on the location of their occurrence. Therefore, in this study, from January 2019 to June 2021, kidney stones found in 112 patients with flank pain or who visited for abdominal ultrasonography at a general hospital located in Daegu were diagnosed with urolithiasis. We wanted to investigate the effect on twinkling artifacts. As a result of the study, the incidence of twinkling artifacts due to kidney stones was relatively high in the longitudinal scan among the scan methods. As the number of kidney stones increased, the incidence of twinkling artifacts increased by 1.296 times (p<0.05). As the kidney stone size increased, the incidence of twinkling artifacts increased by 0.086-fold (p<0.05). It was found that the number and size of kidney stones are factors affecting twinkling artifacts. Since the effect of kidney stones on twinkling artifacts is related to the number and size of kidney stones, continuous attention should be paid to helping the detection of kidney stones by using variables affecting twinkling artifacts.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.104-110
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• 1977

Vegetables are liberally taken to enhance the mineral, vitamin, and rouphage value of the diet. And calcium is an essential mineral at all ages, although the daily requirement varies with physiological status of the individual. On the other hand, oxalic acid is an unwanted constituent of several clinical disorders. It is therefore necessary to take into account the calcium as well as the oxalic acid content of the various calcium, foods. Oxalic acid, calcium, calcium/oxalic acid ratio and available calcium have been determined in 31 kinds of the Korean common vegetables. The results are summarized as follows; 1. The highest content of oxalic acid has been recorded in Amaranth. spinach and beet. It is respectively 1,100mg%, 619mg%, 550mg% in fresh sample. It is comparatively high in Leek, leavels of perilla, Mugwort, Chyi-leaves, green red pepper, Burdock. 2. Many vegetables have been calculated as below 2.0 in the calcium/oxalic acid ratio. 3. Avaiable calciumis much in Malaolitoria, Lettuce, Green onion whole, Green garlic, Wild onion, Cabbage and Radish root. 4. A food calendar is suggested as a guide to the proper selection of food items for normal individuals and for those suffering from urolithiasis, cardiovascular disease or calcium deficiency status.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.83-86
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• 2006

About 8 year-old castrated male Yorkshire terrier was presented for evaluation of dysuria, stranguria, hemtauria, and pollakiuria. On history taking, dysuria first was observed three months ago and these signs were waxed and waned. Physical examination revealed mild left perineal swelling. On routine laboratory examination, no significant findings were identified. Positive contrast urogram identified peritoneal herniation of urinary bladder. Urinalysis showed proteinuria and hematuria. Urine sediment revealed epithelial cells, white blood cells and rod-shaped bacteria. Pseudomonas aeroginosa was isolated from urine obtained through cystocentesis, and had resistance against fourteen antibiotics. Cystitis caused by P. aeruginosa concurrent with cystolithiasis and perineal hernia was diagnosed. Cystotomy, herniorrhaphy and EDTA-Tris solution lavage of bladder were performed. The patient was recovered to normal condition 2 days after treatment. Two weeks later, bacterial culture of urine was negative and any abnormality in ultrasonogram and urinalysis was not observed except calcium oxalate dihydrate crystals.

• Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.25-29
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• 2022

Parathyroid carcinoma is very rare malignant neoplasm, accounting for less than 0.005% of all cancers. Most parathyroid carcinoma is a functioning tumor that causes hyperparathyroidism, leading to hypercalcemia. We report a parathyroid carcinoma case that was suspicious for spontaneous infarction of cancer, leading to resolution of hypercalcemia. A 29-year-old male visited our hospital presenting with right neck swelling and pain. He has been experiencing frequent urolithiasis for four years but laboratory tests showed normal serum calcium level. Right vocal cord paresis was identified with laryngoscopy. Ultrasonography revealed a 3.7 × 3.5 cm mass in the right thyroid containing a focal cystic portion. Computed tomography confirmed the presence of a low-density right thyroid mass. Right thyroid lobectomy was performed and pathological evaluation revealed parathyroid carcinoma with central necrosis. We report this very rare case with a literature review.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.17 no.7
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• pp.1049-1055
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• 2023

The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of twinkling artifacts according to the types of urinary stones in color Doppler ultrasound. For two types of urinary stones with different colors, the degree of occurrence of color Doppler twinkling artifact in water tank was analyzed, and the surface condition and composition of the stones were analyzed. The composition of Calcium and phosphorus were the most frequent components in white and brown stones excluding carbon and oxygen. Twinkling artifacts of color Doppler appear stronger in brown stone. The higher the phosphorus content of the stones, the shorter the twinkling artifact appears, so it is possible to predict the main composition of stones.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.2515-2518
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• 2012

Aim: To study the causes and significance of both microscopic and macroscopic haematuria in adult patients and assess possible relevance to early detection of urological cancers. Methods: 417 patients presenting with haematuria were assessed in our Urology Unit. Following confirmation of haematuria, these patients were subjected to imaging techniques and flexible cystoscopy. Parameters analysed included clinical characteristics, imaging results, flexible cystoscopy findings, time delay to diagnoses and eventual treatment and final diagnoses of all cases. Results: 390 haematuria cases were analysed from 417 consecutive patients with haematuria. After 27 cases were excluded as they had previous history, 245 microscopic and 145 macroscopic. Age range was 17 to 95 years old with predominance of 152 females to 239 males. The racial distribution included 180 Chinese, 100 Indians,95 Malays and 15 other races. The final diagnoses were benign prostatic hyperplasia (22.6%), no cause found (22.3%), other causes (18.7%), urolithiasis (11.5%), urinary tract infection UTI (10.8%), non specific cystitis (10.3%), bladder tumours (2.8%) and other genitourinary tumours (1%). 11 new cases (2.8%) of bladder cancers were diagnosed, with a mean age of 59 years. Only 3 of 245 (1.2%) patients with microscopic haematuria had newly diagnosed bladder tumour compared with 8 of 145 (5.5%) patients with frank haematuria (p=0.016). Mean time taken from onset of symptoms to diagnosis of bladder cancer was 53.3 days with definitive treatment (TURBT) in 20.1 days from diagnosis. Conclusion:- This study has highlighted the common causes of haematuria in our local setting. We recommend that full and appropriate investigations be carried out on patients with frank haematuria especially those above 50 years old in order to provide earlier detection and prompt management of bladder diseases especially tumours.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2018.10a
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• pp.22-22
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• 2018

Based on medicinal plant references from Vietnam, 1884 flowering plant species (194 families, 956 genera) can be used to treat 30 diseases or have 4 valuable uses such as Tranquillizer, Detoxify, Galactopoietic and Diuretic. 23 species (15 families, 18 genera) for Tranquillizer, 94 species (50 families, 79 genera) for Vaginitis, 18 species (13 families, 15 genera) for Paralytic, 6 species (6 families, 6 genera) for Obese, 60 species (28 families, 50 genera) for Flu, 63 species (37 families, 56 genera) for Eyesore, 96 species (45 families, 77 genera) for Toothache, 97 species, (50 families, 86 genera) for Detoxify, 18 species (18 families, 18 genera) for Syphilis, 80 species (50 families, 71 genera) for Asthma, 17 species (8 families, 11 genera) for HIV AIDS, 56 species (41 families, 54 genera) for Gonorrhoea, 378 species (108 families, 56 genera) for Dysentery, 31 species (22 families, 29 genera) for Galactopoietic, 131 species (69 families, 116 genera) for Diuretic, 11 species (9 families, 9 genera) for Mump, 737 species (129 families, 626 genera) for "Snack bite", 23 species (18 families, 22 genera) for Urolithiasis, 134 species (56 families, 122 genera) for Malaria, 462 species (113 families, 323 genera) for Rheumatism, 55 species (34 families, 49 genera) for Diabetes, 87 species (42 families, 70 genera) for Heart and blood pressure diseases, 70 species (46 families, 63 genera) for Haemorrhoids, 21 species (16 families, 20 genera) for Cancer, 42 species (27 families, 38 genera) for Gastritis, 154 species (66 families, 129 genera) for Hepatitis, 5 species (5 families, 5 genera) for Keratitis, 81 species (42 families, 75 genera) for Sore throat, 11 families (9 families, 11 genera) for Encephalitis, 72 species (41 families, 66 genera) for Nephritis, 10 species (6 families, 8 genera) for Sinusitis, 22 species (17 families, 20 genera) for Sterile, 19 species (14 families, 17 genera) for Cirrhosis, 3 species (3 families, 3 genera) for Brain hemorrhage. Each species can be used to treat some diseases. The information of species can be used to orient researches fast and effectively.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.268-270
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• 2012

A 2-month-old, intact female, maltese puppy was presented with an acute onset of hematuria and stranguria. The dog was diagnosed as urotliths in bladder using radiography of abdomen. Struvite uroliths in bladder were confirmed by Minnesota Urolith Center after surgical removal of uroliths on local clinic. There were 3 struvite uroliths in bladder and it caused hematuria. The dog had no problem including hematuria for 2 months after surgical removal of uroliths with preventative diet for struvite uroliths.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.44-52
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• 1997

Nephrolithiasis is the most common disorder of the urinary tract in hospitalized patients, more frequently increased in 30~50 years of age, more common in males than in females, prior right stone to left side, and than upper ureteral stone is found in cultural country, while lower ureteral stone is increased in uncultural country. Stone components are classified as calcium oxalate, calcium phosphate, magnesium ammonium phosphate, uric acid, cystine, and their mixed stone, respectively. According to the pathophysiology of urinary stones, supersaturation/crystalization of inorganic salt concentration in urine, organic matrix, inhibitor deficiency, and epitaxy theory could be based on the stone formation. Not only hypercalciuria, hyperparathyroidism, hyperoxaluria, hyperuricosuria, and cystinuria, but also renal tubular acidosis, hypervitaminosis D, and peptic ulcer, are significantly associated with nephrolithiasis. In this study upper ureteral stone component were analyzed with chemical analysis, infrared spectrum, and image analyzer from K43 patient wit erosive gastritis. As the results, mixed stone of calcium oxalate dihydrate and calcium phosphate apatite was identified, the values of clinical test in blood and urine maintained normal revels. The relapsing urinary stone from K43 have no correlation between factors for stone formation reported early, also have no evidence for risk from erosive gastritis.