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Insulin deficiency due to destruction of pancreatic beta-cells is a typical characteristic of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM). In 2000 Imagawa proposed a novel diagnostic model defining "fulminant type 1 DM" as developing rapidly without any evidence of autoimmunity, and ever since there have been many reports regarding the matter in Japan. In 2004, the first fulminant type 1 diabetes case was reported in Korea; however, there have been few reports since then. We present a case of a 60-year-old man who suffered from excessive thirst and polyuria after myalgia. Laboratory findings revealed a high blood glucose level and evidence of diabetic ketoacidosis, but the HbA1c level was within the normal range. The serum C-peptide level was very low and antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase were negative. These findings suggested fulminant type 1 diabetes. This patient has shown improvement in symptoms and examination results without complications after being treated with insulin therapy with hydration, throughout 6-months follow-up period.
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Aged , Humans , Middle Aged , Antibodies , Autoimmunity , Blood Glucose , C-Peptide , Diabetes Mellitus , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 , Diabetic Ketoacidosis , Follow-Up Studies , Glutamate Decarboxylase , Insulin , Japan , Korea , Myalgia , Polyuria , Reference Values , ThirstABSTRACT
Isolated noncompaction of the left ventricular myocardium is a rare cardiac disorder due to an arrest in myocardial morphogenesis. It is characterized by prominent and excessive trabeculation in a ventricular wall segment, with deep intertrabecular spaces perfused from the ventricular cavity. Echocardiographic findings are important clues for the diagnosis. Clinical symptoms include signs of left ventricular systolic dysfunction even to the point of heart failure, ventricular arrhythmias, and embolic events. We describe two cases of isolated noncompaction of the myocardium, with ventricular tachycardia in one, and chest pain due to microvascular dysfunction in the other.
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Adult , Humans , Arrhythmias, Cardiac , Chest Pain , Diagnosis , Echocardiography , Heart Failure , Morphogenesis , Myocardium , Tachycardia, VentricularABSTRACT
We experience a case of pseudopolycytemia in dilated cardiomyopathy in a 62 years old man with chronic alcoholism. The patient was successfully managed by stress reduction, stopping of smoking, abstaining from alcohol drinking, use of digoxin, small dose lasix, and phlebotomy. To our knowledge, this is the first case of pseudopolycytemia in dilated cardiomyopathy in Korea. We reported this case with a review of literatures.
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Humans , Alcohol Drinking , Alcoholism , Cardiomyopathy, Dilated , Digoxin , Furosemide , Korea , Phlebotomy , Smoke , SmokingABSTRACT
There are many kinds of treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) such as surgical resection, liver transplantation, chemotherapy, interventional therapy [TACE, ethanol embolization, Immuno -chemoembolization, I131 -lipiodol embolization], thermal therapy, cryotherapy, and radiation therapy. Generally spontaneous remission is not common in HCC, however underlying mechanism of spontaneous remission is uncertain. We report a case of complete remission after one time TACE in ruptured HCC with review of literature about the effect of TACE and spontaneous remission. We conclude that arterial embolization is an effective alternative to surgery for hepatic hemostasis in patients with spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma.