Prevalence of anti-HCV in hemodialysis patients / 대한신장학회잡지

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A Case of Leiomyoblastoma of Stomach / 대한소화기내시경학회지

In 1960 Martin and his associates described another type of tumor of the stomach derived from the smooth muscle, which they named myoid tumor in a study of six patients. In 1962 Stout applied the term "lelomyoblastoma" to this interesting entity in a report of a collected series of 69 patients. Tumor cells are round or polygonal epithelioid cells, which contain perinuclear vacuole or clear zone. A 58 year-old female was admitted to this hospital because of epigastric discomfort for three months. At Upper gastrointestinal series and gastrofiberscope, a round hemispherical submucosal tumor was noted at posterior wall near the lesser curvature of gastric antrum. After subtotal gastrectomy, the submucosal tumor was diagnosed as leiomyoblastoma. Because leiomyoblastoma are rare and easily misdiagnosed as leiomyoma or leiomyosarcoma, careful histologic study is recommended.

The Effect of Single Hemodialysis to Nerve Conduction in Patients with Chronic Renal Insufficiency

We studied 16 uremic out-patients in terms of motor nerve conduction velocity (MNCV) and sensory latency, who had ungergone hemodialysis regularly at Maryknoll Hospital, Busan for 5 months, from Dec. 1982 to Apr. 1983. We checked, before and after single hemodialysis, MNCV of median, ulnar, peroneal, and posterior tibial nerves along with sensory lateny of median and ulnar nerves. We got the following as a result. 1. MNCV, before and after hemodialysis, was 47.2 +/- 4.6 m/sec to 50.0+/-2.6 m/sec (p 0.05) in median nerve, 50.0 +/- 4.5 m/sec to 52.4 +/- 3.2 m/sec (p 0.05) in ulnar nerve, 43.0 +/- 5.4 m/sec to 41.1 +/- 4.2 m/sec (statistically not significant) in peroneal nerve, and 41.5 +/- 4.8 m/sec to 43.8 +/-3.9 m/sec (statistically not significant) in posterior tibial nerve. It was pointed out that MNCV in particular of median and ulnar nerves increased. 2. Sensory latency, before and after hemodialysis, was 4.5+/-0.6 m/sec to 3.9+/-0.4 m/sec (p 0.05) in median nerve and 4.7 +/-0.9 m/sec to 4.0 +/- 0.3 m/sec (p 0.01) in ulnar nerve. This showed that sensory latency of median and ulnar nerves decreased significantly. 3. The serum concentration of BUN and creatinine, before and after hemodialysis, was, on an average, 97.8 +/- 18.2 mg/dl (50.7-136.7) to 34.4 +/- 9.5 mg/dl (7.9-20.1 mg/dl) and 14.8 +/- 3.2 mg/dl (7.7-20.1 mg/dl) to 6.2 +/- 1.7 mg/dl (2.4-8.6mg/dl) in each. This showed marked decreased after hemodialysis in serum concentration but meant no correlation with MNCV and sensory latency.