Bilateral transient osteoporosis of the hip associated with pregnancy: A case report / 대한산부인과학회지

Transient osteoporosis of the hip (TOH) associated with pregnancy is a rare, self- limiting skeletal disorder affecting women, usually in the third trimester, which resolves spontaneously within several months postpartum. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used primarily for early diagnosis and monitoring the disease progression. Early differentiation from more aggressive conditions such as avascular osteonecrosis, septic coxitis, arthritis, osteomyelitis with long-term sequela is essential to avoid unnecessary treatment. Unilateral involvement of TOH is common. To our knowledge, there has been no case with bilateral involvement of TOH during pregnancy in Korea. We report a rare case with bilateral TOH associated with pregnancy.

A case of fibroepithelial polyp of vulva / 대한산부인과학회지

Vulvar fibroepithelial polyp is a relatively uncommon benign polypoid tumor of the vulva commonly known as skin tag or occasionally acrochordon. In this case, a 18 years old girl complained of painless bulging mass at the right labium major. She has been suffering from slowly growing a vulva tumor for ten years. It was arising from the right labium major and measured 12 cm in its largest diameter. We have experienced an unusually large vulva mass that was surgically excised and histologically diagnosed as benign fibroepithelial polyp and presented this case with a brief review of literature.

The analysis of the clinical results of total laparoscopic hysterectomy according to body mass index / 대한산부인과학회지

OBJECTIVE: To know impacts of BMI on clinical results of total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH). METHODS: We reviewed medical records of patients with myoma uteri who undergone TLH between March 2003 and February 2007, retrospectively. We classified group 1 when BMI was or =28. We reviewed age, parity, body weight and height, operation time, amount of blood loss, change of hemoglobin change and days of hospital stay, and analyze these. RESULTS: There were 83 patients (Group 1; 30, Group 2; 40, Group 3; 13). The body weight distributions of Group 1, 2, and 3 were 52.2, 60.9, and 72.0 kg and there were significant differences. But there was no difference of height distributions. The age distributions were 44.3, 47.0, 43.8 year old, and there were differences. But there was no difference of parity distribution. The weight distribution of removed uterus were 250.5, 257.4, 242.7 gm and there was no difference. The operation time distributions were 155.0, 168.2, 160.8 minutes, and there was no difference. The amount distributions of bleeding were 342.7, 356.5, 396.2 ml, and there was no difference. The change distributions of hemoglobin were 2.1, 1.8, 2.2 g/dL, and there was no difference. The day distributions of hospital stay were 5.2, 5.5, 4.8, and there was no difference. CONCLUSION: We could not find any trend between operation time, amount of bleeding, change of hemoglobin, and days of postoperative hospital stay after TLH with BMI.

A case of right rudimentary uterus with ipsilateral renal agenesis misdiagnosed as an ovarian tumor / 대한산부인과학회지

Rudimentary uterus with ipsilateral renal agenesis is a very rare Mullerian duct malformation. The most common clinical presentation is pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea shortly after menarche, in associated with the finding of a vaginal or pelvic mass. An appropriate and prompt diagnosis and treatment will prevent unnecessary procedures and offer relief of symptoms. We report one case of rudimentary uterine horn with ipsilateral renal agenesis with a brief review of concerned literatures.

Primary Mlignant non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma of Cranial Vault

Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the cranial vault is very rare. A 55-year-old woman presented with a right parietal subcutaneous scalp lump. Computed tomography(CT) scan showed a right parietal cranial vault lesion with scalp swelling and extradural and intradural involvement. Tumor removal, including portion of involved skull, followed by c ranioplasty with resin were performed. Histologic study revealed the features of a T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma(high grade, large cell, diffuse, immunoblastic type) and there was no systemic involvement. The chemotherapy and radiotherapy were instituted after surgery.

Anterior Cervical Interbody Fusion with versus without Plating System in Degenerative Cervical Disease

Anterior cervical interbody fusion(ACIF) is an effective method for the treatment of various cervical diseases, but complications from such procedure include non-union, absorption, collapse and displacement of graft bone, kyphosis and pseudoarthrosis. A retrospective study of 67 cases with ACIF with versus without plating system in degenerative cervical disease was performed to compare the arthrodesis level, average admission period, average ambulation period, fusion rate, complications, clinical outcome and reoperation rate for complications and to provide a efficacy and role of internal fixation(IF) after ACIF. Forty-five patients were operated through ACIF without IF and twenty-two patients were operated through ACIF with IF. In the group of ACIF without IF, the average admission period was 20.31 days, postoperative average ambulation period was 6.48 days, fusion rate was 97.7%, the rate of graft related complication was 31.1%, reoperation rate for graft related complications was 8.9%. In the group of ACIF with IF, the average admission period was 17.64 days, postoperative average ambulation period was 3.19 days, fusion rate was 100%, the rate of graft and plate related complications was 13.6%, reoperation rate for plate related complications was 9.1%. There was no reoperation for graft related complication in group of ACIF with IF. In conclusion, ACIF with IF had less chance of serious graft related complications and reoperation for graft related complications.