Assessment of Infantile Mental and Motor Development Influenced by Breast Milk and Formula Feeding

PURPOSE: This study was undertaken to compare the mental and motor development, unsing Bayley Developmental Scale, during infancy(6-8 months of age) according to the choice of feeding, either breast milk of formula, as well as to evaluate its influence on physical growth. METHODS: The study population was 43 normal infants between 6 and 8 months of age, of birth at gestational ages between 37 and 42 weeks, and with birth weights greater or equal to 2500g and below 4000g, excluding high risk infants who were liable for poor neurological prognosis. The breast-fed group was defined as those whoe were breast-fed for at least 3 months after birth. Bayley Developmental Test was performed using Bayley Scales of Infant Development(BSID) test kt. To obtain the data for the analysis of factors influencing the choice of feeding, we used questionnaires. We also measured height, weight, and head circumference for the evaluation of physical growth. RESULTS: We analysed statistically the influence of the educational status of mother or father, the occupational status of mother, birth rank, sex and the mode of delivery on the choice of fedding, but there were no factors causing and significant difference between the breast-fed group(n=22) and the formula-fed group(n=21). The MDI's of the breast-fed and the formula-fed were 101.0 and 103.0, respectively, while the PDI's were 104.2 and 107.0, respectively, There was no statistical difference. The mean height, weight, and head circumference were greater in the breast-fed group but wighout statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS: We may cautiously conclude from the given results that the choice of feeding would not have a great impact on the growth and development of infants.

A Case of Phakomatosis Pigmentovascularis

In 1947, Ota et al. first reported a case of phakomatosis pigmentovascularis and defined a subgroup of this disease having a congenital generalized hemangioma and pigmented lesions including a mongolian spot-like lesion, nevus pigmentosus and nevus of Ota. We experienced a case of phakomatosis pigmentovasularis type IIb in a 10-day old male baby, who since birth, had generalized nevus flammeus and blue spots, syndactyly between 2nd and 3rd toes in both feet, and dilated collecting system in left kidney.

One Case of Maffucci's Syndrome with Testicular Teratoma

Maffucci's syndrome is a very rare, congenital and non-hereditary mesodermal dysplasia manifested by multiple enchondromas and soft tissue hemangiomas. Since Maffucci had reported this sysdrome in 1881, there have been more than 100 cases reported, and also there has been reported that Maffuddi's syndrome has various interstitial tumor. However there hasn't been any report about Maffucci's syndrome with testicular teratoma. Here we report in this paper that the patient was diagnosed as Maffucci's syndrome of enchondroma and liver hamangioma and also had testicular teratoma. He was admitted for the evaluation of gynecomatia and diagnosed as enchondroma by bone biopsy of the right rib and tibia. Liver hemangioma was also found through abdominal ultrasonogram, CT scan and liver biopsy. And the testicular teratoma was confirmed through testicular biopsy. He is finally diagnosed as Maffucci's syndrome with testicular teratoma and literatures were reviewed.

A case of cerebrocostomandibular syndrome with congenital heart disease

Cerebrocostomandibular syndrome is characterized by micrognathia, cleft palate, multiple thorax deformity and frequently, mental deficiency. Respiratory compromise is a common cause of death. We experienced a case of cerebrocostomandibular syndrome with congenital heart disease in a 2 day old female baby with the chief complaint of cyanosis and respiratory difficulty since birth. She was delivered by cesarian section due to delayed labor at IUP 42 weeks. The diagnosis was made on the basis of clinical features, radiologic findings and echocardiogram, which showed micrognathia, deformity of 3rd finger Lt, hemivertebrae of T1-T6 Lt., absence of 1-6th rib Lt., dextrocardia, tetralogy of fallot, atrial septal defect secondum. We reported this case and reviewed related litertures briefly.

A case of transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease in a preterm infant

Graft-versus-host disease is commonly observed after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation but rarely recognized after transfusion of solid-organ transplantation. Tansfusion-associated graftversus-host disease can occur in immunosuppressed recipients and immunocompetent transplant recipients. The clinical manifestations of gastrointestinal or hepatic dysfunction, rash and pancytopenia should heighten the physician's index of suspicion for GVHD. Among premature infants, only four cases have been reported to develop transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease in the world, with a mortality rate of 100 percent. We recently experienced a preterm male infant who developed acute GVHD (erythematous maculopapular skin rash, hepatic dysfunction and pancytopenia) at two months of age and recovered with Dexamethasone and supportive treatment. A skin biopsy, which performed on the confluent erythematous maculopapular rashes during the active and healing stage of the skin rash, revealed characteristic features of GVHD. Prematurity may be considered as a risk factor for the development of GVHD possibly related to complicated prolonged illnesses which requires intensive care and multiple transfusions. To our knowledge, this is the first report of survival after transfusionassociated graft-versus-host disease in preterm infants.

A clinical study of primary gastrointestinal lymphoma in childhood

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2 cases with adult respiratory distress syndrome in infant and young child

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A case of Prune Belly syndrome / 대한주산의학회잡지

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Hemolytic uremic syndrome with mycoplasma infection / 대한신장학회잡지

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Study on the antibody formation in patinets treated with recombinant human growth hormone(rhGH)

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