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Original Article
A Case of Graves' Disease Associated with Alopecia areata.
O Y Lee, U C Yang, H J Park, M J Shin
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1988;31(2):246-252.   Published online February 28, 1988
Graves, disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism during childhood. A case of a 14-year-old girl with goiter and generalized alopecia areata with the subjective symptoms such as profuse sweating, heat intolerance and nervousness. Thyroid hormonal assays by radioimmunoassay, thyroid scanning and thyroid needle biopsy were consistent with hyperthyroidism. TBII (TSH-binding inhibiting IgG) was postivie (33.5%). After 2 months' treatment with propylthiouracil thyroid...
A Case of Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia Associated with Cytomegalovirus Lung Infection.
K S Lee, Y O Lee, H J Park, M J Shin
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1987;30(11):1274-1281.   Published online November 30, 1987
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia has been highly prevalent in prematurity, malnourished infants and immunosuppressed patients. Since 1981, it has been by far the commonest opportunistic infection in AIDS. We experienced a case of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia associated with cytomegalovirus lung infection in a 3 months old malnourished female orphan. She had been suffered from chronic diarrhea, losing body weight 2 kg in a month prior...
Case Report
Case of Peripheral Neuroepithelioma with Ectopic ACTH Syndrome.
O Y Lee, K S Lee, H I Chung, H J Park, M J Shin, K J Cho, J G Chi
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1987;30(10):1152-1160.   Published online October 31, 1987
Peripheral neuroepithelioma is a rare and controversial neoplasm that may occur at any age. The authors observed the course of a 1-year-old Korean female infant who presented with an enlarging mass in the right hand and manifested hepatic and pulmonary metastases at the time of diagnosis. She also presented with characteristic Cushingoid features, such as moon face, buffalo hump, and truncal obesity. Laboratory...
A Case of Neonatal Varicella.
Y S Chung, K S Lee, H J Park, M J Shin
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1987;30(1):89-93.   Published online January 31, 1987
A Case of Chronic Active Hepatitis with Vertical Transmission.
T H Son, T S Song, H J Park, M J Shin, J G Chi
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1984;27(2):164-169.   Published online February 28, 1984
We experienced a case of Chronic Active Hepatitis with vertical transmission in a 4-year-3-month old boy. Diagnosis of CAH was confirmed by histologic features of liver biopsy. The mode of infection in this case was suspected as vertical transmission by clinical history. His mother had acute hepatitis B in the last trimester of the pregnancy of this boy and had...
A Case of Tuberculous Osteomyelitis of the Mandible.
T H Son, H K Park, Y S Shin, M J Shin
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1983;26(1):71-75.   Published online January 31, 1983
The predilection sites of skeletal tuberculosis are mainly weight-bearing bones such as vertebrae, hip and knee joint. Involvement of non-weight bearing bones are rare. We experienced an unusual case of tuberculous osteomyelitis of the mandible in 3-year-5-month old female. The diagnosis was established by positive tuberculin skin test, roentgenographic findings and biopsy. Herein, a case of Tuberculous Osteomyelitis of Mandible was presented with...
A Case of Tuberous Sclelosis with Renal Angiomyolipoma.
H K Park, H J Park, H J Chun, M J Shin, J S Choi
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1982;25(11):1170-1174.   Published online November 30, 1982
Tuberous sclerosis is a heredofamilial disease and is a multisystem disorder affecting primarily tissues derived from ectoderm, such as skin, eye, central and peripheral nervous system, but also involving organs of mesodermal and endodermal origins, such as heart, lungs, kidneys, bones and GI tract. It is characterized by classical triad of mental retard- ation, epilepsy and angiofibroma. We experienced a full blown case of tuberous...
A Case of Female Pseudohermaphroditism due to Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and a Case of Male Pseudohermaphroditism.
Y S Shin, H J Park, H J Chun, M J Shin
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1981;24(12):1203-1208.   Published online December 15, 1981
Recently we experienced each of female and male pseudohermaphroditisms which were admitted with complaint of ambiguous genitalia nearly at thesame time. Case 1, 12 year 7 month old, had musculine appearance with acne, beard and mustache, broad shoulders and short hair. Her phallus was large penile shape with abundant pubic hair and vaginal opening was hidden behind the fused labioscrotal...
A Case of Chronic Active Hepatitis.
H J Park, H K Park, H J Chun, M J Shin, S C Kang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1981;24(10):991-996.   Published online October 15, 1981
Chronic active hepatitis (CAH) is defined as ongoing inflammation within the liver sustained beyond the expected time of resolution. The etiology of CAH is not completely understood, but hepatitis B infection, drugs such as oxyphenisatin, isoniazid, and alpha-methyldopa, and altered immunity are considered. The most common findings are jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, elevated serum transaminase activities, hypergammaglobulinemia, and positive "autoimmune" serologic tests,...
Original Article
Clinical Observation of Convulsions in Infancy and Childhood.
H S Jeon, Y S Shin, M J Shin, S C Kang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1980;23(11):917-926.   Published online November 15, 1980
To assess convulsive disorders in infancy and childhood we have studied clinically about 303 cases who were admitted as convulsions at the Pediatric department of S.R.C.H. from Jun. 1975 to May 1979. These cases were analysed by the route of admission, monthly distribution, age and sex distributions and causes, and also more detailed evaluation for febrile convulsion and epilepsy was...
Case Report
A Case of Prader-Willi Syndrome.
Y M Soung, Y S Shin, M J Shin, S C Kang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1980;23(7):590-597.   Published online July 15, 1980
Prader-Willi syndrome is characterized by 1) hypotonia in the newborn infant 2) obesity which begins in childhood 3) short stature 4) typical facial features 5) secondary hypogonadism 6) juvenile diabetes mellitus of the maturity-onset type 7) mental retardation The true etiology of Prader-Willi syndrome is still unknown ; however, a hypothalamic disturbance has been postulated. We experienced a 9 year...
A case of Battered-Child Syndrome.
H J Jeon, Y M Song, M J Shin, S C Kang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1979;22(2):141-147.   Published online February 15, 1979
The Battered-Child Syndrome is a clinical conditions in young children who have received the physical and mental injury, sexual abuse, negligent treatment or maltreatment, generally from a parent or foster. The term was coined by Dr. C. Henry Kempe in 1962 and a number of synonyms have proposed such as the Child Abuse and Neglect (CAN) syndrome, the Maltreated Child...
Two cases of salt losing form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
K C Park, H J Chun, M J Shin, S C Kang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1978;21(9):614-621.   Published online September 30, 1978
We experienced 2 case of losing form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia which were regarded to be sucessfully controlled with hormonal replacement, DOCA and hydrocortisone. Case 1 was a 40 days-old male infant who had hyperpigmented phallus, scrotal rugae and nipples but whose phallus seemed to be normal in size and shape. He was admitted at the age of 40 days...