This is a case report of rare salmonella myocarditis due to salmonella sepsis. It was diagnosed as physical examination, chest X-ray, laboratory data and EKG. A brief review of related literature was also presented. |
Idiopathic hypersplenism is a rare disease in childhood. Recently,we experienced a case of idiopathic hypersplenism in a 6 year old boy who had longstanding history of pallor, bleeding tendency and large palpable mass on his left upper abdomen. He was treated successfully by splenectomy and we report this case with review of literatures. |
We observed 220 cases of acute glomerulonephritis that were admitted to the depatment of pediatrics, Severance hospital during the 10 years period from J962 to 1972, since we had reported 81 cases in 1962. The results were as follows: 1)The sex incidence was higher in boys than in(girls and the ratio was 1. 8:.1 and the age incidence was highest in... |
A clinical observation was made on 81 cases of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome occurring under the age of 15 out of 11,850 admissions to the Department of Pediatrics at Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, from May, 1956 to April, 1972. The incidence of the nephrotic syndrome in children compries 0.7% of the total admission cases: The age, sex of the patients, clinical symptoms... |
Mediastinal tumors in infant and childhood are relatively rare. This Paper is a review of 14 cases of Mediastinal tumors orginating in the mediastinum in the Pediatric Department and Surgery Department of Severance Hospital during a 15 years period from 1957 to 1972. Among 14 cases, 12 cases were confirmed by histological findings and 2 cases were considered to be mediastinal tumors by clinical... |
A group of 980 cases of respiratory tract infections in infancy and children admitted to Severance Hospital during the 4 years from June, 1967 to May, 1971 were studied, and bacteriologic studies in each respiratory disease by means of throat cultures were evaluated. The following results were obtained: 1. Total number of bacteria isolated from respiratory patients were 1,708 in which number of Potential ... |
Intussusception is most frepuent and important surgical condition in infancy and chilchood. This clinical studies consist of 210 cases who were admitted to the department of pediatrics and surgery of Severance Hospital from Jan. 1957 to Dec. 1971. 1) In age incidency, 68. 8% of the patients are under one year of age. The peak incidence occurs from 4th to 9th month. 2) Males... |
Noma is a disease of dramatic onset affecting young children who are often ill nourished and who are recovering from a serious illness, usually one of the eruptive fevers. It is characterized by a well-demarcated gangrene affecting the gums, oral mucous and soft tissue of the face, often associated with extensive destruction of the skin and the bony skeleton. We experienced a case of... |
Hemolytic-Uremic syndrome is a relatively new disease found in infants rather than in older children. The incidence of this disease has increased in recent years. Hemolytic-Uremic syndrome is a fatal illness characterized clinically by acute renal failure, thromboc- ytopenia and hemolytic anemia associated with distorted erythrocytes (Burr cells). A case of Hemolytic-Uremic syndrome in a 10 months old male patient diagnosed in 1970, the... |
There are two cases concerning 18 trisomy syndrome, which have been confirmed by chromosome culture at Severance Hospital, Yonsei University. This is the first case report of 18 trisomy syndrome in Korea. Case 1: A 2. 3kg weight premature female infant have born at 36 weeks of gestation at Severane Hospital. No specific history was obtainable except polyhydramnios in antenatal period. On... |
Moebius syndrome is not common disease, and there has been no report about Moebius syndrome in Korea. We found recently a case of purulent meningitis who had multiple congenital anomalies such as congenital bilateral abducens nerve palsy, left side facial nerve palsy, micrognathia, high arched palate, brachial malformation, small hand, and club-foot etc. In spite of multiple congenital anomalies, baby’s mentality... |
The most common cause of benign hypertension in childhood has been renal origin, but the paroxysmal hypertension was noted mostly in the tumors originated from the chromaffin tissue such as pheochromocytoma, and very rarely in adrenal medullary hyperplasia. Drukker et al.n described the adrenal medullary hyperplasia which arised from the adrenal gland at the first time as a counterpart to... |
Intussusception in Henoch-Schoenlein purpura is of interest because of its rarity and the importance of making what may be a difficult diagnosis. In the world literature there were less than 40 cases of intussusception in Henoch-Schoenlein purpura up to 1962 by Grossman et al. Our patient seems to be the first case in Korea. We presented a case of intussusception... |
Breast fed infants may develop unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia due to pregnane-3(alpha), 20(beta)-diol which is contained in maternal milk. 4 cases of prolonged unconjugated^hyperbilirubinemia are described here in association with breast feeding. The jaundice developed at the age of 3-4 days and persisted until 16-37 days old age. We tried to find out all known causative factors which might induce jaundice in... |
Three cases of benign cystic teratoma of the ovary in a 12-year-old female, 5 year-old-female, and 3 year-old-female, were persented. Clinical operative and histologic findings were compatible with benign cystic teratoma of the ovary. Pertinent literature were reviewed briefly. |
Ganglioneuroma is a rare benign neurogenic tumor which arises from sympathetic nervous system. It has a wide distribution but is located frequently in the posterior mediastinum. In Korea there is no report of ganglioneuroma in childhood. We observed a case of ganglioneuroma which arised from sympathetic nerve ganglia in the posterior mediastinum in all year old girl, and the tumor was... |
Spinal epidural abscess is one of the rare disease. Two cases of spinal epidural abscess both found in twelve year old male and female patients have been presented. Both cases were combined with staphylococcal septicemia. The female patient was improved after total laminectomy from T6 to L5. The male patient died during the operation of total laminectomy from T2 to... |
The lipoid granuloma of the lung is not common in children, and there has been no report about childhood lipoid granuloma in Korea. We have found recently a case of lipoid granuloma arising in 13 year old boy. The patient was good in general condition and had no symptoms. A mass shadow on chest X-ray was found incidentally during follow up checking... |
A clinical study was carried on 60 patients with tuberculous pleurisy treated at the Pediatric Department of Wonju Union Christian Hospital from January 1, 1960 to March 31,1969. The following resits were obtained. 1)Age and sex incidence: 66. 6% were between the age of 3 and 12 years; 36. 6% were between the age of 6~12 years old. Sex ratio... |
Two cases of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome following antibiotics therapy and One case with unknown origin are reported. Proviously reported cases of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome are reviewed. |
Hydronephrosis characterized by dilatation of the renal pelvis and calyces, and atrophy of renal parenchyma secondary to stenosis or obstruction of urinary outflow tract. Yang has defined that giant hydronephrosis contained much amount of fluid such as 400~500 cc in the infant and 500~700 cc from 1 to 5 years of age. There are few literatures about giant hydronephrosis even... |
A study was carried out on 178 patients with tuberculous meningitis under treatment at the pediatric department of Wonju Union Christian Hospital from Jan.l. 1960 to March 31. 1969. The following results were obtained. 1)Age and sex incidence: 71% were under the age of 6 year, the greatest number of these being between the age of 3 and 6 year. Male... |
There are little reports on the Cushing’s syndrome in children, especially in infancy in Korea. We have found recently a case of Cushing’s syndrome in infancy arising from a female infant. She has been complained from eleven month of age with general obesity including buffalo hump, excessive weight: gain, hirsutism and polyphgagia. Laboratory tests revealed that no thymic shadow in... |
Only one case of congenital hereditary lymphedema (Milroy’s disease) has been reported in the Korean literature (1964) by Lim et al. A case of congenital lymphedema (Simple hypoplasia in type) found in an 11 year old female has been presented. She was admitted with lymphedema of the right lower extremity and labia major. We performed a lymphangiogram and venogram for... |
Investigation on extrapulmonary oxygenation was performed in dogs and rabbits by intestinal perfusion of hydrogen peroxide and oxygen. For the single administration, 0. 4% hydrogen peroxide can be given with a dose of 10 ml. per kilogram of body weight safely by enema preferably without doing any enema before the procedure, which would give maximum oxygenation in both portal vein... |
This paper presents the clinical study of 31 cases under 15 years of age who had been admitted to Severance Hospital and Wonju Union Christian Hospital from January, 1964 to December, 1968 with the diagnosis of Guillain Barre syndrome. 1. Twenty one cases were male and 10 cases female. The age ranged from 3 months to 15 years with the peak incidence of 3 to... |
107 cases of infectious hepatitis seen at Severance Hospital were clinically observed. The number of hepatitis patients incerased in 1958, 1963 and 1966. The most frequent age group was 3 to 5, year more frequent in males. The symptoms in order of frequency were anorexia, dark urine, fever, jaundice, and all cases below 2 years of age had diarrhea. All cases observed had... |
Two cases of juvenile pernicious anemia in Korean sisters have been followed for 4 years since 7 years and 4 years of age respectively. The symptoms and signs were pale facies, general malaise, sore tongue, anorexia, frequent febrile episodes, macrocytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, multilobulated leu- cocytes with more than 6 lobules and megaloblastic proliferation in bone marrow aspiration. Dramatic hematological response to the parenteral administration... |
1. Incidence of parasitological infestation in the pediatric age was studied. The materials were the in-patients of each department of Severance Hospital, Seoul Korea, from January 1963 to July 1967, 4,048 in number (male 2,573, female 1,745) 2. The incidence of the helminthic infestation in the pediatric age could be divided into three characteristic groups. The first group (up to one year of age) revealed the... |