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Volume 25(10); Oct 1982
Original Articles
Epidemiologic and Clinical Study of Mucocutaneous Lymphnode Syndrome in Korea.
Du Bong Lee, Kyong Su Lee, Byung Churl Lee, Ik Jun Lee
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(10):977-993.   Published online October 31, 1982
Mucocutaneous Lymphnode Syndrome (MCLS) becomes familiar to pediatrician recently as a new disease entity. However, the pathogenesis of this syndrome is not know yet. Since Dr. Kawasaki’s first cases had reported in 1963, over 30,000 cases of this disease has "been reported in Japan. This study was undertaken to know the epidemiologic status of this dis- ease in this country. The materials were collected from...
Physical Features of Korean Children of Down Syndrome.
Hack Joo Cha, You Nam Kim, Ki Bok Kim
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(10):994-1006.   Published online October 31, 1982
Ths physical features characteristic of Down Syndrome in Korean children were analyzed in 81 patients confirmed by cytogenetic examination in the Department of Pediatrics, Kwangju Christian Hospital, during the period from March, 1974 through July, 1981, and results are- summarized as follows: 1) The sex ratio was 2 males to one female. 2) The frequency of most stigmata found among Down cases were signifi cantly higher than, among...
Clinicostatistical Study of Tumors in Children confirmed by Biopsy.
Si Man Lee, Sang Ki Min, Sung Hwan Kim, Kyung Hae Park, Sang Ghern Chung, Chan Yung Kim
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(10):1007-1014.   Published online October 31, 1982
biopsy or bone marrow biopsy at Busan National University Hospital from 1970 to 1980. The following results were obtained; 1. The requested cases for biopsy were increased annually, but the numbers and discovery- rate of malignant and benign tumors were not increased significantly. 2. The numbers of malignant tumor after 6years of age were higher than under 6years of age, but discovery rate of Clinicostatistical syudy was...
A study in The Changes of Platelet Count in iron Deficiency Anemia among Children.
Nam Ae Kim, Kir Young Kim
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(10):1015-1021.   Published online October 31, 1982
Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is the most common nutritional anemia among chidren. A study on the changes of platelet count in IDA was conducted with 83 children who were diagnosed at the Severance Hospital in a 5 J/2-year pericd from Jan. 1975 to Jun. 1981. The results are summarized as follows. 1. IDA was most common among chidren younger than 2-years(61%) due to nutritional deficiency. It...
A Clinical Study and Diagnostic Value of Fecal Leukocytes in Childhood Dysentery.
Y B Kim, C I Abn
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(10):1022-1038.   Published online October 31, 1982
Ninety four cases of dysentery who were admitted to the pediatric department of Kyung Hee University Hospital from the 1st Jan. 1979 to the 31st Oct. 1981 were analyzed clinically and bacteriologically. At the same time, stools from subjects with diarrhea were examined microscopically for leukocytes using Wright stain to confirm its diagnestic value. The results are as follows: 1. The causes of the dysenteries were:...
Neurobehavioral Response of Newborn Infants Following Delivery by Normal Labor and Cesarean Section under General and Spinal Anesthesia.
Eun Ai Lee, Jung Hee Park, Yoon Ju Choi, Seung Ju Lee, Keun Lee
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(10):1032-1038.   Published online October 31, 1982
Scanlon*s Early Neonatal Neurobehavioral Scale was administered to 110 babies delivered by normal labor and cesarean section. Fifty of the mothers had normal vaginal delivery, thirty of the mothers were induced into general anesthesia with thiopental sodium and thirty of the mothers received spinal anesthe- sia with tetracaine before cesarean section. The Scanlon*s scale involves an assessment of the infant*s state of wekefulness, varius reflexes, his...
A Study of Correlation between Bilirubin Leel of Cord Blood and Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia.
Hwan Sup Kang, Chang Il Ahn
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(10):1039-1045.   Published online October 31, 1982
For adequate management and prevention of severe sequellae of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia^ such as kernicterus, early detection of its presence is very important in fields of neonatology. The author studied the correlation between bilirubin level of the cord blood and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in random sampled 169 neonates of 729 deliveries during a period of five months since December 1981 at the Kyung Hee University Hospital....
Statistical Study for the Reasons of Artificial or Mixed Feeding and Breast Feeding.
Woo Sik Chung, Hong In Eum, Byung Do Nam, Jung Hee Lee, Kew Tae Kim
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(10):1046-1052.   Published online October 31, 1982
The survey was performed on 418 cases of mothers who were visited our pediatric out- patients and well baby clinics from January to July of 1981. The results of this survey were as follows: 1. The differentation of weight, height, chest circumference between the mothers of arti- ficial or mixed feeding and breast feeding was not seen. 2. The average nipple length of mothers of breast feeding,...
Case Reports
A Case of Moyamoya Disease with Focal Seizure.
Man Gee Hong, Hak Ki Kim, Kyung Tai Whang, Sung Hoon Cho
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(10):1053-1057.   Published online October 31, 1982
We experienced a case of Moyamoya syndrome in a 4 year-old girl. The patient was well until 3 years of age when she first experienced numbness of the left arm. After 10 days of above episode, she had tonic-clonic movements of left sided extremities which lasted, approximately 2 hours and followed by paresis. During the following week the second attack of focal seizure followed...
Two Cases of Pulmonary Sequestrations.
Woong Heum Kim, Ji Suck Chang, Soon Woong Kang, Eung Sang Choi, Yong Su Yoon, Chong Gu Yoon, Kwang Wook Ko
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(10):1058-1062.   Published online October 31, 1982
We have experienced two cases of pulmonary sequestrations. The first case, 49/I2 year old girl, was admitted for ths evaluation of recurrent pneumonia of left lower lung. The diagnosis of pulmonary sequestration was made by aortography, which demonstrate tortuous aberrant artery suppling the left posterobasal segment from the intrathoracic descending aorta at Tlo 유卜 level, and the sequestration was successfully resected by lobectomy. The...
A Case Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
Kong Youb Han, Jung Sue Suh, Jung Woo Shin
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(10):1063-1067.   Published online October 31, 1982
A case of S.L.E. in a 11-years old boy was presented with a brief review of the literature. He was admitted with the chief complaints of generalized edema, dyspnea and skin lesion. He showed a butterfly rash on the face and nasal bridges, alopecia, infected scaly crusted skin lesions on scalp and face. Generalized edema, Hepatomegaly and photosensitivity were showed. Laboratory findings revealed anemia,...
A Case Of Choledochal Cyst In A Neonate.
Jong Man Lee, In Kyung Sung, Jong Seung Kim, Chang Kyu Oh
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(10):1068-1072.   Published online October 31, 1982
Congenital choledochal cyst is a rare disease, especially in fetal life and early infancy age. Our case was a 66 days old female baby who had the symptoms of jaundice, clay-colored stool, intermittent vomiting since birth and abdominal distension. Final diagnosis was choledochal cyst with neonatal hepatitis. An early accurate preoperative diagnosis has been associated with a marked decrease in the mortality. Roux-en-Y choledochocystojejunostomy was done. We...
Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis without Abnormality of Urine.
Byung Hwan Lee, Byung Lynl Lee, Kwang Chan Doh, Sung Il Ahn, Hyun Soon Lee
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(10):1073-1077.   Published online October 31, 1982
A case is presented of a 15-year old girl with clinical and laboratory findings Strongly suggestive of poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis but without abnormalities in the urine. Repeated examinations of the urine demonstrated absence of proteinuuria and hematuria throughout a nineteen-day hospital course. Her renal biopsy specimen revealed small scattered intramembranous, subendothelial and mesangial deposits in. immunofluorescence and electron microscopy, but essentially normal pattern in light microscopy indicating...
A Case of Urticaria Pigmentosa.
Byung Yun Chung, Jun Ho Kim, Go Chang Kim, Woon Jae Park
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(10):1078-1081.   Published online October 31, 1982
We experienced a case of urticaria pigmentosa. A 3,400 gm female infant was torn after 38 weeks gestation to a 24 years old mother. On 3rd hospital day, a brownish small lesion was seen on the left malleolar region. Two months later, she visited to our hospital with multiple skin lesions. Diagnosis was established by skin biopsy. The review of the related literature was...
Congenital Agammaglobulinemia of Bruton Type.
Kwang Wook Ko, Je Geun Chi
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(10):1082-1087.   Published online October 31, 1982