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Volume 44(9); Sep 2001
Clinical Lecture
Observation Versus Surgery in Managing Pediatric Urinary Tract Abnormalities
Kun Suk Kim
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2001;44(9):979-986.   Published online September 15, 2001
Original Articles
Clinical Analysis of Pediatric Death in Emergency Room
Bo Hyeong Lee, Mi Jung Kim, Hyun Kyung Lee, Young Hwan Lee, Kwang Hae Choi, Seok Hun Song, Sam Beom Lee, Byung Soo Do
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2001;44(9):987-991.   Published online September 15, 2001
Purpose : Sudden, unexpected pediatric death triggers acute grief in most survivors. In this study, we analyzed the pediatric death in emergency room in order to find out the factors for minimized unexpected pediatric death and increase awareness of these conditions. Methods : We performed a review on the records of 63 patients under the age of 16 years who died before and after...
Body Composition by Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Obese Children
Jong Eun Lee, Ki Won Par, Su Jin Cho, Il Tae Whang, Young Mi Hong
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2001;44(9):992-1001.   Published online September 15, 2001
Purpose : Body composition by bioelectrical impedance analysis(BIA) is a very useful method of analysing body composition in many diseases. BIA is a simple, rapid, non-invasive and reproducible technique. There was no comparative analysis between obese and healthy children. A comparative analysis between obese and healthy children is needed to assess the effect of excercise and other interventions in the management of childhood obesity....
The Changes of Production of RANTES and Gro-α in Kawasaki Disease
Young Hwan Lee, Hyun Kyung Lee, Bo Hyeong Lee, Sun Yoon Jung, Hee Sun Kim, Sang Bum Lee
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2001;44(9):1002-1011.   Published online September 15, 2001
Purpose : Kawasaki disease is probably driven by abnormalities of the immune system after infectious insult. In this report, a clinical review with laboratory parameters and the changes of the plasma levels of chemokines(RANTES and Gro-α) was undertaken according to the clinical stage of Kawasaki disease. Methods : This investigation included 74 samples from 21 patients(10 boys, 11 girls; mean age, 27.8 months) with Kawasaki...
Clinical Features and ECG Findings of Supraventricular Tachycardia in Pediatric Patients
Chang Hwan Jang, Myung Chul Hyun
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2001;44(9):1012-1018.   Published online September 15, 2001
Purpose : Supraventricular tachycardia(SVT) is the most frequent symptomatic arrhythmia in children. We performed this study to disover the SVT mechanisms, age at SVT onset, symptoms and ECG findings of SVT and effect of adenosine on SVT. Methods : We studied 57 patients(male : 30, female : 27, age : 1 day-15.8 years) who had been admitted or transferred due to SVT from January,...
Infectious Manifestations in Childhood Leukemia
Yoon Jung Cho, Heung Sik Kim, Chin Moo Kang
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2001;44(9):1019-1030.   Published online September 15, 2001
Purpose : Infection is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in children during chemotherapy for leukemia and the development of fever in neutropenic cancer patients frequently indicates infection. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate infectious manifestations during the course of leukemia. Methods : Seventy eight leukemic children who had one or more occasions of infection during hospitalization from January...
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Immunization in Children with Egg Allergies
Seung Yeon Nam, Eun Hee Jung, Jin A Jung, Yong Min Park, Kyoung Hee Jeon, Ju Suk Lee, Gi Young Jang, Kang Mo Ahn, Sang Il Lee
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2001;44(9):1031-1035.   Published online September 15, 2001
Purpose : The safety of MMR(Measles, Mumps, and Rubella) immunization to children with egg allergies has been debated for decades because the live attenuated virus used in the vaccine is grown in cultured chick-embryo fibroblasts. Many studies that investigated adverse reactions to MMR vaccine have been reported abroad, but there has been no report in Korean children. So, this study is aimed at determining...
Case Reports
A Case of Transcatheter Coil Embolization of Diffuse Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation
Hye Kyung Lee, Gun Soo Han
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2001;44(9):1036-1040.   Published online September 15, 2001
This is a case report of multiple coil embolization for the diffuse pulmonary arteriovenous malformations( PAVM). PAVMs are direct communications between pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins, resulting in an anatomic right-to-left shunt that may cause paradoxical embolization to may occur, resulting in neurologic complications such as stroke or cerebral abscess. The treatment of choice for solitary PAVMs was limited to surgical resection or ligation...
A Case of Vascular Leak Syndrome During Induction Chemotherapy of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia(T Cell Type)
Kye Wool Kang, Hwang Min Kim, Won Kyu Choi, Baek Keun Lim, Chang Hun Lee
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2001;44(9):1041-1046.   Published online September 15, 2001
Vascular leak syndrome(VLS) is characterized by endothelial damage, which causes extravasation of plasma proteins and fluid from capillaries into the extravascular space. It has been suggested that the increased vascular permeability is the result of an IL-2-induced suppression of endothelin- 1 secretion by endothelial cells, an IL-2-induced activation of the complement cascade or TNF-αrelease from IL-2-activated T-cells. A 13-year-old male patient visited our hospital...
A Case of Trisomy 9 Mosaicism Mimicking Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome
Su Jin Kim, Jin Hwa Jeong, Sung Min Cho
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2001;44(9):1047-1051.   Published online September 15, 2001
Trisomy 9 mosaicism is a disease characterized not only by intrauterine growth retardation and mental retardation but also congenital heart defects, musculoskeletal, genitourinary and CNS anomalies, as well as craniofacial anomalies such as microcephaly, micrognathia, narrowed temples, prominent occiput, broad-based nose with bulbous tip, low set ears, deeply set eyes, short palpebral fissure and small mouth. This syndrome was first reported back in 1973...
Duplication Cyst of the Pylorus in a Newborn
Seon Ja Cho, Kang Ho Lee, Myoung Jin Ju, Oh Kyung Lee
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2001;44(9):1052-1056.   Published online September 15, 2001
Enteric duplications are uncommon congenital anomalies. Duplications of the stomach account for only 3.8% of gastrointestinal duplication. More particularly, duplications involving the pylorus are extremely rare. These are characterized by firm attachment to at least one point of the alimentary tract with a well developed coat of smooth muscle and mucous membrane. The most frequent presentation is an abdominal mass with vomiting, mainly discovered...
A Case of Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy Type III
Su Hyun Cho, Soo-Jin Kim, Young-Hoon Kim, Yun Tae Kim, Yoon-Kyung Lee, Dong-Un Kim, Seung-Hoon Han, Seung-Yun Chung, In-Goo Lee, Kyung-Tai Whang, Je Geun Chi
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2001;44(9):1057-1061.   Published online September 15, 2001
Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type III, which is also known as Dejerine-Sottas disease, is a severe demyelinating polyneuropathy which presents from birth or infancy, and is sometimes presented as a hypotonic or floppy infant. The disease is inherited autosomal recessively and includes clinical findings of generalized muscle weakness and atrophy, with the greatest severity in distal limb muscles, areflexia, and sensory loss. The...
Two Cases of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Due to Status Epilepticus with High Fever
Song Heui Shin, Kyung-Rye Moon, Eun-Young Kim, Young-Il Rho
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2001;44(9):1062-1065.   Published online September 15, 2001
Status epilepticus has been occasionally reported as a cause of acute disseminated intravascular coagulation(DIC), but little is known regarding the pathogenesis of this uncommon association. The occurrence of DIC in status epilepticus may be related to widespread endothelial damage secondary to seizure-induced hyperpyrexia or status epilepticus due to high fever. We experienced two cases of status epilepticus accompanying fever in which laboratory data demonstrated...
A Case of Encephalopathy Presented with Motor Aphasia and Quadriplegia Following Intrathecal Methotrexate
Seon Woo Lee, Eun Hye Park, Hyun-Sang Cho, Jae Kook Cha, Hae Ran Lee
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2001;44(9):1066-1069.   Published online September 15, 2001
Intrathecal administration of methotrexate(IT-MTX) has constituted the standard approach to prophylaxis and treatment of central nevous system(CNS) leukemia. We experienced a quadriplegia and motor aphasia in a 14-year-old boy following repeated IT-MTX for the prophylaxis of meningeal leukemia. He was diagnosed as ALL without CNS involvement and treated by CCG- 1882 protocol. IT-MTX was administered for CNS prophylaxis. The patient began complaining of urinary incontinence,...
Two Cases of Ectopic Pancreas Located the in the Pyloric Region
Jeong Won Shin, Jae Hong Yu, Ji Young Sul, Jin Man Kim
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2001;44(9):1070-1074.   Published online September 15, 2001
Ectopic pancreas is defined as being the presence of pancreatic tissue outside its usual or habitual location and without anatomic relation either of continuity or of vascularization with the pancreatic proper. The most common developing sites are the stomach(especially greater curvature of antrum), duodenum and proximal jejunum. Most lesions do not cause any clinical symptoms, but sometimes nonspecific significant symptoms...
A Case of Cytomegalovirus Colitis which Occurred During Treatment of Hemophagocytic Syndrome
Sang-Nam Bae, Sung-Ryon Ahn, Yun-Jin Lee, Young-Tak Lim, Jae-Hong Park, Kyung-Un Choi, Chang-Hun Lee
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2001;44(9):1075-1080.   Published online September 15, 2001
Cytomegalovirus(CMV) colitis is an important opportunistic infection in immunocompromised individuals. The clinical symptoms are abdominal pain, diarrhea, colonic hemorrhage and perforation. The endoscopic appearance shows three characteristic features with focal or diffuse inflammatory changes, submucosal hemorrhagic spots, and well demarcated ulcers. We experienced a case of CMV colitis in an 8-year-old girl presented with Stevens-Johnson syndrome, vanishing bile duct syndrome and infection-associated hemophagocytic histiocytosis, which...
Galloway-Mowat Syndrome in Two Siblings
Hae-Sung Jung, Eun-Young Cho, Jae-Young Lim, Ji-Hyeoan Seo, Myoung-Bum Choi, Chan-Ho Park, Hang-Ok Woo, Hee-Shang Youn
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2001;44(9):1081-1084.   Published online September 15, 2001
We report on two Korean siblings with multiple congenital anomalies : microcephaly, gyral abnormality, minor facial anomalies, and congenital nephrotic syndrome. The first infant developed proteinuria at age 3 days. This condition appeared similar to that described by Galloway and Mowat and reviewed by Cooperstone, et al, especially the presence of abnormal gyral patterns. She died at 19 months. The second infant; the brother...
A Case of Chronic Pneumonitis of Infancy in Pediatric Interstitial Lung Disease
Hyun Oh Jang, Se Chang Ham, Young Kyoun Kim, Se Wook Oh, Yong Won Park
J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2001;44(9):1085-1090.   Published online September 15, 2001
The interstitial lung diseases(ILD) comprises a large, heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by derangement of alveolar walls and alveolar capillary unit causing restrictive pulmonary dysfunction and disordered gas exchange. It is rare, especially in children, and the opinions on investigation and treatments are controversial. The classification of adult ILD is applied to that of children. But considering occurrence during the developing state of lung...