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Bone Marrow* ; Fibrin* ; Transplants*

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Adult* ; Humans

Artichia with papular lesions is a rare congenit,al disease characteriezed by the association of alopecia and papular lesions. We report a case of atrichia with papular lesions in 12-year-old. Alopecia of the scalp and eye brows were present at birth. Nurnerous papular lesions are presentation the trunk, buttock and inguinal area. The histopathologic iinding of a papular lesion showed ker till-filled cyst, and eruptive vellous hair cyst. The patient showed reticulat.ed hyperpigmentation on the hands and feet in addition to the characteristic feature of atriclia with papular lesions.
Alopecia ; Buttocks ; Child ; Foot ; Hair ; Hand ; Humans ; Hyperpigmentation ; Parturition ; Scalp

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Hyperlipidemias ; Obesity ; Risk Factors ; Urolithiasis

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Breast ; Female ; Humans

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Humans ; Male ; Thyroid Diseases ; Thyroid Gland

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Humans ; Male ; Thyroid Diseases ; Thyroid Gland

PURPOSE: Citrate is a well recognized inhibitor of the formation of calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate stones. Hypocitraturia is a common etiology of recurrent calcium nephrolithiasis, with an incidence of 19 to 63%. Potassium citrate therapy can be a useful therapeutic approach for the management of calcium nephrolithiasis. But pharmacological treatment of hypocitraturic calcium nephrolithiasis requires taking too many tablets, or numerous crystal package or liquid supplements throughout the day. This cumbersome regimen often decreases patient compliance. We administered dietary citrate via lemon juice to stone former and evaluated the change of citrate levels. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The prospective study included 7 women and 8 men with documented recurrent or multiple urinary stone disease. None of the subjects suffered from renal impairment, urinary tract infection and other metabolic disorder. Controls comprised 6 voluntary men. They had no previous stone history and no evidence of stone. Patients ingested total 1 liter of lemon juice(containing 4.0gm/L.citrate) divided at 6 hours interval without strict diet restriction. Urine specimens were obtained for urinary citrate levels after 2-3days of lemon juice therapy and compared to pre-lemon juice baseline values. RESULTS: All 15 patient showed increased urinary citrate levels during lemon juice therapy. Average urinary citrate levels increased from 146+/-109mg/day at baseline to 453+/-226mg/day during treatment(p<0.05). Urinary citrate levels during treatment increased up to those of control group(351+/-265mg/day) and did not show significant difference (p>0.05). Urinary pH increased from 5.9+/-0.4 at baseline to 6.8+/-0.6 during treatment(p<0.05). No patient complained of gastrointestinal discomforts. CONCLUSIONS: Citrate supplementation with lemon juice increased urinary citrate levels and urinary pH. Lemon juice is well tolerated dietary source of citrate and would be beneficial in the control of calcium urolithiasis.
Calcium ; Calcium Oxalate ; Citric Acid ; Diet ; Female ; Humans ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Incidence ; Male ; Nephrolithiasis ; Patient Compliance ; Potassium Citrate ; Prospective Studies ; Tablets ; Urinary Calculi ; Urinary Tract Infections ; Urolithiasis

To knew the prevalence and nature of asymptomatic microscopic hematuria in a community. we evaluated 13,678 cases(M; 12.198 cases, F; 1,480 cases) that visited to the Department of Health Service. Kang Nam General Hospital from April to October, 1992 for annual physical examination. For the detection of hematuria urine dipstick test was done. and then urine microscopy was done in cases with positive dipstick test (262 cases). Hematuria was defined as 3 or more RBCs/HPF on microscopic examination of the urinary sediment(189 cases). Repeated urinalysis was done in cases with 3-4 RBCs/HPF (30 cases). And in cases with 5 or more RBCs/HPF on urine microscopy, excretory urography(105 cases) was primarily checked and in addition, renal ultrasonography. cystoscopy. RGP. urine culture. urine cytology. serum IgA, C3. C4 were performed for investigation ofThe results were as follows: I. Prevalence of asymptomatic microscopic hematuria was 1.38% and significantly increased with age (p<0.01). 2. Urologic abnormalities associated with hematuria were identified in 23 cases (21.9 %)-6 cases of renal stone. 4 cases of BPH. 4 cases of UPJ stricture, 3 cases or cystitis, 2 cases of ureteral stone. 1 case or ureteral stricture. nephroptosis. renal cyst. renal tuberculosis. S. In 82 cases, urologic abnormalities could not be found and then serum IgA. C3 C4 checked in 36 cases among these. IgA was increased in 21 cases (58.3%). From the above result. the causes of asymptomatic microscopic hematuria in adults could not be found in 78.1% and serious urologic diseases tumor and so on) were almost not found. We conclude that in order to obtain the detection of accurate prevalence and various urologic diseases. repeatedurine dipstick test and long-term followup in larger populations would be needed, and that screening test for the evaluation of hematuria would consist of performing excretory urography only in relative young adults and excretory urography with selective urine cytology after age 50 years.
Adult ; Constriction, Pathologic ; Cystitis ; Cystoscopy ; Follow-Up Studies ; Health Services ; Hematuria ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin A ; Mass Screening ; Microscopy ; Physical Examination ; Prevalence ; Tuberculosis, Renal ; Ultrasonography ; Ureter ; Urinalysis ; Urography ; Urologic Diseases ; Young Adult