Comparative analysis of pelvic inflammatory disease with and without Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome / 대한산부인과학회지

OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to compare the characteristics, hematologic findings, microbiologic results, and radiologic findings of the patients with Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome (FHCS) to those without perihepatitis. METHODS: From January 2003 to June 2006, 120 patients of PID with FHCS and 212 patients of PID only were included in this study. Patients' medical records including cervical cultures, chlamydia polymerase chain reaction (PCR), abdomen and pelvic computed tomography (CT), and transvaginal sonography were analysed retrospectively. RESULTS: PID with FHCS group had significantly higher incidence of right upper quadrant abdominal pain (p<0.01) and significantly lower incidence of lower abdominal pain than PID only group (p<0.01). PID with FHCS group was associated with significantly higher erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) in comparison to that of PID only group. In addition, significantly higher incidence of chlamydia infection and intrauterine device user were noted in PID with FHCS group. CONCLUSIONS: In PID patients with right upper quadrant abdominal pain, accompanied by elevated ESR, suspicion of chlamydia infection, and intrauterine device in situ, physicians should actively perform procedures including abdomen and pelvic CT and laparoscopic surgery for early diagnosis of FHCS.

Perinatal mortality at Yongdong Severance Hospital, 1998~2003 / 대한주산의학회잡지

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to analyze the perinatal mortality rate (PMR) and to evaluate the risk factors of perinatal deaths such as birth weight, gestational age, maternal age, fetal sex, number of antenatal visits, and cause of deaths. METHODS: Review of electronic medical records of 4,910 cases of singleton deliveries from 1998 to 2003 at Yongdong Severance Hospital was done. The perinatal period was defined according to the WHO definition and the cause of mortality was determined according to Aberdeen Classification. RESULTS: Crude (corrected) PMR was 22.8 (13.4). Among 4862 deliveries excluding termination of pregnancy and severe congenital anomalies, (1) stillbirths accounted for 78% (51/65) of perinatal deaths. (2) Distribution of neonatal birth weights less than 1,000 g, 1,000~1,499 g, 1,500 g~2,499 g were 0.3%, 0.7%, 5.6% with survival rates of 73.7%, 86.1%, and 99.6% respectively. (3) Deaths of preterm births accounted for 86% (12/14) of total neonatal deaths. (4) PMR of 494 cases of advanced maternal age was higher (20.2) than those of other age groups without statistical significance (p=0.273). (5) PMR of male-to-female ratio was 173:100 with statistical significance (p= 0.031). (6) PMR of infants with less than 2 antenatal visits was 152.0, in comparison with the rate (7.3) of infants with more than 2 antenatal visits (p<0.001). Among 112 cases of crude perinatal deaths, the leading causes were congenital anomalies (31.3%), prematurity cause unknown (28.6%), and maternal disease (10.7%). CONCLUSIONS: The number of births is decreasing, but no significant decrease of PMR was observed. Therefore, intensive care of preterm infants and congenital anomalous babies should be improved.

A case of successful pregnancy in Addison's disease / 대한산부인과학회지

Primary adrenal insufficiency is a rare disease which can lead to fatal outcomes when complicated in pregnancy. The vague symptoms such as nausea, fatigue and abdominal pain may interfere with its diagnosis. But once the diagnosis is made after a simple ACTH stimulation test, a successful pregnancy and delivery can be accomplished by replacement of steroids. It is to be noted that proper management in crises such as labor, delivery, operation and postpartum is very important. We report a case of successful delivery of a woman with primary adrenal insufficiency with a brief review of literature.

Laparoscopic management of asymptomatic ovarian steroid cell tumors, not otherwise specified: A case report and literature review / 대한산부인과학회지

The steroid cell tumor, not otherwise specified, constitutes only 0.1% of ovarian malignancies and was asymptomatic in 3.3-25% In Korea, three reported cases of steroid cell tumors were endocrinologically symptomatic and were managed with laparotomy. However, there was no reports of such case without any endocrinologically symptoms. We present a 17 years old patient with huge pelvic mass that were managed with combined ultrasonographically guided drainage and laparoscopically excision and proven to be an asymptomatic steroid cell tumor of ovary, with brief review of literature.