Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science

Mi Hwa Kang

2 Articles

A Clinical Study of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Pneumonia.: Mi Hwa Kang, Jin Gon Jun; Yeungnam Univ J Med. 1989;6(1):21-29. Published online June 30, 1989; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.1989.6.1.21

Abstract PDF: A clinical study was made on 71cases of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Pneumonia from March, 86 to February, 89. The results were as follows; 1. Among the 315 cases of pneumonia, the incidence of mycoplasma infection was 22.5% 2. The peak incidence of age was between 5 to 9years of age (53.5%) 3. The sex ratio of male to female was 1.3:1 4. Monthly distribution showed relatively high frequency from October to January (59.2%) 5. Most common clinical symptoms were cough (98.6%) and then followed by fever (49.3%), coryza (19.7%). Rales were the most common finding (95.7%) and followed by pharyngeal injection (49.3%) and wheezing (18.3%) 6. The leukocyte counts in peripheral blood were most common in the range of 5000-10000/mm³ (47.9%) and the ESR was increased in 57.7%, and positive CRP cases were 87.3% 7. The most common radiologic finding of pulmonary infiltration was interstitial infiltration (45.1%) and then followed by disseminated lobular (39.4%) and lobar pneumonia (15.5%) 8. There are a few cases associated disease or complication: otitis media (5.6%), hepatitis (4.2%) acute glomerulonephritis, bronchial asthma and sinusitis (2.8%), thrombocytopenia (1.4%)

A Case of Conjoined Twins.: Mi Hwa Kang, Son Moon Shin, Jin Gon Jun, Mi Jin Kim, Hae Joo Nam, Sung Rim Kim, Jong Wook Kim; Yeungnam Univ J Med. 1988;5(2):255-261. Published online December 31, 1988; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.1988.5.2.255

Abstract PDF: Conjoined twinning is a rare congenital malformation, accounting for 1% monozygotic twins. Conjoined twins result if twining is initiated after the embryonic disc and rudimentary amniotic sac have been formed and if division of the embryonic disc is incomplete. Recently we experienced a case of conjoined twins, dicephalus dipus dibrachius, who had died at 3 hours of life, and performed autopsy. Autopsy revealed a total duplication of the heads, spines up to sacrum, small bowels, thymus and lungs. Two hearts existed within a common pericardium.

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