Association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with bone mineral density and serum osteocalcin levels in Korean men.

Objective: Bone mineral density has been reported to negatively associate with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Osteocalcin, a bone formation marker and metabolic regulator, has been previously evaluated as the mediator between bone mineral density and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Herein, we aimed to investigate the correlations of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with bone mineral density and serum osteocalcin levels in Korean men.

Association of erectile dysfunction with depression in patients with chronic viral hepatitis.

Aim: To investigate the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) and its association with depression in patients with chronic viral hepatitis.

Methods: This single center cross-sectional study was conducted from August 2013 through January 2014. All outpatients with chronic viral hepatitis in our liver clinic between 18 and 80 years of age were considered eligible for this study.

A rare combination of left ventricular noncompaction, patent ductus arteriosus, and persistent left superior vena cava demonstrated by multidetector computed tomography and echocardiography.

Noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium (NCM) is a disorder characterized by numerous prominent ventricular trabeculations and deep intertrabecular recesses. It may present in an isolated form or in association with other cyanotic heart diseases, obstructions of the ventricular outflow tract, and anomalies of coronary arteries. We report on a rare combination of NCM, patent ductus arteriosus, and persistent left superior vena cava in a 27-year-old man examined via echocardiography and multidetector computed tomography.

Annuloaortic ectasia in a 16 year-old boy with Loeys-Dietz syndrome.

Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) is a rare genetic disorder with an autosomal dominant inheritance due to mutations in the transforming growth factor beta-receptor type 1 or type 2. The disease is characterised by the triad of hypertelorism, bifid uvula or cleft palate, arterial tortuosity and aortic aneurysms. These phenotypic characteristics distinguish LDS from other connective tissue disorders related to transforming growth factor beta-receptor.