Cardiac paraganglioma: diagnostic work up and review of the literature.

Paraganglioma of the heart are potentially invasive, highly vascularized tumors for which complete resection may be curative. Derived from the cardiac wall in most instances, resectability can be assessed after integration of the data provided by MRI in T2 sequence, and coronarography. A fully documented case of a large cardiac pheochromocytoma of the left atrium and AV groove is reported and the pertinent literature on the subject is here presented.

Food consumption trends and nutrition transition in Korea.

This review article aims to provide an overview of food consumption trends in relation to the nutritional status of Koreans. Food consumption patterns and nutritional status of Koreans have changed substantially due to economic improvements and the adoption of a western lifestyle. The traditional habit of consuming vegetable foods like cereals, soybeans and potatoes has seen a decline, while consumption of meat, poultry, egg and fruits has increased.

Effect of dietary beef fat on intestinal tumor formation by azoxymethane in rats.

Two groups of 20 male Sprague-Dawley rats each were given azoxymethane subcutaneously (8 mg/kg body wt) and fed a normal diet or one high in beef fat. Control groups were not given azoxymethane. The rats on the fat diet consumed less food and gained significantly more weight than the animals on the normal diet.