Neurological Complications Resulting from Non-Oral Occupational Methanol Poisoning.

Methanol poisoning results in neurological complications including visual disturbances, bilateral putaminal hemorrhagic necrosis, parkinsonism, cerebral edema, coma, or seizures. Almost all reported cases of methanol poisoning are caused by oral ingestion of methanol. However, recently there was an outbreak of methanol poisoning via non-oral exposure that resulted in severe neurological complications to a few workers at industrial sites in Korea.

The Correlation Study between Plasma Aβ Proteins and Cerebrospinal Fluid Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers.

Background And Purpose: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the accumulation of amyloid-β proteins (Aβ). In this study we explored the correlation of plasma Aβ40 and Aβ42 concentrations with Aβ42, total tau (tTau) and phosphorylated tau 181 (pTau181) levels in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in AD and control subjects to further understand the characteristics of plasma Aβ proteins levels.

Methods: The consecutive subjects (44 AD and 47 controls) in this study were recruited.

Capsaicin induces apoptosis of cisplatin-resistant stomach cancer cells by causing degradation of cisplatin-inducible Aurora-A protein.

Various chemotherapeutic agents such as cisplatin have been used to treat gastric cancer. However, a substantial number of patients acquire resistance to this treatment, and this is followed by rapid relapse of the disease. We investigated the anticancer effect of capsaicin, the active ingredient in red pepper, in the cisplatin-resistant Korean human gastric cancer cell line SNU-668.

Factors determining outcomes of aortic valve surgery in patients with aortic regurgitation due to Behçet's disease: impact of preoperative echocardiographic features.

Background: Paravalvular leakage after open heart surgery is notoriously common in patients with aortic regurgitation (AR) due to Behçet's disease. The aim of this study was to test whether initial echocardiographic findings are useful to predict recurrent AR.

Methods: Lesion severity on preoperative echocardiography was scored for redundant aortic valve cusp (0-2 points), aortic pseudoaneurysm (0-2 points), and dissection of the adjacent interventricular septum (0-2 points) in 22 patients with severe AR due to Behçet's disease (13 men; mean age, 42.

Fibroma with osseous metaplasia of external auditory canal in a dog.

The present report describes a case of fibroma with osseous metaplasia of the external auditory canal in a 7-year-old male Pomeranian dog. Upon otoscopic examination, the right external auditory canal was almost completely obstructed by a well-circumscribed mass adjacent to the eardrum. The mass was surgically excised.

Fetal death of dogs after the ingestion of a soil conditioner.

Castor beans (Ricinus communis) contain ricin, which is one of the most toxic substances of plant origin. Ricin toxicosis has been reported in different countries with usually ingestion of castor beans or plants in both animals and humans. However, ricin toxicosis by ingestion of some products containing castor oil cake has rarely been reported.

Potent neutralization of vacuolating cytotoxin (VacA) of Helicobacter pylori by immunoglobulins against the soluble recombinant VacA.

Background: The recombinant vacuolating cytotoxin (rVacA) of Helicobacter pylori that retains native conformational epitopes was evaluated as a vaccine antigen for anti-H. pylori treatment.

Methods: s1m1 vacA gene fraction encoding the mature VacA protein was expressed as a soluble protein in E.

Ebstein's anomaly with an atrial septal defect in a jindo dog.

A 7-month-old, female jindo dog was presented with severe ascites, cyanosis, and exercise intolerance. Diagnostic imaging studies revealed Ebstein's anomaly with an atrial septal defect. The dog was managed medically with inotropics, diuretics, and vasodilators.

Renal and ureteral fusion in a calf with atresia ani.

A 10-day old male calf exhibited multiple congenital anomalies of the urinary and gastrointestinal tracts, including renal fusion (horseshoe kidney), ureteral fusion, rectovesicular fistula, and atresia ani. In horseshoe kidney, the organs were fused together at the caudal poles. The left kidney and cranial half of right kidney were shrunken, while the remaining lobules were hypertrophic.