The distribution of the patterns of pubic hair and axillary hair was observed in 1970 men and 1761 women from 17 to 59 years of age. Among the 4 types usually found, the horizontal type predominated in male pubic hair irrespective of age, and the acuminate type, sagittal type and the disperse type followed in order. In the fernale public hair patterns, two new types were observed: a "linear type" and a "few type". The horizontal type was the predominant form and the acuminate type, the linear type, the few type, the disperse type and the sagittal type came in order. Women with no pubic hair rna,de up 4.4% of the total. But the patterns of pubic hair changed with age toward the types of little hair count such as the few and the linear type. In the axillary hair patterns of men, the whole type predominated and the brachial type, the central type came in order and men with no axillary hair made up 8.0% of the total. This distr!bution also changed with age, the central type being the commonest type in advanced age. In the a,xillary hair patterns of women, the whole type also predominated but with age, the numters of persons with no axillary hair increased. As to the relation of the body weight and the hair pattern, no conspicuous relation was found except for the female pubic hair pattern. In this group, persons below ideal body weight had low hair count, with statistical significance.
Body Weight ; Female ; Hair* ; Humans ; Ideal Body Weight ; Male

A case of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis affecting 24 years old, male Korean, who has been suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis, is presented. The skin lesions of the case have been developed about two months after administration of Thioacetazone, 150 mg. per day. The cause of this case may be due to Thioacetazone, one of the antituberculous drugs. Diagnosis of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis was estsblished by clinical characteristics, histopathological and laboratory studies, and review of literatures were made also.
Diagnosis ; Humans ; Male ; Skin ; Stevens-Johnson Syndrome* ; Thioacetazone ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary ; Young Adult

Dyschromatosis Symmetrica Hereditaria (Toyama) is one of the pigment anormaly hereditary skin disease which is known to manifest the Japanese. Various authors such as Toyama, Matsumoto, Komaya-Dohi and Ichikawa-Hiraga have reported the disease under different diagnostic name. Clinical characteristics of the disease are shown to have multiple reticular dark brown spotty macular skin lesion mostly over the face, neck, back of hands, feet, fingers and toes, which are affecting symmetrically, without subjective symptom, and occasionally the pigmented and depigmented macular lesions are intermingled. Among these author's reports to the disease, one postulate those which Matsumoto and Komaya-Dohi's cases were essentially similar type in clinical manifestation and were described as showing spotty pigmented macules intermingling with the depigmented over the areas as those of Toyama's. In this article, a case of Dyschromatosis Symemtrica Hereditaria manifesting 21 years old Korean male, which is similar to Matsumoto's type, is presented. Search for the heredity back ground revealed that the grandfather and mother were affected by this disease, and authors assumed the types of heredity of the disease to be irregular non-sexlinked dominant inheritance. Authors presented also distinctions of the histopathological findings of the disease which are hyperkeratosis, increased melanin granules in stratum mucosum layer and imperfect or immatured granular cells, and discussions of differential diagnosis and review of literatures are made.
Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Fingers ; Foot ; Hand ; Heredity ; Humans ; Male ; Melanins ; Mothers ; Neck ; Skin ; Skin Diseases ; Toes ; Wills ; Young Adult

No abstract available.
Skin*

As increasing numbers of antibiotics, adrenocorticosteroids, and antitumor agents have come into use, so increasing numbars of mycotic diseases have been identified. Qtomycosis, a mycotic infection of the extcrnal ear which is occasionally accompanied by dermatitis of the surrounding skin, is corsidered to be such a disease. While opinion vari.es as to whether otomycosis is caused by a saprophytic or a pathogenic organism, our clinical obs:rvations revealed pathological inflammation of the external auditory canal with profuse fungal elements. During August 1975, l3 specimens of ear wax were taken from patients whv visited the out-patient ENT clinic of this hospital. All patients had had their ears clea,ned at a barber shop prior to visiting the ENT clinic. Because ar cleaning instrumenta (scoops and brushes) are re-used m Korean Sarber shops, 204 of theae in- strum.ent;s were randomly selected from different barber shops and examined. KGH mounts and Lactophenol cot@ten blue stains were used to examine the specimens. Qf the lR ear wax specimens, I2 samples (92. 3%) reveaIed Aspergillus sp. and 1 sample (7. 7%) revealed Penicillium sp. Of the 204 ear cleaning instrumenta tested, l94 colonies grew in culture. Of these cultures, 146 (75. 3 %) were Aspergillus sp., 9 (4. 6%) were Mycelia sterila, 5 (2. 6%) were Fenicillium sp., 4 (2. 1 %) wr Al- terna,ria, 2 (l. 0%) were Stemphylium sp., 1 (0. 5%) was Geotrichum sp., and 27 (13. 9%) were of an unknown species. Of the 146 Aspergillius sp. cultures, 99 (67. 8%) were Asp. terreus, 17 (11.6%) were Asp. glaucus, 5 (3.4%) were Asp. niger, 17 (11. 6%) were Asp. flavus-oryzRC, R (2. 1 %) Were Asp. versicolor, and 5 (3. 4 %) were athers. Beca.use of the close correlation between the fungi cultivated from ear wax apc imens and those cultured from ea,r cleaning instruments, the authors believe that the ear cleaning instruments used in the barber shops could well have been the primary source of infection. In this study the authors also discuss the probable causative factbrs of otomycosis arrd a review of the literature is presented.
Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Antineoplastic Agents ; Aspergillus ; Cerumen ; Coloring Agents ; Dermatitis ; Ear ; Ear Canal ; Epidemiologic Studies* ; Fungi ; Geotrichum ; Humans ; Inflammation ; Niger ; Otomycosis* ; Outpatients ; Penicillium ; Skin ; Viperidae

No abstract available.
Skin* ; Tuberculosis, Cutaneous*

Nevus lipomatosus cutaneous superficialis(NLCB) is a rare condition consisting of ectopic fat tissue in the dermis and having the predilection for the pelvic girdle, especially gluteal region. The patient was a 20 year-old female. About 8 years prior to the first visit she had noticed the rice-sized papules on her lower back, which had been gradually increased in size and coalesced to become two, cerebriform, skin colored to yellowish tumor masses of soft consistency, distributed on both sides of the midline of lower back, and measuring respectively 3.5X7.Qcm and 7.0x11.5cm in size. Jihe biopsy specimen taken from the tumor mass revealed the ectopic presence of fat lobules occupying half of the reticular dermis. The fat lobules consisted of almost mature fat cells with the presence of dilated capillaries in their centers.
Adipocytes ; Biopsy ; Buttocks ; Capillaries ; Dermis ; Female ; Humans ; Nevus* ; Skin ; Young Adult

BACKGROUND: Keloids may occur at any age, but tend tend velop between the ages of 10 and 30. The incidence and median age of onset are equal for both sexes. Keloids are common among the darker pigmented rices, but there have been a few clinia studies of keloids in Korea. OBJECTIVE: The purpcse of this study was to evaluate the variable clinical characteristics of keloids in Korea. METHODS: This clinical investigation was made with 223 of patients of keloid who had visited the Department of Derrnatology, Chonnam University Hosptal from January 1984 to December 1993. RESULTS: 1.The annual incidenie averaged over 10 years was 0.831 (361 cases of total 43,752 outpatients). 2.The ratio of male to female was 1: 0.94(Male. 115, Feila 108). 3.The mean age of the onset and at the first visit to our hospital were 24.5years and 29.2 years respectively. 4.In our series tte presternal area was the most commor saes, the shouder region next. Most keloids on the shoulder were related to BCG vaccination in ifoncy or chilhood. 5.The precipitating fa ctors associated with keloid were riaeeding dermatologic diseases(33.2 %), unknown(17.9%) rejection & vaccination(15.2%), operation(13.9%), burn(13.9%) and laceration(5.8%) in descending order. 6.Among preceeding as, iociated dermatologic diseases, acne w s the most common. 7. A positive family history is more likely in cases of mitile keloidal (p<0,001), and severe keloidal formation. 8.Most patients did not. complain of any symptorns(45.3%) nd a symptom of pain or tenderness(40.8%) was piesert rather than pruritus(13.9%). 9.The most prevaent tr eatment modality was intralesional injection with triamcinolone acetonide (84.3%). CONCLUSION: According, to this study, usually keloids occore in patients between 10 and 29 years of age, and most keloids were located on the antetio partion of the chest, shoulders, and face and scalp. A positive family history is more likely in as of multiple, severe keloidal for mation.
Acne Vulgaris ; Age of Onset ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Injections, Intralesional ; Jeollanam-do ; Keloid* ; Korea ; Male ; Mycobacterium bovis ; Scalp ; Shoulder ; Thorax ; Triamcinolone Acetonide ; Vaccination

Epithelioma cuniculatum or plantar verrucous carcinoma shows a great tendency toward deep penetrating growth, resulting in numerous crypts filled with horny material and pus. We herein described a 44 year-old female who showed a warty, relatively round, brown to yellow colored protruding mass with many crypts filled with pus-like exudates, measuring 2.3 X 2.5 X 1.5 cm in size, and of 5 years duration. The biopsy specimen taken from the tumor mass revealed a deeply penetrating, well-differentiated squarnous cell carcinoma without nuclear anaplasia and individual cell keratinization.
Adult ; Anaplasia ; Biopsy ; Carcinoma* ; Carcinoma, Verrucous ; Exudates and Transudates ; Female ; Humans ; Suppuration

Taenia aolium is responsible for producing human intestinal infection with the tapeworm (taeniasis) and the lodging of the larval stage (Cysticercua cellulosae) in numerous organs. especially subcutaneous tissue with the prodution
Cestoda ; Cysticercosis* ; Epidemiologic Studies* ; Humans ; Subcutaneous Tissue ; Taenia