Glomus tumors are well recongnized and well documented lesions which usually present as painful dermal nodules in the fingers. A glomus consists of arteriovenous anastomosis which may be enclosed by a connective tissue capsule. They are described occuring in the skin and subcutaneous tissue on the flexor surfaces of the fingers and toes and in the nailbeds; but they also occur elsewhere in the corium. Approximately one-third of glomus tumor occur in the nail bed. These tumors may occur at any age. This paper reports a glomus tumor occuring in the subcutaneous tissue of the right cubital fossa of a 24 years old female. Despite extreme pain and tenderness with a slight touch, there was 7 years delay in the diagnosis but complete recovery followed excision of the tumor.
Arteriovenous Anastomosis ; Connective Tissue ; Dermis ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Fingers ; Glomus Tumor ; Humans ; Skin ; Subcutaneous Tissue ; Toes

This paper records the observation of one remarkable instance of osteoid osteoma, in a single tibia presenteng a double nidus separately. X ray film checked on three years ago revealed of no abnormal findings when this patient was 17 years old. This case is 20 years oId female who complained of severe pain in her right tibia especially at night which was relieved by aspirin. Recently Lichtenstein reported two cases of osteoid osteoma with multicentrc nidus in a single bone in one sclierotic area, but in this case the nidus was about three inches apart in its own sclerotic area.
Aspirin ; Female ; Humans ; Osteoma, Osteoid ; Tibia ; X-Ray Film

No abstract available.
Tachycardia, Supraventricular*

A 6-year-old girl visited us with a 4-week history of inflammatory, pustular, tender patches and plaques on the scalp, and a 3-day history of multiple, erythematous, indurated, tender, subcutaneous nodules on both pretibial areas. A swab was taken from the scalp lesion and colonies of Tiichophyton mentagrophytes grew on culture. The histopathological findings of the leg nodule were consistent with erythema nodosum. The patient was treated with oral itraconazole and deflazacort, combined with topical potassium permanganate solution. Erythema nodosum regressed two weeks later and the kerion of the scalp regressed six weeks after starting the treatment, leaving residual scarring alopecia. The patient was diagnosed as erythema nodosum probably induced by kerion celsi, that has not been reported in the Korean literature.
Alopecia ; Child ; Cicatrix ; Erythema Nodosum* ; Erythema* ; Female ; Humans ; Itraconazole ; Leg ; Potassium Permanganate ; Scalp ; Tinea Capitis*

Objective To observe effects of chitosan on proliferation and differentiation of human periodontal ligament cells( PDLC). Methods The human periodontal ligament cells were isolated and cultured.The effects of chitosan on proliferative ability of human PDLCs were evaluated with MTT method, and alkaline phosphatase activity and the secretion of osteocalcin of human PDLCs were measured with spectrophotometric assay and radioimmunological method. Results Compared with control group, the proliferative ability of human PDLCs in Chi(0.05g?L~ -1) group and Chi(0.1g?L~ -1) group at 3,5,7 day was considerably increased (P

AIM: To investigate the clinicopathological features of orbit primary liposarcoma. METHODS: By means of histological, ultrastructural and immunohistochemical studies, the clinical and pathological features of two cases of orbit primary liposarcoma were analyzed and compared with 6 cases of primary retroperitoneum liposarcoma. RESULTS: Two cases of orbit primary liposarcoma were young persons. The majority of cases of primary retroperitoneum liposarcoma were aged over 40 years. The tumors were located at the retrobulbar region, and involved the wall of eyeball and optic nerve. The tumor cells of case 1 were round, with abundant eosinophilic granules in the cytoplasm, and there were lipoblasts in the tumor cells of two cases. Local recurrence following excision occurred in case 2.Immunohistochemical expression of S100 protein was positive in all cases, and CK (AE1/AE3), desmin, MyoD1, melanoma were negative. Ultrastructure observation showed lipid drops in the tumor cells in case 2 of orbit primary liposarcoma. CONCLUSION: Primary liposarcoma of the orbit may recur.The diagnosis was based on histological,ultrastruc-tural observation and immunohistochemical staining.

Glycopyrrolate, a synthetic quarternary ammonium compound, has a similar pharmacologic property to that of scopolamine, a belladonna alkaloid. Since glycopyrrolate, a quarternary ammonium compound, dose not readily cross the blood brain barrier, it has less central effect than that of scopoiamine a tertiary-amine compound. The authors administered a small dose of scopolamine and glycopyrrolate to human volunteers, and examined the effect on the heart rate ofr both drugs. The results were as follows: 1) A small dose of scopolamine(0.1mg) showed significnat decrease in the heart rate. 2) A small dose of gylcopyrrolate(0.1mg) indeced little change in the heart rate. 3) A small dose of gylcopyrrolate(0.1mg), 10minutes after glycopyrrolate(0.1mg), showed marked increase in the heart rate. 4) A small dose of scopolamine(0.1mg), given 10 minutes after glycopyrrolate (0.1mg), showed tendency for decrease in heart kate. 5) A small dose of gylcopyrrolate(0.1mg), 10 minutes afterscopolamine(0.1mg), showed significant increases in the heart rate. 6) Scopolamine induced bradycardia was suppressed by an additional dose of glycopyrrolate and a preceding dose of glycopyrrolate.
Humans

No abstract available.
Hepatitis B virus* ; Hepatitis B* ; Hepatitis*

In the March 2009 edition of the Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society, we published an article entitled "Unilateral Lumbosacral Facet Interlocking without Facet Fracture" (Volume 45, pages 182-184). Fig. 1B on page 183 was supposed to be printed in color, but it was printed in black by mistake. We apologize to the authors and readers of JKNS for any inconvenience.

PURPOSE: This study was to explore the predictors of subjective well-being of Korean older adults. METHOD: Data were collected through the structured interview using questionnaire with 199 older adults over 60 years. To identify the most effective predictor of the SWB, a stepwise regression analysis was conducted on each subscale of SWB measure. RESULTS: The results showed that receiving support from family was the effective factor of life satisfaction. Receiving support from family, health, optimism, economy, positive reappraisal, and giving support to family were the effective factors of emotional well-being. CONCLUSION: This study found that family support was the most important predictor on SWB among Korean older adults.
Adult* ; Humans ; Surveys and Questionnaires