No abstract available.
Alopecia*

Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia (AMM) is a myeloproliferative disorder characterized by leukoerythroblastosis, tear-drop erythrocytes, extramedullary hematopoiesis with hepatosplenomegaly, and varying degrees of myelofibrosis. The mean age at presentation is about 60 years, and pediatric cases are rare. We experienced a case of AMM in a 9 months old female who was presented with pallor, huge splenomegaly and intermittent fever. Peripheral blood showed leukoerythroblastosis poikilocytosis, and tear drop cells. Bone marrow was difficult to aspirate, and biopsy specimen showed increased reticulin with decreased cellularity, which was compatible with myelofibrosis. We presented a case of AMM with brief review of the literatures.
Biopsy ; Bone Marrow ; Erythrocytes ; Female ; Fever ; Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary ; Humans ; Infant ; Myeloproliferative Disorders ; Pallor ; Primary Myelofibrosis* ; Reticulin ; Splenomegaly

No abstract available.
Lung Neoplasms* ; Lung*

No abstract available.
Coronary Artery Bypass* ; Saphenous Vein*

No abstract available.
Pulmonary Aspergillosis*

A 46-year-old male patient had recurrent episodes of generalized pruritic wheals during hemodialysis. He has experienced urticaria during hemodialysis whenever he used a capillary dialyser sterilized by ethylene oxide(EO, Polysulfone-) gas which is used to sterilize hemodialysers and other medical equipment. On the other hand, capillary dialyser sterilized by Gamma ray (Hemophad) has not evoked urticaria. Although the presence of EO-specific antibodies was not detected, urticarial rash never developed when the equipment was switched to a gamma-sterilized one. We herein report a case referred to ethylene oxide induced cutaneous hypersensitivity during hemodialysis.
Antibodies ; Capillaries ; Ethylene Oxide ; Exanthema ; Gamma Rays ; Hand ; Humans ; Hypersensitivity* ; Kidneys, Artificial ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Renal Dialysis* ; Urticaria

We report, herein, a case of reactive perforating collagenosis in a 52-year-old man with diabetes mellitus and chronic renal failure on hemodialysis. He had multiple, pinhead to pea sized, round or oval shaped, central umbilicated papules on the face, trunk, and extremities for 3 months duration. The papules developed after scratching due to pruritus. Histopathologic examination showed a cup-shaped depression of the epidermis filled with parakeratotic material, necrobiotic collagen and inflammatory cells. At the base of the depression, the epidermis showed interruption through which basophilic bundles of collagen ex-tend in a vertical direction from the dermis. The skin lesions improved after treatment with oral antihistaminics:
Basophils ; Collagen ; Depression ; Dermis ; Diabetes Mellitus* ; Epidermis ; Extremities ; Humans ; Kidney Failure, Chronic* ; Middle Aged ; Peas ; Pruritus ; Renal Dialysis ; Skin

Most renal cell carcinomas are solid but contain small cystic areas. Sometimes the cystic component predominates and such lesions are called cystic renal cell carcinomas. The radiographic and pathologic findings of cystic renal cell carcinoma are often more confusing and less specific than the findings of solid renal cell carcinoma. Multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma is one form of cystic renal cell carcinoma variants and results from intrinsic multiloculated growth. A presumptive diagnosis of multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma was made preoperatively in a 38-year-old woman and it was treated with radical nephrectomy, so we report this case with brief review of the literatures.
Adult ; Carcinoma, Renal Cell* ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; Nephrectomy

We decribe the CT findings in a case of mediastinal hemangioma. Precontrast enhanced CT demonstrated a homogeneous soft tissue mass with weveral nodular calcifications indicating phleboliths. Contrast enhanced CT revealed some areas of enhancement similar to that of adjacent vascular structures. Hemangiomas of the mediastinum, although rare, should be included in the differential diagnosis of enhancing mediastinal masses.
Diagnosis, Differential ; Hemangioma* ; Mediastinum

No abstract available.
Clone Cells* ; Cloning, Organism* ; Thymidine*