No abstract available.
Thromboangiitis Obliterans

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Mesenteric Veins ; Thrombosis

We herein report a case of gout, who was a 45-year-old man and had had multiple various-sized papules or tophi on the helices of ears, hands, elbows, knees, ankles and feet for 10 years. Histopathologic findings of the large tophus of right knee revealed the typical pattern of gout with needle-shaped urate crystal. The phenomenon of iransepidermal elimination was observed in serial sections of histologic speeirnerls, The nsrrow transepidermal channel, lined by pseudoepitheliomstous lips bilaterally, was Eilled with the cellular debris and urate crystal fragments and cornmunicated direotly with the upper dermis. Presumably, transepidermal elirnination in gouty tophus may be the phenomenon whieh could be found rnore commonly than the scarcity of literature.
Ankle ; Dermis ; Ear ; Elbow ; Foot ; Gout ; Hand ; Humans ; Knee ; Lip ; Middle Aged ; Uric Acid

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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* ; Vagina*

Pars interarticularis fracture is a common finding in young soccer players with low back pain. Spondylolysis in young adults involves a defect of the pars interarticularis, occurring as a result of repeated hyperextension and rotation. Here, we describe the case of a 26-year-old male elite soccer player who was diagnosed with L3 spondylolysis 2 years previously. He visited Incheon Himchan Hospital again because of low back pain. Radiographs showed consecutive spondylolysis at the L3 and L4 levels. Physicians should be aware that repeated performance of athletic movements, such as those during soccer, might lead to consecutive levels of spondylolysis.
Adult ; Athletes ; Fractures, Stress ; Humans ; Incheon ; Low Back Pain ; Male ; Soccer* ; Spondylolysis* ; Sports ; Young Adult

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Aged* ; Humans

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Dysgerminoma* ; Female ; Ovary*

A clinicopathologic study was per formed on 14 cases of malignant nondysgerminomatous ovari an germ cell tumors(NDOGCT) treated at the department of obstetrics and gynecology in Korea Cancer Center Hospital between Jan. l987 and,Jun. 1992. The results obtained were as follows ; 1. Median age of the patients was 27.5 years (range, 5 to 54) 2.Clinical symptoms presented were abdminal pain(64.3%), abdominal palpable mass(42.9%), abdominal distension(28.5%) in order of frequency. 3. Histopathologically, 7 cases(50%) were irnmature teratoma, 4 cases(28.6%) were endoder mal sinus tumor, 1 case(7.1%) was embryonal cell carcinoma, 2 cases(14.3%) were mixed germ cell tumor. 4. Bystage, 6 casse(42.9%) were in stage I, 1 case(7.1%) in stage Il, 2 cases(14.3%) in stage III, 3 cases(21.4%) in stage IV, and 2 cases(14.3%) in recurrence. 5, Serum alphafetoprotein was elevated in all patients withendodermal sinus tumor or embryonal carcinoma, and serum CA125 was elevated in about one half of the patients with nondysgerminomatous gerrn cell tumr. 6. l0 cases were managed by salpingo-oophorectomy with poatoperative chemotherapy, 3 cases by hysterectamy and salpingo-oophorectomy with postoperative chemotherapy. 7. Durations of follow up ranged 5 to 66 months, in that period, 5 cases were died, 4 cases were alive with disease and 4 casee wero no evidence of disease. 1 case was loat follow up after operation. All 5 patients were alive who had been treated with REP regirnen. In conelusion, prognosis of malignant NDOGCT is still poor in spite of adjuvant chemotherapy following surgery, and study ineluding appropriate chemotherapeutic regimen may be needed.
Carcinoma, Embryonal ; Chemotherapy, Adjuvant ; Drug Therapy ; Follow-Up Studies ; Germ Cells* ; Gynecology ; Humans ; Korea ; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal* ; Obstetrics ; Phytolacca dodecandra ; Prognosis ; Recurrence ; Teratoma

PURPOSE: Enterobacter sakazakii (E. sakazakii) infections are an important cause of life-threatening meningitis, septicemia, and necrotizing enterocolitis in infants. Dried infant formula milk is an important vehicle for E. sakazakii infection. E. sakazakii was isolated in Korea from dried infant formula milk. Although E. sakazakii infection of infants may occur in Korea, its prevalence has not yet been documented. Therefore, we determined the prevalence of E. sakazakii and documented symptoms. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between March and October 2006, 1,146 stool samples were collected from patients at Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital. Each fecal swab was dissolved in 10mL of buffered peptone solution, and enriched culture was streaked onto Druggan-Forsythe-Iversen (DFI) agar. Presumptive E. sakazakii colonies that exhibited a blue-green color during culture on DFI medium were selected. The identity of colonies that developed yellow pigment during culture on TSA was determined using the Vitek system and PCR. RESULTS: We isolated 4 E. sakazakii strains whose 16S rRNA sequence alignments had a similarity of 99% with those of 3 E. sakazakii ATCC strains. CONCLUSION: This is the first report on isolation of E. sakazakii from stool samples and to document the symptoms of Korean patients.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Base Sequence ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial ; *Enterobacter sakazakii/drug effects/genetics/isolation & purification ; Enterobacteriaceae Infections/diagnosis/*epidemiology/microbiology ; Feces/microbiology ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Korea/epidemiology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Molecular Sequence Data ; RNA, Bacterial/genetics ; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics ; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid ; Young Adult

BACKGROUNDS: Toenail dermatophytosis is a common disease caused by dermatophytes. As it may cause not only a cosmetic disfigurement but also the physical, psychological, and social limitations, the need for the treatment has been increased. Recently, itraconazole and terbinafine have been popularly used with less serious side effects than before. OBJECTIVE: We performed a retrospective study to observe the mycological results of antifungal therapy after the treatment of toenail dermatophytosis for 12 weeks. METHOD: The study population consisted of 169 patients with toenail dermatophytosis in Catholic Skin Clinic from June, 2003 to October, 2005. RESULTS: Threre was no significant difference in mycological cure rate between the oral itraconazole group and the oral terbinafine group (52.2% vs 52.0%; p=0.985). Mycological cure rate of the oral terbinafine with 5% amorolfine nail lacquer group was insignificantly higher than that of the oral itraconazole with 5% amorolfine nail lacquer group (55.6% vs 40.6%; p=0.309). There were no significant difference between the different age groups, sexes, and cultured organisms. CONCLUSION: In toenail dermatophytosis, both of the oral itraconazole therapy and the oral terbinafine therapy are very effective and there was no significant difference in the mycological results after the 12 weeks therapy of toenail dermatophytosis.
Arthrodermataceae ; Humans ; Itraconazole ; Lacquer ; Nails* ; Retrospective Studies ; Skin ; Tinea*