The paratertiary butylphenol formaldehyde resin (PTBP-FR) is commonly used as a shoe adhesives because it sticks rapidly, is durable and pliable, and maintains good bond strength at raised temperature. We report two cases of allergic contact dermatitis due to PTBP-FR-containing shoes. Two women visited our department because of the skin rash on their .
Adhesives ; Dermatitis, Allergic Contact* ; Exanthema ; Female ; Formaldehyde* ; Humans ; Shoes*

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Heart* ; Thoracic Surgery*

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Humans* ; Keratinocytes* ; Minoxidil*

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Adult* ; Humans ; Neck*

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Alleles* ; Humans

Moyamoya disease is characterized by progressive cerebrovascular occlusion at the peripheral internal carotid artery and development of abnormal collateral circulation at the cerebral basal region. Although abnormal thrombogenesis, inflammation and autoimmune process might be involved in the etiology, the genetic pathogenesis of Moyamoya disease is still unknown. To evaluate the association of Moyamoya disease with HLA alleles in the Korean population, we investigated HLA class I and class II alleles in 28 Moyamoya patients and 198 unrelated healthy controls. The frequency of HLA-B35 allele was significantly increased in the patients compared to the controls (32.1% vs. 10.1%, RR=4.2, p<0.008). Further analysis of HLA-B35 on onset age and sex showed that this allele was significantly increased compared to the controls in both late-onset and female group. Especially, HLA-B35 was the most significantly increased in female of late-onset group compared to the controls. These results suggest that HLA-B35 may be an useful genetic marker for Moyamoya disease, and particularly in females of late onset group in the Korean population.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Age of Onset ; Aged ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Gene Frequency ; *Genes, MHC Class I ; *Genes, MHC Class II ; Genetic Markers ; Genetic Predisposition to Disease ; Genotype ; HLA Antigens/*genetics ; Human ; Korea ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Moyamoya Disease/*genetics/*immunology ; Retrospective Studies ; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

OBJECTIVES: The genes for transporters associated with antigen processing (TAP) are located near to HLA class II coding regions and related to antigen presentation. Therefore polymorphisms of TAP might alter the T-cell mediated immune response and influence susceptibility to schizophrenia, which is known to have alterations in T-cell immunity. The aim of this study was to verify the relationship between schizophrenia and polymorphisms of TAP2 genes. METHODS: 257 patients with schizophrenia and 184 normal controls participated in this study. TAP2 polymorphic residues at positions 379, 565 and 665 were typed using amplification refractory mutation system-polymerase chain reaction (ARMS-PCR) and single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP). The resulted products, TAP2379, TAP2565 and TAP2665 were assessed. RESULTS: The frequency of TAP2 alleles did not differ between patients with schizophrenia and controls. The polymorphic sites TAP2379, TAP2565 and TAP2665 did not show any difference in their amino acid substitution frequencies. CONCLUSION: This study did not show the association of the TAP2 gene with schizophrenia in Korean population. Further studies are needed to test the informative value of haplotypes including other polymorphic sites.
Alleles ; Amino Acid Substitution ; Antigen Presentation ; Clinical Coding ; Haplotypes ; Humans ; Schizophrenia* ; T-Lymphocytes

POEMS syndrome is a rare disorder, also known as Crow-Fukase, PEP or Takatsuki syndrome. The acronym, POEMS, represents polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein and skin change. However, there are associated features not included in the acronym such as sclerotic bone lesions, Castleman disease, papilledema, thromobocytosis, peripheral edema, ascites, effusion, polycythemia, fatigue and clubbing. In most cases, osseous lesions in POEMS syndrome present as an isolated sclerotic deposit and that reveal as osteosclerotic myeloma. Several cases of 18F-FDG PET in multiple myeloma involvements were reported, but there was no previous literature that reported FDG PET findings in POEMS syndrome. We describe here a 66-year-old patient with POEMS syndrome who underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT image.
Aged ; Ascites ; Edema ; Fatigue ; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18* ; Giant Lymph Node Hyperplasia ; Humans ; Multiple Myeloma ; Papilledema ; POEMS Syndrome* ; Polycythemia ; Polyneuropathies ; Positron-Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography* ; Skin

A retrospective analysis of 60 patients with traumatic subdural hygroma who had been managed and followed up at least 6 months, was done in relation to time of development and associated intracranial lesion, initial Glasgow Coma Scale(GCS), sequeritial changes of subdural hygroma, and Glasgow Outcome Scale(GOS). The incidence of traumatic subdural hygroma was 8.4%, 131 cases among 1,563 head-injured cases. And most of them was subacute from(55%, 33 cases among 60 cases), complex subdural hygroma was 65%(39 cases among 60 cases). The conversion rate of traumatic subdural hygroma into chronic subdural hematoma was 15%(9 cases among 60 cases). There was no statistically significant relation between initial GCS score and time of development and also intial GCS score and development of complex subdural hygroma and time of development and GOS of 6 months follow-up(P>0.05). There noted only highly significant relation between initial GCS score and GOS of 6 months follow-up(P<0.001).
Coma ; Craniocerebral Trauma ; Hematoma, Subdural, Chronic ; Humans ; Incidence ; Retrospective Studies ; Subdural Effusion*