No abstract available.
Female ; Mammals* ; Ovulation* ; Rupture*

Postoperative (pressure) alopecia is the temporary or permanent loss of hair that occurs following a prolonged immobilization during and/or after general anesthesia and intubation. The cause is considered to be pressure-induced ischemia. Although not an uncommon condition, it is frequently overlooked as a minor complication relative to a causative surgical procedure. We report a 22-year-old woman who was presented with focal hair loss of two weeks' duration after a 9-hour operation for a left brachial plexus injury. Histopathologic examination showed that nearly all terminal follicles were in catagen phase with marked atrophic change of subcutaneous fat.
Alopecia* ; Anesthesia, General ; Brachial Plexus ; Female ; Hair ; Humans ; Immobilization ; Intubation ; Ischemia ; Subcutaneous Fat ; Young Adult

In the 88 cases of biliary disease, which was proven in Seoul Red Cross Hospital from Jan. 1980 to Dec. 1981,comparative studies were made with oral and IV cholecystocholangiographic findings and ultrasonographic findings.The resuslts were ; 1. In the 18 cases of GB stones, there are 17 cases (94.4%) of positive findings incholecysto-cholangiography with detection of stone in 7 cases (38.9%), while in sonographic study, 16 cases(88.9%) are shown positive findings with detection of stones in 11 cases (61.1%). 2. In the 17 cases of acalculouscholecystitis, the diagnostic accuracy is 88.2% in cholecystocholangiography and 64.7% in sonography. 3. In the 7cases of CBD stones, all cases are shown positive findings in cholecystocholangiography with detection of stone inonly one case (14.3%), while 6 cases (85.7%) of positive findings are shown in sonography with detection stone inall cases. 4. I.V. cholanagiography is more accurate diagnsotic procedure rather than oral GB study in the casesof poor or non-functioning GB. 5. Sonography is the choice of procedure in the diagnosis of stones, while in thecases of colecystitis, cholecystocholangiography is more useful diagnostic procedure.
Diagnosis ; Red Cross ; Seoul ; Ultrasonography

BACKGROUND: Rosacea is a chronic skin disease which primarily affects the face. There have been many basic and clinical studies on rosacea in the West, but little in Korea. OBJECTIVE: This study was to investigate clinical features of rosacea in Korea and to compare them with those in the West. METHODS: During a 20-month period, 67 patients diagnosed as having rosacea were examined for their clinical presentations by means of personal interview. RESULTS: Erythema and telangiectasia were found in almost all of the 67 patients. Comparing with the results in the West, flushing and telangiectasia were more common whereas papules, pustules, and rhinophyma were less common with no case of ocular complaints or migraine. CONCLUSION: Because early detection and treatment is necessary to prevent the progression of rosacea, it is important to realize that rosacea is not uncommon in Korea and to recognize its somewhat different clinical manifestations from those in the West.
Erythema ; Flushing ; Humans ; Korea ; Migraine Disorders ; Rhinophyma ; Rosacea* ; Skin Diseases ; Telangiectasis

Cephalic brain-like heterotopias, so called nasal gliomas, are masses of mature glial tissue resulted from an error in embryonic development and are frequently located on the bridge of the nose. They often give rise to the clinical suspicion of dermoid cyst, hemangioma, or lipoma. Histologically, they are composed of fibrillary neuroglial cells, mainly large astrocytes, which are interlaced with a variable amount of fibrous and vascular connective tissue. Mitoses are rare. The possible tumor stalk is usually fibrous without glial elements. Due to the occasional presence of connection to the intracranial space it deserves a careful preoperative evaluation including imaging studies. We report a case of cephalic brain-like heterotopia. A sixteen day-old infant presented a mass which was suspended to the forehead by a fibrous stalk. Th excised lesion showed characteristic pathologic features of cephalic brain-like heterotopia.
Astrocytes ; Connective Tissue ; Dermoid Cyst ; Embryonic Development ; Female ; Forehead ; Glioma ; Hemangioma ; Humans ; Infant ; Lipoma ; Mitosis ; Neuroglia ; Nose ; Pregnancy

Primary tumors of the heart are uncommon among pediatric patients. Rhabdomyoma is the most frequent cardiac tumor in infants and children, which is commonly associated with tuberous sclerosis. Tuberous sclerosis is a neurocutaneous syndrome affecting the brain, heart, skin, and other organs. Cardiac rhadomyomas are reported in 50-64% of infants with tuberous sclerosis. Tuberous sclerosis involves multiple locations in the atrium, ventricle and septum, and may induce mechanical obstruction of the outflow tract and heart failure depending on the location, number, size, and degree of invasion of tumors. Arrhythmias may also develop in infants with cardiac rhadomyomas, but only a few of these patients require prolonged anti-arrhythmic therapy because arrhythmia often disappears with spontaneous regression of the tumors, and the ultimate prognosis may be decided by the cerebral manifestations.
Arrhythmias, Cardiac ; Brain ; Child ; Heart ; Heart Failure ; Heart Neoplasms ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Neurocutaneous Syndromes ; Prognosis ; Rhabdomyoma ; Skin ; Tachycardia, Supraventricular ; Tuberous Sclerosis

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Endocarditis* ; Endocarditis, Bacterial ; Humans ; Kidney Failure, Chronic* ; Renal Dialysis

BACKGROUND: Behcet's disease (BD) is a chronic relapsing inflammatory disease that involves various organ systems. Articular involvement was reported to be present in approximately 50% of Korean BD patients. The joint symptoms of BD patients have usually been described as intermittent, self-limiting and non-erosive, and they are mostly monoarticular and oligoarticular arthritis. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our investigations was to evaluate the usefulness of bone scintigraphy for detecting the articular involvement of BD. METHODS: We reviewed the medical records, laboratory findings and bone scintigraphy findings of 89 patients who were diagnosed with BD from January 2005 to June 2007. RESULTS: Of the 89 BD patients, 14 patients were male and 75 patients were female with a mean age of 43.92+/-8.49 yr. The most frequently involved site on bone scintigraphy was the wrist (44.9%) with the decreasing order of frequency as follows: the feet (39.3%), the hands (25.8%), the knee (24.7%), the sacroiliac joint (22.4%), the shoulder (18%), the ankle (16.9%), the hip (12.6%), the spine (10%) and the elbow (3%). The pattern of involvement, which was defined as the number of joints showing hot uptake on the bone scintigraphy at one episode of arthropathy, was monoarticular in 5.6%, oligoarticular in 44.9%, polyarticular in 38.2% and there was no uptake in 11.2%. Among 130 joints, 63.1% of the joints showed close correlation between the clinical symptoms and the bone scintigraphy uptake. CONCLUSION: We suggest that bone scintigraphy can be a useful tool to determine the presence and site of articular involvement. However, more studies are needed to exclude non-specific bone scintigraphy uptake and to determine the correlation between clinical symptoms and the bone scintigraphy findings.
Animals ; Ankle ; Elbow ; Female ; Foot ; Hand ; Hip ; Humans ; Joints ; Knee ; Male ; Medical Records ; Sacroiliac Joint ; Shoulder ; Spine ; Wrist

No abstract available.
Brain Neoplasms* ; Brain* ; Child* ; Humans

Hair shaft breakage is a common condition frequently caused by physical or chemical trauma as well as intrinsic diseases. The hair can be modified both externally and internally through the cosmetically-used chemicals. Use of these products causes a decrease in the hair shaft's elastic properties, allowing increased hair breakage. Herein we report four cases of hair shaft breakage presented with features of alopecia caused by hair care cosmetics. Microscopic examination revealed abnormal hair shaft endings such as weathering, trichoptilosis and trichoclasis. Through these cases, we remind the fact that the dermatologist can better aid the patient with hair difficulties if he or she has an understanding of the formulation and the effects of products designed to modify the hair.
Alopecia ; Hair* ; Humans ; Weather