Calcification is exceedingly rare in schwannomas. In the literatures, we found only three reports of schwannomas with calcification. We report two cases of intracranial calcified schwannomas, one in the anterior cranial fossa and the other in the middle cranial fossa.
Cranial Fossa, Anterior ; Cranial Fossa, Middle ; Neurilemmoma*

Rud's syndrome (RS), basically composed of ichthyosis, mental deficiency and hypogonadism, is a rare hereditary disease. Some varying dermatologic, neurologic, endocrinologic, ophthalmologic and musculoskeletal abnormalities have coincided with RS. No case of RS has been documented from Asian countries except one from Japan. We describe a 16-year-old girl who presented with lamellar ichthyosis, mental retardation, hypogonadism, short stature, alopecia, sparse eyebrows, strabismus, cataracts, and congenital dislocation of the hip. To our knowledge, RS coexisting congenital dislocation of the hip herein is the first case in English literature.
Adolescent ; Alopecia ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Cataract ; Dislocations ; Eyebrows ; Female ; Genetic Diseases, Inborn ; Hip ; Humans ; Hypogonadism ; Ichthyosis ; Ichthyosis, Lamellar ; Intellectual Disability ; Japan ; Musculoskeletal Abnormalities ; Strabismus

A 10-year-old boy had pin-head sized, discrete, yellowish waxy, translucent papules on the face and also, various sized round, circumscribed, erythematous patches with silvery white scales on the trunk. The clinical and histopathologic findgs were compatable with diagnosis of tuberous sclersis associate with psorlasis. There were strong familial history during 3 generation in psoriasis(Fig. 1) Both psoriasis and tuberous sclerosis are heritable skin diseases. Some heritable dermatologic conditions found in tuberous sclerosis including ichthyosis, hypertrichosis and palmar and plantar keratoses but there is no report of tuberous sclerosis associated with psoriasis in published literatures.
Child ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Hypertrichosis ; Ichthyosis ; Keratosis ; Male ; Psoriasis* ; Skin Diseases ; Tuberous Sclerosis* ; Weights and Measures

No abstract available.
Lymph Nodes* ; Neoplasm Metastasis* ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

This study was designed to investigate the therapeutic effect of dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB) on alopecia areata. Forty patients with alopecia areata were sensitized by applying 0.1ml of 2% DNCB dissolved in aceton solution on the voiar aspect of left forearm. Patients were subsequently chaIlenged at weekly mtervals with 0. 1% DNCB solution appIied to one side of affected area for periods of 2 to 8 months. The other side of affected area was reserved as a contol site. The results were as follows. 1. In 29 out of 40 patients (72.5%), hair regrowth occurred either excIusiveIy on the treated site (18 cases) or considerably faster and denser on treated site(11 cases)(Table 1) 2. In the majority of cases, the regrowth of hair was observed, within eight weeks of the treatment. 3. The response to DNCB depended on the severity of the aIopecia. The response rate were 80.9% (17/21) in moderate degree (<25% bald area) cases, 68.7% (ll/16), in the extensive degree(>25% bald area) caes and 33% (1/3) in alopecia totalis(Tale 1) 4. The rate of response depended on the duration of the alopecia. Satisfaetory results were obtained in 19 out of 25 patients with a history of less than one year(76%), in 7 out of 10 patients with a history of one to three year(70%) and in 3 out of 5 patients with a history of more than three years (60%) (Table 2) 5. The main side reactions were burning sensation (3 cases), severe eczema (2 cases), folliculitis (2 cases) and cervical lymphadenopathy(7 cases). 6. Liver function test and complete blood cell count were in normal range during the course of treatment in 5 randomly selected patients. 7. Although the treatment of alopecia areata with DNCB still remains to be an experimental trial, this therapy could be substituted for corticosteroids in selected cases.
Adrenal Cortex Hormones ; Alopecia ; Alopecia Areata ; Blood Cell Count ; Burns ; Dinitrochlorobenzene* ; Eczema ; Folliculitis ; Forearm ; Hair ; Humans ; Liver Function Tests ; Reference Values ; Sensation

No abstract available.
Hysterectomy* ; Venous Thrombosis*

Post-traumatic kyphosis is generally recognized as the result of failure of initial treatment in injured spine. The purposes of this study are to find out the surgical indications in residual post-traumatic kyphosis and to analysis the result of operative correction in post-traumatic kyphosis. The authors analyzed 14 cases of post-traumatic kyphosis, operated from Jan. 1992 to Mar. 1996. Their injuries were estimated initially compression fracture in 12 cases, hurst fracture in 2 cases. Their initial treatments were conservative method in 12 cases, anterior fusion in 1case & laminectomy in 1 case. The results of this study are as follows: 1) By standard Cobb lateral measurement, the mean preoperative kyphosis of 32.9degrees was reduced to 14.2 degrees(56.8% correction ratio). 2) Symptomatic improvement was definite, stooping with fatigue pain, mid back pain and accompanied claudication were improved in all cases. And low hack pain due to compensatory lordosis was improved in 5 of 6 cases. 3) We acquired bone union in all cases. We concluded that some thoraco-lumhar fractures could be underestimated in supine X-ray and needed more meticulous evaluation and follow-up. In addition, preexisting symptomatic lumhar degeneration below fracture should be considered in initial surgical decision making of post-traumatic kyphosis.
Animals ; Back Pain ; Decision Making ; Fatigue ; Follow-Up Studies ; Fractures, Compression ; Kyphosis* ; Laminectomy ; Lordosis ; Spine

No abstract available.
Acoustics* ; Vocal Cord Paralysis* ; Vocal Cords*

A total of 42 cases undifferentiated large cell tumors were stained by immunoperoxidase techniques using antibodies against leukocyte common antigen (LCA) and epithelial membrane antigen (EMA). In 18 of the 21 cases studied, initially diagnosed as malignant lymphoma or Hodgkin's disease, reactivity with monoclonal anti-LCA (and noreactivity with monoclonal anti-EMA)indicated that the tumor was a lymphomas. The remaining 3 cases gave the reverse reaction pattern and therefore were classified as carcinoma. One out of 16 cases diagnosed as undifferentiated carcinoma proved to be a case of mialignant lymphoma in 5 patients in whom the original diagnosis was uncertain, a definite diagnosis was possible in all cases and 3 of these proved to be large cell lymphoma; the remainders, undifferentiated carcinoma. It is suggested that the staining of undifferentiated human neoplasms using combinations of antibodies reactive with epithelial and lymphoid cells may result in much greater diagnostic accuracy.
Humans

A total of 42 cases undifferentiated large cell tumors were stained by immunoperoxidase techniques using antibodies against leukocyte common antigen (LCA) and epithelial membrane antigen (EMA). In 18 of the 21 cases studied, initially diagnosed as malignant lymphoma or Hodgkin's disease, reactivity with monoclonal anti-LCA (and noreactivity with monoclonal anti-EMA)indicated that the tumor was a lymphomas. The remaining 3 cases gave the reverse reaction pattern and therefore were classified as carcinoma. One out of 16 cases diagnosed as undifferentiated carcinoma proved to be a case of mialignant lymphoma in 5 patients in whom the original diagnosis was uncertain, a definite diagnosis was possible in all cases and 3 of these proved to be large cell lymphoma; the remainders, undifferentiated carcinoma. It is suggested that the staining of undifferentiated human neoplasms using combinations of antibodies reactive with epithelial and lymphoid cells may result in much greater diagnostic accuracy.
Humans