No abstract available.
Acne Vulgaris* ; Hair Removal* ; Pigmentation Disorders*

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Leiomyosarcoma* ; Uterine Inversion*

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Animals ; Cumulus Cells* ; Mice* ; Zygote*

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Animals ; Embryonic Structures* ; Mice*

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Amniotic Band Syndrome* ; Infant, Newborn

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Athletes* ; Echocardiography* ; Humans

BACKGROUND: Appendicitis is one of the most common causes of abdominal emergency with a life time risk of 6-8%. Children are unable to give an accurate history, and since acute nonspecific abdominal pain is more common than appendicitis at this age, diagnosis and management of appendicitis are often delayed. This results in more frequent complications and difficult management. In order to evaluate whether pediatric appendicitis should be thought as more urgent and serious because of the delay in its diagnosis, we compared the clinical characteristics and outcomes of appendicitis in children with those of adults. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 106 adults and 43 children who were pathologically verified with appendicitis after an appendectomy. RESULTS: There was no difference in the duration of symptoms. Advanced appendicitis was more frequent in children (60.5% vs. 53.7%). In children, the symptom durations of advanced appendicitis were similar to those that of early appendicitis, but were significantly longer in adults. Children showed no increase in cumulative rate of advanced appendicitis in relation with prolonged symptom duration whereas adults showed a steady increase after 72 hours of onset. The complication rate was higher in advanced cases in both, but children had a lower complication rate than adults. The postoperative hospital stay was significantly longer in advanced cases in both, but children had a relatively shorter hospital stay. CONCLUSIONS: Pediatric appendicitis was more prone to early perforation with a relatively higher perforation rate. However, children had a lower morbidity rate and a shorter admission stay. Therefore, appendicitis in children is not necessarily more serious and urgent than in adults.
Abdominal Pain ; Adult* ; Appendectomy ; Appendicitis* ; Child* ; Diagnosis ; Emergencies ; Humans ; Length of Stay ; Retrospective Studies

BACKGROUND: Home-use devices designed for cosmetic purposes have recently gained popularity. Small, low-energy, low-cost intense pulsed light (IPL) systems provide safe, convenient, and private treatment for several medical conditions. OBJECTIVE: In this study, we aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of a home-use IPL device for hair removal, acne treatment, achieving a whitening effect for hyperpigmentation, and wrinkle reduction. METHODS: Five IPL hair removal treatment sessions were performed at 1-week intervals. A total of 10 sessions were performed in a split-face manner for other medical conditions. Four independent randomized controlled trials were performed using a blind evaluation method. All subjects were followed up twice to evaluate the maintenance of efficacy. RESULTS: A significant reduction in hair was observed via trichoscopy following two sessions of treatment (p<0.001). A mean hair reduction of 80% was observed at week 4; however this returned to the previous state upon cessation of treatment. Acne grading decreased from 2.6 to 1.1 at week 8, and IPL treatment induced a significant reduction in melanin index after 2 weeks. The average values of the difference of R2 (Cutometer(R)) between IPL-treated areas and baseline were higher than those of the difference of R2 between control area and baseline. CONCLUSION: This home-use IPL device was effective for hair removal and treatment of acne, hyperpigmentation, and wrinkles.
Acne Vulgaris* ; Hair ; Hair Removal* ; Hyperpigmentation ; Melanins ; Pigmentation ; Pigmentation Disorders* ; Withholding Treatment

Extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma is an extremely rare malignant soft tissue tumor, which presents the exact same histopathologic features with Ewing's sarcoma of bone. Tumor composed of small, blue, round cells with vesicular nuclei and scant cytoplasm is the characteristic histopathology of the disease. Extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma is known to occur usually in the deep soft tissues of the extremities. We report a case of 22-year-old boy with solitary extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma on his back without any evidence of bone involvement. The patient went through wide excision with meticulous lymph node dissection followed by chemotherapy. For the 15 months of follow up, there is not a sign of recurrence or metastasis observed.
Cytoplasm ; Extremities ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Lymph Node Excision ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Recurrence ; Sarcoma, Ewing ; Young Adult

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Gangwon-do* ; Infertility*