No abstract available.
Cicatrix* ; Contracture* ; Forearm* ; Hand*

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Pancreas*

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a self-limited infection of the skin caused by Leishmania tropica, a protozoan parasite transmitted by Phlebotomus sandfly. This disease is endemic in tropical and subtropical zone, but recently many cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis were reported in Korean among the peoples who had been worked in the Middle East. We experienced five cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis developed in Korean who had been worked in Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Skin lesions of various sized, central ulcerated and marginal elevated, with serosanguinous discharge and some crust were scattered on exposed area, especially both extremities. Histopathologic findings showed hyperkeratosis, acanthosis, pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia, dermal infiltration of histiocytes, lymphocytes, plasma cells and neutrophils, and numerous Leishman-Donovan bodies in and around histiocytes. About 1-4 months treatment with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and metronidazole, two cases were healed with hyperpigmented scar and two cases were improved but one case was not responded.
Cicatrix ; Extremities ; Histiocytes ; Hyperplasia ; Jordan ; Leishmania tropica ; Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous* ; Lymphocytes ; Metronidazole ; Middle East ; Neutrophils ; Parasites ; Phlebotomus ; Plasma Cells ; Psychodidae ; Saudi Arabia ; Skin ; Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination ; Ulcer

Extramammary paget's disease is uncommon intraepithelial carcinoma of the skin and frequently associated with a subjacent or a regionally proximate carcinoma. We have experienced a case of extramammary Paget's disease affecting 71 year-old man. The patient has been suffered from a well demarcated, and slowly growing erythematous plaque on the left suprapubic area of 3 years. A biopsy specimen reveals infiltration of typical Paget's cells within the epidermis and the adnexa. We review the literature briefly.
Biopsy ; Carcinoma in Situ ; Epidermis ; Humans ; Paget Disease, Extramammary* ; Skin

Lichen nitidus is an uncommon chronic dermatosis characterized by its typical clinical and histopathologic findings and has rarely been described in association with other diseases. We observed a patient with an association of lichen nitidus and molluscum contagiosum, which to the best of our knowledge has not been previously reported in the literature. It remains to be further studied about a possible pathogenesis of lichen nitidus secondary to some viral infections such as molluscum contagiosum, etc.
Humans ; Lichen Nitidus* ; Lichens* ; Molluscum Contagiosum* ; Skin Diseases

No abstract available.
Cicatrix* ; Contracture* ; Forearm* ; Hand*

Recently, the frequency of meniscal injury of knee has been increasing due to increase of sports activities. It has been known that bucket handle tear is the most common type of the entire injuries of the meniscus. We found 127 cases of meniscal tears and experienced 42 cases of bucket handle tears in the arthroscopic findings from Jan. 1991 to April 1994 in our hospital. We analysed 31 cases which were followed up for at least 1 year. The purpose of this study is to analyse the locking history and frequency, to discuss the several types of bucket handle tear in arthroscopic view, to introduce three portal techniques using posteormedial or posterolateral portal to resect the meniscus, and to analyse our clinical results. So we concluded as follows. 1. Among the 31 cases, 23 cases(74%) had an episode of locking. 2. We found many different types of bucket handle tears in arthroscopic view and the most common type was complete tear in a classic type(11 cases). 3. We were able to resect the meniscal fragment very easily using posteromedial or posterolateral portal. 4. We obtained satisfactory results in 24 cases(77%).
Knee ; Sports ; Tears

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Animals ; Euonymus* ; Liver* ; Mice*

Twenty-seven consecutive patients who had post-traumatic stiffness of the elbow were treated by operative soft tissue release or by soft tissue release and distraction arthroplasty. The purpose of this study was to describe the method of operation and postoperative management and to evaluate the results in the patients who had operative treatment for the post-traumatic stiffness of the elbow. The type of operative procedure was determined by whether the factors limiting motion were extra-articular (extrinsic) or intra-articular (intrinsic) and by pre-operative radiographic evaluation. The soft tissue release was performed by staged adhesiolysis through lateral or combined lateral and medial approaches. And if the factors limiting motion included a severe intraarticular lesions, distraction arthroplasty using the Judet or Oganesian apparatus was added to soft tissue release. The mean pre-operative arc of active motion was 42 degrees. At follow-up examination, nineteen to sixty-six months postoperatively, the mean post-operative arc of active motion was 103 degrees. There were nine complications (33 percent) in twenty-seven patients. All of them was transient ulnar nerve paresthesia. And we analysed the final results with Mayo elbow performance index for the evaluation of clinical outcome. Twenty-five (93%) of twenty-seven patients had satisfactory result according to Mayo elbow performance index. We conclude arthrolysis with or without distraction arthroplasty is useful for the treatment of posttraumatic elbow stiffness. However, the accurate anatomical knowledge, operative skill, and careful postoperative rehabilitation program were needed in the operative treatment of post-traumatic elbow stiffness.
Arthroplasty ; Elbow* ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Paresthesia ; Rehabilitation ; Surgical Procedures, Operative ; Ulnar Nerve

We present a review of 131 cases in which blood was retrieved and reinfused using Constavac Blood Conservation blood retrieval and reinfusion device postoperatively. The total number of cases in this study included 84 THA, 19 Rev. THA, 16 unilateral TKA and 12 bilateral TKA. The examinations of hemoglobin, hematocrit, antithrombin III, fibrinogen and D-dimer were initiated prospectively before surgery in each case. These parameters were also examined at postoperative day 1 and at day 7 for the evaluation of safety of Constavace Blood Conservation system. The aerobic and anaerobic bacterial culture tests of draining blood were also taken. The results were as follows: 1. The amount of total blood lost averaged 1264±466cc in THA, 2187±632cc in Rev. THA, 1651±543cc in unilateral TKA and 3445±1532cc in bilateral TKA. 2. The amount of blood retrieved and transfused averaged 499±227cc(39% of total lost blood) in THA, 578±527cc(26%) in Rev. THA. 953±451cc(58%) in unilateral TKA and 2219±1191cc(64%) in bilateral TKA. The amount of reinfusion averaged 71% of blood retrieved in THA, 62% in Rev. THA, 80% in unilateral TKA and 84% in bilateral TKA. 3. Fifty one cases out of 84 cases in THA and 14 case out of 28 cases in TKA underwent operation without homologous blood replacement. In the remaining cases, transfused banked blood averaged 364cc(29% of total lost blood) in THA, 620cc(27%) in Rev. THA, 485cc(29%) in unilateral TKA and 914cc(26%) in bilateral TKA. 4. There were no significant change in hemoglobin and hematocrit at postoperative day 7 compared with the preoperative state. 5. The antithrombin III, fibrinogen and D-dimer were converted to normal range at postoperative day 7. 6. The aerobic and anaerobic bacterial culture tests of reinfusing blood proved to be negative in all cases.
Antithrombin III ; Arthroplasty ; Blood Transfusion, Autologous ; Fibrinogen ; Hematocrit ; Joints ; Prospective Studies ; Reference Values