No abstract available.
Adolescent* ; Humans

Melanoma is relatvely uncommon malignant tumor arising in the skin from epidermal melanocytes, from the junctional component of a cellular nevus or, rarely within a blue nevus and frequently metastasizes to regional lymph nodes first, followed by hematogenous spread to lungs, liver, gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, adrenal, heart and brain. All melanoma patients are carefully evaluated according to several parameters. A complete history and physical examination are carried out, with particular attention being devoted to other pigmented tumors that the patient may have. The patient should be further evaluated to determine the presence or absence of metastases by chest X-ray examination, metastatic series or bone scan, liver function studies, liver scan, EKG, etc. Special factors such as age, sex, and race, as well as site, size, and growth rate of lesions are also evaluated. We had a case of 59 year-old male patient with disseminated malignant melanoma. Upon his first visit, we did not find any abnormality in his physical examination and routine laboratory findings except skin tumors on left heel and left leg.
Brain ; Continental Population Groups ; Electrocardiography ; Gastrointestinal Tract ; Heart ; Heel ; Humans ; Leg ; Liver ; Lung ; Lymph Nodes ; Male ; Melanocytes ; Melanoma* ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Nevus ; Nevus, Blue ; Pancreas ; Physical Examination ; Skin ; Thorax

This case was an acquired aplastic anemia patient who required a major operation for excision of a mediastinal mass. The authors previewed that the coagulation abnormalities would be developed due to major operation. Thus we decided to monitoring the coagulation function using the thromboelastography during the perioperative period and checked the complete blood count, concommitantly. The total blood volume lost during operation was 1800 ml, so we gave him a transfusion of 10 U's of platelet concentrate, 10 U's of pheretic platelet rich plasma and 5 U's of whole blood. The thromboelastography was a good guide that helped us to avoid excessive treatment of the coagulation abnormalities. We concluded that the thromboelastograhy was a reliable and effective monitoring system at the intraoperative coagulation management.
Anemia, Aplastic* ; Anesthesia, General ; Blood Cell Count ; Blood Platelets ; Blood Volume ; Humans ; Perioperative Period ; Platelet-Rich Plasma ; Thrombelastography

No abstract available.
Gliosarcoma*

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Meningitis*

Fifty-six patients with tinea versicolor were studied clinically and therapeutically, from July 1984 to August 1985, at the Department of Dermatology, Hanyang University. L atients were treated with 20g sodium thiosulfate solution, 1g isoconazole nitrate cream, lg bifonazole cream and. oral ketoconazole. The result obtained were as follows: 1. The average age of all patients at visit was RO. 1 years, the oldest patient was 72 year-old and the youngest patient was 13 year-old. The male to female ratio was 3. 7: 1. 2. Distribution of lesions were anterior chest(26.8%), back(23.9%), abdomen (19%), axilla (17%), neck(6. 3%), pubic area(4. 2%), upper extremities(1. 4%), hip(0.7%) and lower extremities(0.7%). The incidence of hyperpigmented lesions was 76. 8%, and that of hypopigmented lesions was 23. 2g. 3. Average of treatment duration in each trial group indicated 3. 71-I--0 83 weeks (M+SD) in 20g sodium thiosulfate regimen group, 3. 07+ 0. 73 weeks in 1g isoconazole nitrate, 3.29+1.14 weeks in bifonazole, R. 00+0. 68 weeks in oral ketoconazole. No treatment results show statistically significant differences among the trial groups.
Abdomen ; Adolescent ; Aged ; Axilla ; Dermatology ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Ketoconazole ; Male ; Sodium ; Tinea Versicolor* ; Tinea*

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No abstract available.
Arteries* ; Humans ; Intracranial Aneurysm* ; Single Parent*

The serum level of immunoglobulin E (IgE) in 28 atopic patients and 41 healthy, normal, non-allergic subjects were measured by standard radial immunodiffusion method (RIDT). The correlation between IgE level and clinical manifestations are studied. The results are as follows. 1) IgE value was higher in atopic dermatitis than normal subjects. 2) IgE value in atopie dermatitis revealed no sigaificant difference between in male and in female. 3) IgE value was increased parallel with the severity of the disease. 4) IgE value was not correlated with the extent of disease. 5) IgE value was not correlated with the duration of disease. 6) IgE value was not correlated with the age of onset. 7) IgE value was not correlated with the eosinophil count of peripheral blood.
Age of Onset ; Dermatitis ; Dermatitis, Atopic* ; Eosinophils ; Female ; Humans ; Immunodiffusion ; Immunoglobulin E* ; Immunoglobulins ; Male

No abstract available.
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* ; Leukoplakia* ; Papilloma*