No abstract available.
Adult* ; Colloids* ; Humans ; Scalp*

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Carcinoma, Merkel Cell* ; Epidermal Cyst* ; Immunosuppression

No abstract available.
Photochemotherapy* ; Porokeratosis*

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Ear* ; Pilomatrixoma*

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Poroma* ; Warts*

The purpose of this study was to estimate correlations of craniocervical posture and craniofacial morphology in Korean young adults. The sample consisted of 50 young adults (25 males and 25 females) who had good profile and Class I molar relationship. The analysis of craniocervical posture and craniofacial morphology was performed on lateral cephalograms taken in natural head position. The results were as follows; 1. The mean and the standard deviation of postural and morphologic variables were obtained. 2. Korean young adult had cervical lordosis of which degree between OPT and CVT shows 3.55+/-2.58degrees 3. Craniocervical posture and each of vertical ratio, facial prognathism, mandibular rotation showed high correlation. 4. Correlation coefficients between postural variables and each of intermaxillary relation, anteroposterior ratio were low. 5. The head positioning error of natural head position was smaller than the inter-individual variability of postural variables.
Animals ; Head ; Humans ; Lordosis ; Male ; Molar ; Posture* ; Prognathism ; Young Adult* ; Malocclusion, Angle Class III

BACKGROUND: Many techniques for the treatment of ingrown toenails have been described in the medical literature. Surgical removal of the nail plate with partial matricectomy is associated with the lowest recurrence rates. Shape-memory alloy (KD wire) has shown promising results for the treatment of ingrown toenails. However, the results of long term follow-up or a comparison with surgical treatment have not been reported, and the adequate removal time of the wire remains unknown. OBJECTIVE: To compare the results of surgical treatment using partial matricectomy (PM) to those of conservative treatment using KD wire (KD) and to determine the adequate removal time of the wire. METHODS: The KD and PM groups were compared regarding pain relief, quality of life improvement, pain and discomfort during the procedures and 3 weeks after, improvement of nail index by using clinical photos, and patient's satisfaction with the treatments. The nail index improvement in the KD group was compared between postprocedural days 14 and 21. RESULTS: Recurrence was higher (p=.039) in KD group (18.64%) than PM group (6.35%). Patient satisfaction was significantly better (p=0.025) in the PM group than in the KD group. Other parameters showed no significant differences between the two groups. Nail index improvement in the KD group was not significantly different between postprocedural day 14 and day 21. CONCLUSION: Conservative treatment using the KD wire is as effective as surgical removal with partial matricectomy for the treatment of ingrown nails in pain relief, QOL improvement and nail index improvement, but has higher recurrence. The adequate application period of KD is 2 weeks.
Alloys* ; Follow-Up Studies ; Memory* ; Nails* ; Nails, Ingrown ; Patient Satisfaction ; Quality of Life ; Recurrence

BACKGROUND: The treatment of keloids is unsatisfactory and even a challenge to many dermatologists or dermatosurgeons. Simple excision of a keloid alone is associated with a high recurrence rate. Thus, surgical treatment should be combined with various adjuvant therapies. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of postoperative radiation therapy on the recurrence of keloids. METHODS: Between March 2007 and May 2012, 24 patients with keloids (n=56) in various anatomical sites were treated with our protocol consisting of total or subtotal keloidectomy followed by immediate irradiation of 12~18 Gy in 3 fractions over 3 days with pre- and postoperative intralesional steroid injection as an adjuvant therapy. After a year to a year and a half, treatment was terminated at that point. RESULTS: When treated keloids were classified according to the degree of flattening, the outcomes were excellent in 48.2% (27/56) of the patients, good in 32.1% (18/56), fair in 14.3% (8/56), and poor in 5.3% (3/56). This treatment protocol showed almost excellent outcomes in earlobe, earhelix, retroauricular region and abdomen. Although the sites with high stretch tension such as chest and shoulder showed above good outcomes (72%, 18/25), they also showed three poor results. The most common complication was postinflammatory hyperpigmentation while the most serious one was full-thickness skin necrosis, which was recovered by skin graft later. CONCLUSION: Radiation therapy is an effective and safe therapy for the prevention of recurrence of keloids following keloidectomy.
Abdomen ; Clinical Protocols ; Humans ; Hyperpigmentation ; Keloid ; Necrosis ; Recurrence* ; Shoulder ; Skin ; Thorax ; Transplants

No abstract available.
Down Syndrome

Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a multifocal proliferative vascular tumor often caused by human herpes virus 8. Among the four subtypes of KS, classic KS (CKS) is usually chronic, persisting over many years, but is not life threatening. Because the natural history of KS varies, many kinds of therapeutic option for CKS are available and their assessment may be difficult. We experienced three cases of CKS showing HHV-8 positive in biopsy, no history of immunosuppression and HIV infection, normal chest X-ray, no metastasis, and successfully treated with intralesional injection of Pegylated Interferon-alpha2a (Peg-IFN-alpha2a). After an intralesional Peg-IFN-alpha2a injection of 180 mcg/0.5 ml was administered once a week for 4 months, the size and induration of the lesions reduced greatly and the colors faded away. Histopathological examination of the resolved lesions did not show any evidence of KS with negative HHV-8 results. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature for the treatment of CKS with intralesional Peg-IFN-alpha2a injection.
Biopsy ; Herpesvirus 8, Human ; HIV Infections ; Humans ; Immunosuppression ; Injections, Intralesional* ; Interferon-alpha* ; Natural History ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Sarcoma, Kaposi* ; Thorax