No abstract available.
Methicillin ; Methicillin Resistance ; Staphylococcus ; Staphylococcus aureus

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Spine*

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Fibromatosis, Aggressive*

Immunohistochemical study was performed for CEA staining patterns and PCNA indices. And the relationship between immunohistochemical findings and well-known clinical prognostic factors on the purpose of the clinical usefulness was evaluated. In forty seven cases of surgically removed colorectal carcinomas, the results were as follows; CEA staining patterns were apical (17 cases) and cytoplasmic (30 cases) type. Carcinomas with cyto plasmic pattern for CEA revealed more advanced Dukes' stage and more undifferentiated type and higher incidence of lymph node metastasis and were correlated with increased serum CEA levels. But PCNA indices showed no correlation with the Dukes' stage, histologic grade and CEA staining patterns. The cytoplasmic pattern of CEA immunohistochemistry may be a useful marker suggesting more aggressive biologic behavior of the colorectal carcinomas.
Colorectal Neoplasms* ; Cytoplasm ; Immunohistochemistry ; Incidence ; Lymph Nodes ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen*

PURPOSE: To evaluate the radial displacement of clinical target volume in the patients with node negative head and neck (H&N) cancer and to quantify the relative positional changes compared to that of normal healthy volunteers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Three node-negative H&N cancer patients and five healthy volunteers were enrolled in this study. For setup accuracy, neck thermoplastic masks and laser alignment were used in each of the acquired computed tomography (CT) images. Both groups had total three sequential CT images in every two weeks. The lymph node (LN) level of the neck was delineated based on the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) consensus guideline by one physician. We use the second cervical vertebra body as a reference point to match each CT image set. Each of the sequential CT images and delineated neck LN levels were fused with the primary image, then maximal radial displacement was measured at 1.5 cm intervals from skull base (SB) to caudal margin of LN level V, and the volume differences at each node level were quantified. RESULTS: The mean radial displacements were 2.26 (+/-1.03) mm in the control group and 3.05 (+/-1.97) in the H&N cancer patients. There was a statistically significant difference between the groups in terms of the mean radial displacement (p = 0.03). In addition, the mean radial displacement increased with the distance from SB. As for the mean volume differences, there was no statistical significance between the two groups. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that a more generous radial margin should be applied to the lower part of the neck LN for better clinical target coverage and dose delivery.
Consensus ; Displacement (Psychology) ; Head ; Head and Neck Neoplasms ; Humans ; Lymph Nodes ; Masks ; Neck ; Skull Base ; Spine

A case of sporotrichosis, developed on left upper eyelid in 2 weeks after double eyelid operation, was presented. Eruptions were distributed along the operation site and similar to pyoderma or keloid. Painless subcutaneous nodule appeared near the lateral angle of eye in 8 months after onset. Sporotrichum schenckii was cultivated from the tissue fluid of the lesion. PAS positive spores were found extra-cellularly and in histiocytes and multi-nucleated giant cells.
Eyelids* ; Giant Cells ; Histiocytes ; Keloid ; Pyoderma ; Spores ; Sporothrix ; Sporotrichosis*

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Transplants*

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Transplants*

Two cases with generalized G.A. were described. The first case was 42 years, old farmer representing slightly erythematous multiple papulonodular lesions on the face, neck, scapular areas, arms and dorsal hands. Coalescence of lesions in some areas of the dorsal hands and neck produced circinate or polycyclic pattern. The second case was 4 years old girl who developed purple to brown muliple papulonodular lesions and polygonal or round plague on the arms, dorsal hands, palms, neck, iliac crests, lower legs, dorsal feet and sole. The plague lesions mimick lichen planus.
Arm ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Foot ; Granuloma Annulare* ; Granuloma* ; Hand ; Humans ; Leg ; Lichen Planus ; Neck ; Plague

A case of acquired lymphangioma was reported and the literature was reviewed. The patient was 28 yeara old pregnant woman at 7 months gestation who develo- ped multiple white-gray tense vesicles measuring 2-4mm in diameter on bilateral major labia following lymphedema of the lower extremities due to tubercuIous inguinal lymphadenitis.
Female ; Humans ; Lower Extremity ; Lymphadenitis ; Lymphangioma* ; Lymphedema ; Pregnancy ; Pregnant Women ; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation