Formaldehyde ; Humans ; Microdissection ; Paraffin Embedding ; Proteomics ; methods ; Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization ; Tissue Fixation

A 13 years old girl came to our department with complaints of multiple ulcerating and non-ulcerating nodules on her back and buttocks since 1 month prior to visit. Skin biopsy specimen showed diffuse monomorphous infiltration of leukemic cells in the dermis and subcutis. Bone marrow biopsy specimen showed changes of erythroleukemia. Treatment was initiated with combined chemotherapy which was a combination of cytosine arabinoside, adriamyein and 6 thioguanine. When combined chemotherapy was finished, she was in complete remission state and the nodules cured after 1 month of combined chemotherapy.
Adolescent ; Biopsy ; Bone Marrow ; Buttocks ; Cytarabine ; Dermis ; Drug Therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Leukemia* ; Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute* ; Skin ; Thioguanine ; Ulcer

Humans ; Liver Diseases ; diagnosis ; pathology

Objective To compare the therapeutic efficacies and toxicities either of pemetrexed or paclitaxel combined with oxaliplatin as a chemotherapy in postoperative with non‐small‐cell lung cancer(NSCLC) .Methods The clinical data collected from 86 patients who admitted into the first affiliated hospital of Kunming medical university from January 2010 to December 2011 who had been diagnosed with non‐small‐cell lung cancer(NSCLC) were retrospectively analyzed .All of these patients received the radical resection of pulmonary carcinoma ,in which 65 patients received pemetrexed combined with oxaliplatin treatment(named as peme‐trexed combination group) .Another 40 patients were treated with paclitaxel combined with oxaliplatin (named as paclitaxel combi‐nation group) .Survival analysis was evaluated by Kaplan‐Merie .Single factor analysis and COX regression model were employed to analyze the relationship between the influencing factors and the prognosis of disease .Results We found that neither OS (χ2 =0 .648 ,P=0 .421) nor PFS(χ2 =0 .758 ,P=0 .384)was statistical different between two groups .However ,the incidence of leucope‐nia above Ⅲ degrees was 34 .8% in pemetrexed combination group ,and 60 .0% in paclitaxel combination group(χ2 = 5 .469 ,P=0 .019) .The incidence of of ALT increase above Ⅲ degrees was 12 .2% in pemetrexed combination group ,and 35 .0% in paclitaxel combination group(χ2 =7 .238 ,P=0 .007) .The incidence of AST increase rate above Ⅲ degrees was 13 .0% in pemetrexed combi‐nation group and 32 .5% in paclitaxel combination group(χ2 = 4 .706 ,P= 0 .030) .The incidence of neurotoxicity was 28 .2% in pemetrexed combined group ,65 .0% in paclitaxel combined group (χ2 = 11 .652 ,P= 11 .652) .The incidence of gastrointestinal tract reaction above Ⅲ degrees was 47 .8% in pemetrexed combined group ,57 .5% in paclitaxel combined group was ,(χ2 = 0 .803 , P=0 .370) .Cox regression analysis revealed that PS score(HR=0 .207 ,95% CI:0 .090-0 .479) and clinical stages(HR=0 .089 , 95% CI:0 .041-0 .191) had significant effects on survival of patients .Conclusion Two kinds of treatment in two groups showed the similar curative effects and promised to be first‐line chemotherapy strategy for postoperative patients with NSCLC .However , the pemetrexed combined group showed less drug toxicity compared with that of the paclitaxel combined group .

Under the extreme change of the environment, animals react physiologically to adapt to the stress and secrete catecholamines. Cold exposure is a kind of the environmental stress. Author tried to determine the amount of catecholamines in rat urine as a parameter of physiological response to cold stress. Urinary catecholamine was measured by using HPLC with fluorescence detector, coation exchange column prepacked with Bio-Rex 70 and ammonium pentaborate as catecholamine eluent. The amount of dopamine in normal state rat urine was 42.0 ng, but under the low temperature of 5 degrees C, the dopamine amount was increased to 221.25 ng/5 ml. Above findings are suggesting that catecholamine secretion, especially dopamine, increase in the stressful condition such as cold exposure.
Ammonium Compounds ; Animals ; Catecholamines ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Dopamine ; Fluorescence ; Rats*

Although nearly 100 cases of prurigo pigmentosa have been reported in Japan, there has been no report in Korea. Recently, we exporienced two cases of prurigo pigmentosa in Korean women of 27 and 20 years of age. Histopathological findings of reddish papules showed exocytosis, inter and intra-cellular edema in the epidermis, liquefaction degeneration of the basal cell layei and perivascular round cell infiltration in the dermis. The specimens from the pigmented lesions show merely incontinence of pigments and mild perivascular round cell infiltration. We treated two patients with oral antihistamines and topical corticosteroids. One patient showed complete regression after 8 months of treatment but the other patient was lost for follow up.
Adrenal Cortex Hormones ; Dermis ; Edema ; Epidermis ; Exocytosis ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Histamine Antagonists ; Humans ; Japan ; Korea ; Prurigo*

RePUVA therapy is the combination of an oral aromatic retinoid(etretinate) with oral photochemotherapy (PUVA) for the treatment of psoriasis. This combination therapy has the advantage of faster clearance with fewer side effects. Twenty three ambulatory psoriasis patients received RePUVA treatment. Etretinate was administered in a dosage of approxirnately 0.75 mg/kg body weight for 2 weeks and discontinued. One week after discontinuance of etretinate, PUVA therapy was begun. Complete clearance occured in 96% of the patients with an average of 9.5+4 irradiations and an accumulated ultraviolet A (UVA) dose of 67.5+42 J/cm. The primary side effects were dry rnucous membranes and mild cheilitis. Laboratory findings revealed no significant abnormalities before or after etretinate treatment.
Acitretin* ; Body Weight ; Cheilitis ; Etretinate* ; Humans ; Membranes ; Photochemotherapy* ; Psoriasis* ; PUVA Therapy

Ninety black C 57 BL mice were divided into control and photochemotherapy groups. Control group was subdivided into a UVA 1rradiation only subgroup and a khellin only administration subgroup, while the phototherapy group was subdivided into one TMP and two khellin administration subgroups with dosages of 1.5mg/kg, 5mg/kg and 20mg/kg, respectivly. UVA was administered three thimes a week in a dose of 4J/cm for 4 weeks. Skin biopsies were taken at 0, l, 2, 3 and 4 weeks and the split DOPA stain was employed to observe pigment production. The number, size and circumference of the melanocytes were assessed. In summary, our results inclicate that khellin, which is slightly less effective than TMP at the same effective dose, is quite effective for pigment production and the degree of the production is dose related.
Animals ; Biopsy ; Dihydroxyphenylalanine ; Khellin* ; Melanocytes* ; Mice ; Photochemotherapy* ; Phototherapy ; Skin ; Thymidine Monophosphate ; Trioxsalen*

We present a case of carcinoma erysipelatoides which or iginated from an internal organ. The patient was a 50 year-old female who had peritoneal carcinomatosis, She presented an erythematous lesion resembling erysipelas on her right breast. Histopathologic findings were consistent with metastatic adenocarcinoma but clinically it was not associated with carcinoma of the breast.
Adenocarcinoma ; Breast ; Carcinoma ; Erysipelas ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged

Generalized perforating granuloma annulare is a rare variant of granuloma. annulare, which was first described by Duncan et al 1) in 1973. A 21-year-old female had hundreds of 3 to 5mm papules over the whole body, which were mainly distributed in the extremities and trunk since three months ago. Individual papules developed a central umbilication with a peripheral collarette of scale. Histopathologic examination showed an epidermal perforation and transepidermal elimination of necrobiotic material. The epidermal perforation communicated with areas of necrobiotic collagen surrounded by palisading granulorna in the dermis. We treated her with oral prednisolone and dapsone, but there was no clinical improvement.
Collagen ; Dapsone ; Dermis ; Extremities ; Female ; Granuloma Annulare* ; Granuloma* ; Humans ; Prednisolone ; Young Adult