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Dermatitis, Atopic* ; Humans ; Mothers*

Porokeratosis may be due to an abnormal clone of cells, predisposing affected individusls to development of malignant neoplssm over involved area. A 58-year old female is prsented with basal cell epithelioma associated with PPPD, exhibiting the classical histopathologic criteria of the disease. Total excision for basal cell epithelioma and oral administration of etretinate for the treatment of porokeratosis plantaris, palmaris et disseminata and for the prevention of cancer developrnent resulted in good response.
Acitretin ; Administration, Oral ; Carcinoma, Basal Cell* ; Clone Cells ; Etretinate ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Porokeratosis*

A 21-year-old female is presented with semicircular lipoatrophy, which had developed since birth with annular depressed strophic lesion of the left thigh. Biopsy specimen from the depressed area of left thigh showed no abnormal pathologic findings. But X-ray and CT scan of the lower extremity revealed remarkably reduced fat layer of the left thigh, compared to the right side.
Biopsy ; Female ; Humans ; Lower Extremity ; Parturition ; Thigh ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Young Adult

We present herein case of allergic contact dermatitis associated with implants. A 30 year-old male patient has had oozing, crusted, eczematous lesion on the right anterior tibia for five months after tibial osteosynthesis with plate and screw made of vitalliurn. He showed positive patch test, reaction to cobalt on second and fourth days. The skin lesion disappeared after removal of T-plate.
Adult ; Cobalt ; Dermatitis, Allergic Contact* ; Humans ; Male ; Orthopedics* ; Patch Tests ; Skin ; Tibia ; Vitallium

OBJECTIVE: To determine the midpoint (MD) of extensor hallucis longus muscle (EHL) and compare the accuracy of different needle electromyography (EMG) insertion techniques through cadaver dissection. METHODS: Thirty-eight limbs of 19 cadavers were dissected. The MD of EHL was marked at the middle of the musculotendinous junction and proximal origin of EHL. Three different needle insertion points of EHL were marked following three different textbooks: M1, 3 fingerbreadths above bimalleolar line (BML); M2, junction between the middle and lower third of tibia; M3, 15 cm proximal to the lower border of both malleoli. The distance from BML to MD (BML_MD), and the difference between 3 different points (M1-3) and MD were measured (designated D1, D2, and D3, respectively). The lower leg length (LL) was measured from BML to top of medial condyle of tibia. RESULTS: The median value of LL was 34.5 cm and BML_MD was 12.0 cm. The percentage of BML_MD to LL was 35.1%. D1, D2, and D3 were 7.0, 0.9, and 3.0 cm, respectively. D2 was the shortest, meaning needle placement following technique by Lee and DeLisa was closest to the actual midpoint of EHL. CONCLUSION: The MD of EHL is approximately 12 cm above BML, and about distal 35% of lower leg length. Technique that recommends placing the needle at distal two-thirds of the lower leg (M2) is the most accurate method since the point was closest to muscle belly of EHL.
Cadaver* ; Electromyography ; Extremities ; Leg ; Methods ; Needles* ; Tibia