No abstract available.
Granuloma, Pyogenic* ; Port-Wine Stain*

Levocabastine, a selective H1-receptor antagonist, has been evaluated in the management of allergic conjunctivitis and its efficacy was compared between the skin test positive and negative groups. A total of 20 patients who was clinically diagnosed as allergic conjunctivitis were processed for the skin test. According to the results of skin test, patients were divided into two groups; skin test positive (15) and negative (5). Livostin(levocabastine 0.5mg/ml) eye drops were topically instilled 2 times per day for 1 week. Both subjective and objective findings were assessed by a 4-point scase (0=none, 1=mild, 2=moderate, 3=severe). The parameters used for the examination of drug effectiveness were itching, tearing, chemosis, lid swelling and injection. 85.5% (17 put of 20) of the patients showed effects on the management of their symptoms and signs. No significant difference was observed in its effectiveness between skin test positive and negative groups. The results of present clinical trials suggest that Livostin eye drops may be an attractive therapeutic option for the management of allergic conjunctivitis.
Conjunctivitis, Allergic* ; Humans ; Ophthalmic Solutions* ; Pruritus ; Skin Tests

No abstract available.
Epidermal Cyst ; Pilomatrixoma

No abstract available.
Extremities* ; Oximetry* ; Oxygen*

No abstract available.
Orbit* ; Orbital Cellulitis*

A 63-year-old Korean man presented with generalized, asymptomatic, discrete papules and coalescent annular plaques for one year. Interestingly, the patient complained of conjunctival congestion, concurrently with aggravation of the skin lesion. Histopathologic findings of the skin lesion and conjunctiva revealed giant cells engulfing fragmented elastic fibers, and a diagnosis of actinic granuloma with ocular involvement was made. Ten months later, the patient revisited with a two-week history of bilateral temporal headache, neck pain, intermittent jaw claudication, and blurred vision. Biopsy of the temporal artery confirmed the clinical diagnosis of temporal arteritis. Both actinic granuloma and temporal arteritis show similar pathologic process, and this case supports the hypothesis that actinically degenerated elastic tissue is likely to be the antigenic basis of actinic granuloma of the skin and temporal arteritis.
Actins* ; Biopsy ; Conjunctiva ; Diagnosis ; Elastic Tissue ; Estrogens, Conjugated (USP) ; Giant Cell Arteritis* ; Giant Cells ; Granuloma* ; Headache ; Humans ; Jaw ; Middle Aged ; Neck Pain ; Skin ; Temporal Arteries

BACKGROUND: Women sometimes have eyebrows tattooed for cosmetic purpose. But until recently, the removal of tattoos has been difficult. Several laser techniques have been proposed for the removal of tattoos. The lasers that have been used most successfully are the Q-switched systems because of their ability to target tattoo pigment selectively with minimal risk of adverse tissue response. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine the clinical effectiveness of the newest Q-switched system, the alexandrite laser, in removing both eyebrow tattoos and to observe side effects such as scarring or permanent pigmentary changes. METHODS: Forty seven patients with both eyebrows tattooed were treated with the Q-switched alexandrite laser (755 nm, 100 ns) at eight week intervals and clinically evaluated.
Cicatrix ; Eyebrows* ; Female ; Humans ; Lasers, Solid-State*

Warty squamous cell carcinoma (WSCC), a rare variant of squamous cell carcinoma occurring in younger women, is primarily associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Although WSCC appears to exhibit less aggressive behavior than typical well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma, it bears the risk of regional metastasis. Accordingly, WSCC should be differentiated from other verruciform neoplasms. We describe a rare case of WSCC with a short disease duration occurring in a woman of old age. We found the presence of HPV DNA different from other well-known types of high risk and low risk HPV by DNA chip microarray. These results suggest that various types of HPV can be associated with the pathogenesis of WSCC.
Aged ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology/*virology ; Female ; Humans ; Papillomavirus Infections/*complications/pathology ; *Papillomavirus, Human ; Skin Neoplasms/pathology/*virology ; Vulvar Neoplasms/pathology/*virology

Neonatal lupus erythematosus is a rare disorder caused by the transplacental passage of maternal autoantibodies, which result in congenital heart block or cutaneous eruptions similar to lesions of subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus. We report a case of a 29 day-old-male infant who presented with multiple, targetoid lesions with an edematous margin on the scalp, face, neck, and extremities. His serological tests revealed high titers of anti-La/SSB and antinuclear antibodies. His healthy mother also showed the same high titer of antibodies. Yet, the anti-Ro/SSA antibodies were negative in both of them.
Antibodies ; Antibodies, Antinuclear ; Autoantibodies ; Extremities ; Heart Block ; Humans ; Infant ; Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous ; Mothers ; Neck ; Scalp ; Serologic Tests

No abstract available.
Cesarean Section* ; Female ; Pregnancy ; Pulmonary Embolism*