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We present the therapeutic effects of an aromatic retinoid (Ro 10-9359) in two cases of sex-linked ichthyosis. Case 1, Uncle of Case 2, was a 24-year-old male who had had dark brown scales on the trunk and upper extremities for 15 years. Case 2 was a 10-year-old boy who had had dirty brown scales on the trunk and lower extremities since 3 years of age. The diagnosis of sex-linked ichthyosis was made by characteristic scales and histopathologic findings. Initially, both patients received an oral aromatic retinoid (Ro 10-9359) with a daily dose of 1.5mg/kg body weight for the first two weeks. Thereafter the drug was tapered gradually to the dose of 0.5mg/kg body weight according to the therapeutic response. There was near complete clearing of the skin lesions in both patients after 10 weeks treatment. Side effects were of mild intensity and included dryness of mouth and nose, chelitis, paronychia and arthralgia of knee joint.
Arthralgia ; Body Weight ; Child ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Ichthyosis* ; Knee Joint ; Lower Extremity ; Male ; Mouth ; Nose ; Paronychia ; Skin ; Upper Extremity ; Weights and Measures ; Young Adult

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a gram-negative halophilic organism commonly associated with outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis which also sometimes causes serious wound infection. It is an uncommon cause of bacteremia. We have experienced a case of bacteremia due to Vibrio parahaemolyticus in a 59-year old man who initially presented with edema and dyspnea. He was diagnosed as liver cirrhosis, gastric cancer, and hepatoma. On hospital day 13, Vibrio parahaemolyticus was isolated from blood culture. The isolate showed typical cultural and biochemical characteristics such as salt tolerance and did not ferment lactose. The isolate was intermediate to ampicillin but susceptible to other agents.
Ampicillin ; Bacteremia* ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; Disease Outbreaks ; Dyspnea ; Edema ; Gastroenteritis ; Humans ; Lactose ; Liver Cirrhosis ; Middle Aged ; Salt-Tolerance ; Stomach Neoplasms ; Vibrio parahaemolyticus* ; Vibrio* ; Wound Infection

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DNA Fingerprinting* ; DNA* ; Humans* ; Papilloma*

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Chronic Pain* ; Electroacupuncture* ; Needles* ; Syringes*

It is believed that the photopatch test is a valuable screening procedure for the determination of responsible antigenic substances in photoallergic contact dermatitis. But the technigues used for this procedure are cumbersome and require expensive equipment. In the present study, we adapted an easy and inexpensive photopatch test met- hod to our need. We report the results of this test method which was performed. in 21 patients with photodermatitis and 9 patients with polymorphic light eruption. 1. The UVB sensitivity determined by minimal erytherna dose (mean+-standard deviation) was I1618mW sec/cm in photodermatitis group, 108+ROmW sec/cm in polymorphic light eruption group and 126-+32mW-sec/cm in control group. But there was no significant difference among them (p>0. 05). 2. The reaction to UVA were negative in all groups. R. The photopatch test using IO potential photosensitizers revealed 12 positive responses in 9 patients; including 7 patients in photodermatitis group and 2 patients in polymorphic light eruption group. And the number of positive photopatch responses obtaied with each photosensitizer in RO patients with photodermatoses was 5 in chlorhexidine, 2 in paraaminobenzoic acid, musk ambrette and bithionol and 1 in chlorpromazine, respectively.
Bithionol ; Chlorhexidine ; Chlorpromazine ; Dermatitis, Photoallergic ; Humans ; Mass Screening ; Photosensitivity Disorders ; Photosensitizing Agents

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Erectile Dysfunction* ; Humans ; Male

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Animals ; Rats*

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Animals ; Carcinogenesis* ; Rats*

Apert described acrocephalosyndactyly as a clinical entity in 1906. At first he included a patient with craniofacial deformities combined with syndactyly of both the upper and lower extremities. This is a rare congenital disturbance in the growth of bone and soft tissue affecting principally the head, the hands and the feet. More than 200 cases have been reported in the world literature, and three cases in Korea. Authors experienced one case of the classic pattern of Apert's syndrome and treated surgically for syndsctyly.
Acrocephalosyndactylia ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Foot ; Hand ; Head ; Humans ; Korea ; Lower Extremity ; Syndactyly