Urticaria pigmentosa is a manifestation of mastocytosis characterized by persistent pigmented cutaneous lesions of various size that tend to urticate upon mechanical or chemical irritation, The disease is most common in ehildren and skin lesions after appear within 1 or 2 months of birth. Urticaria pigmentosa in children begins with disseminated eruption (buIlou type) or with a solitary tumor or nodule(solitary type). One case. of solitary type and one case of bullous type are reported in this paper. The one case is a solitary type of urticaria pigmentosa in 1 1/2 years old male who had dark brownish pigmented nodule(2.5 1cm) on right hack since 1 year ago. Tie other is a bullous type of urticaria pigmentousa in 6 months old male who had generalizcd. bulla, hemorragic bulla with crust & millium since 4 months ago. Dignosis was confirmed by histologic findings in which showed infiltration of mast cells in upper nr entire dermis arui rnetachromatic granules in mast cell on toluidine blue stain. Literature were reviewed briefly.
Child ; Dermis ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Mast Cells ; Mastocytosis ; Parturition ; Skin ; Tolonium Chloride ; Urticaria Pigmentosa* ; Urticaria*

Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica is a rare, chronic non-infIammatory mechanobullous disease of hereditsry trait, which easily produces bulla by minor injury or spontaneously. Bullae usually developed first at birth or in infancy, involving especially hands, feet, knees, elbows and other pressure sites, which heal with atrophic and hypertrophic scars, loss of hair and nails, digital fusion, flexural contractures of the knee, elbow and wrist joints. A 5-year-old boy has had various sized recurrent buIlae on hands, feet, kneces and elbows, healed with atrophy of skin, miliums, deformities of toe and finger nails. Diagnosis was confirmed by clinical features and electronmicroscopic findings. Literature were reviewed briefly.
Atrophy ; Child, Preschool ; Cicatrix, Hypertrophic ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Contracture ; Diagnosis ; Elbow ; Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica* ; Epidermolysis Bullosa* ; Fingers ; Foot ; Hair ; Hand ; Humans ; Knee ; Male ; Parturition ; Skin ; Toes ; Wrist Joint

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Acne Vulgaris* ; Rabbits*

Aplasia cutis congenita is an anomaly characterized by absence of localized areas of the integument. The most common type of aplasia cutis congenita is a circular or oval, sharply outlined ulcer 1 to 3cm in diameter on the vertex of the scalp at the level of the posterior fontanel. Two cases of aplasia cutis congenita are presented. The first case was in a male newborn infant with a localized defect on his scalp. The second case was also in a male newborn infant who had extensive symmetrical involvement of his heels. No similar conditions and associating other congenital anomalies were found in the family members of reported cases.
Cranial Fontanelles ; Ectodermal Dysplasia* ; Heel ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Scalp ; Ulcer

In the present study soap chamber test was carried out for assessing irritancy of toilet soaps and soap ingredients. The results obtained in the present study are summarized as follows; This chamber test can discriminate the differences of irritancies between various soaps and soap ingredients. 2. Soap irritancy is not directly related with its alkalinity. 3, Erythema score and scaling score tend to parallel each other with weak correlation(r=p 46), but erythema score and fissuring score show strong correlation (r=p77) Scaling score and fissuring score show moderate correlation(r=p.64), 4. In the eighteen kinds of toilet soaps, two soaps are most irritating, harsh soap and the total irritancy scores of all soaps are within 1. 9 5. 1. Baby soaps are not milder than the common toilet soaps. 5. Generally, total irritancy score of soap ingredients is concentration dependent. Average total irritancy scores of five main soap ingredients in 4 times of recommended allergen concentration are as follows; Builders 5. 30, Perfumes l. 88, Color 0. 70, Fatty acids p. 35 and Superfat p.
Erythema ; Fatty Acids ; Soaps*

Linear porokeratosis is a rare variant of porokeratosis and usually occurs in childhood. A 37-year-old female is presented with linear porokeratosis on the posterior aspeet of the right lower extremity exhibiting the classical histopathologic criteria of the disease. Treatment with an oral etretinate resulted in a remission of the lesions.
Acitretin ; Adult ; Etretinate ; Female ; Humans ; Lower Extremity ; Porokeratosis*

Purpura fulminans (gangrenosa) is a rare clinical syndrome characterized by sudden appearance of rapidly progressive symmetrical subcutaneous ecchymosis durimg the convalescent stage of various infectious disease. A 4 year-old. boy has developed multiple skin defects with necrosis on extrernities and gangrenous changes on the left foot following a meningococcemia. B-K amputation on left leg and. free skin graft for multiple skin defect on extremities were, carried out.
Amputation ; Child, Preschool ; Communicable Diseases ; Ecchymosis ; Extremities ; Foot ; Humans ; Leg ; Male ; Necrosis ; Purpura Fulminans* ; Purpura* ; Skin ; Transplants

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (oriental sore) is usually a self-limited infection of the skin caused by the protozoan Leishmania tropica. The disease is endemic to the Mediterranean, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. It has been seen in this country among many Korean technical experts and labourers working in the endemic areas of the disease. Our patient had acquired cutaneous leishmaniasis in Saudi Arabia and it had remained active for six months. He had been treated with antimony and metronidazole but failed because of severe side effects. And then we treated the patient witb cryosurgery and the skin lesions were followed by resolution with cosmetically acceptable scar in 4 months. The brief review of literature on the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis was undertaken.
Africa ; Antimony ; Asia ; Cicatrix ; Cryosurgery* ; Humans ; Leishmania tropica ; Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous* ; Metronidazole ; Middle East ; Saudi Arabia ; Skin

A 31-year-old female patient has had a translucent cystic papule on the genitalia since 2 years ago. The diagnosis was confirmed by clinical and histopathological findings. This is the rare case of apocrine hidrocystoma occring in the fernale genitalia in the literature.
Adult ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Female* ; Genitalia ; Genitalia, Female* ; Hidrocystoma* ; Humans

Tricilemmoma is a benign, solitary tumor that may be clinically misdiagnosed as basal cell carcinoma or verruca. It affects frequently the face of elderly rnen. We present herein a case of trichilemrnoma in a 70-year-old Korean wornan who had a slowly growing tumor on the scalp for 50 years. The histopathologic findings revealed lobular acanthosis of glycogeri rich clear cells and palisade of columnar cells resting on prominent basement membrane.
Aged ; Basement Membrane ; Carcinoma, Basal Cell ; Humans ; Scalp* ; Warts