No abstract available.
Biopsy ; Biopsy, Fine-Needle ; Diagnosis

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Pneumonia*

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Female ; Humans

Multiple involvement of arterial fibromuscular dysplasia is unusal and such a case is quite limited in the literature. We present a case of multiple arterial fibromuscular dysplasia with aneurysm formation in a 38-year-old non-hypertensive man. Angiographic study showed multiple aneurysmal dilatations of the right renal, superior mesenteric, celiac axis, and left colic arteries. The resected right kidney demonstrated an aneurysm of the main renal artery and extensive infarction in the midportion of the renal parenchyma. The segmentally resected superior mesenteric artery disclosed a similar nature of aneurysm occluded by recent thrombi. Microscopically, all the resected arterial walls showed both intimal and medial fibroplasia together with periadventitial fibrosis resulting in marked narrowing of the lumen and subsequent thrombus formation.

Acral persistent papular mucinosis has been thought to be a distinct for of cutaneous mucinosis not associated with systemic diseases. It was recently classified as one of five subtypes of localized lichen mixedematosus. A 64-year-old man presented with a 15-year history of flesh-colored to translucent papules and a few round hypopigmented patches on his wrists, back of the hands, and distal forearms. Biopsy from the papular lesions revealed focal mucin accumulation in the upper reticular dermis. The clinical and histopathological features were consistent with acral persistent papular mucinosis.
Biopsy ; Dermis ; Forearm ; Hand ; Humans ; Lichens ; Middle Aged ; Mucinoses ; Mucins ; Scleromyxedema* ; Wrist

No abstract available.
Humans ; Infant, Newborn*

A case of recurrent fibrosarcoma arising from the distal portion of the left spermatic cord in a twenty-two-year-old male is presented, and is discussed on its incidence, differential diagnosis, treatment and prognosis with brief literature review.
Diagnosis, Differential ; Fibrosarcoma* ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Prognosis ; Spermatic Cord*

An autopsy case of spontaneous rupture of urinary bladder followed by longstanding chronic and acute hemorrhagic cystitis associated with anomalous course of the right ureter and pyo-hydronephrosis, and acutely disseminated tuberculous pneumonia in a twenty-two-year-old Korean Army soldier is presented. Pathogenesis of spontaneous rupture of urinary bladder is briefly discussed.
Autopsy ; Cystitis* ; Humans ; Military Personnel ; Pneumonia ; Rupture, Spontaneous* ; Ureter* ; Urinary Bladder*

The face and notably the lips are important structures not only of aestheticvalue but also for expression, vibrancy and vitality. Sometimes we are encountered with the functional and aesthtetic lip problems especially in the patients with mandibular prognathism, such as excessive vermilion exposure, lip incompetence and hyperactivity of mentalis muscle. The etiologic factors are usually related to excessive anterior facial height, secondary to the abnormal development of perioral muscle, salivary gland and the swelling of lymphatic gland. Sometimes orthognathic surgery (mandibular setback osteotomy) alone is not accepted regarding to aesthetic value, there is likely to be a corresponding interest in adjunctive procedures such as genioplasty and soft tissue procedures. This article urges the incorporation of reduction cheiloplasty. It is a relatively minor procedure that can be easily reproducible and yields excellent, predictatable results with few complications. We treated two patients who have excessive vermilion exposure and marked abnormal lip eversion using reduction cheiloplasty combined with mandibular setback osteotomy, followed by improved facial harmony and patients were pleased.
Genioplasty ; Humans ; Lip ; Orthognathic Surgery ; Osteotomy* ; Prognathism ; Salivary Glands

Clostridium perfringens is an anaerobe responsible for a wide range of diseases in animals and humans. Symptoms associated with C. perfringens food poisoning are caused by enterotoxin expressed only during sporulation of C. perfringens. It has been known that only 6% of global C. perfringens isolates carry the enterotoxin gene. We found 2 strains of enterotoxigenic C. perfringens out of 33 strains isolated from various sources in Korea using PCR. It was also found that these two strains were both type A that were strongly associated with food poisoning by checking the presence of four major lethal toxins (a-, B-, e-, l-toxin) using PCR. These results suggest that foodborne illness caused by C. perfringens may be common in Korea and that public education is necessary to prevent contamination of foods by this organism.
Animals ; Clostridium perfringens* ; Clostridium* ; Education ; Enterotoxins* ; Foodborne Diseases ; Humans ; Korea* ; Polymerase Chain Reaction