No abstract available.
Humans ; Infant* ; Infant, Low Birth Weight* ; Infant, Newborn* ; Parathyroid Hormone*

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Interleukin-1*

Multiple basal cell epithelioma on the face is a rare disease and the lesions are hard to indistinguish from multiple trichoepithelioma. The 15-year-old school girl has been suffered from multiple small pea-sized, slightly waxy appearing skin lesions on the face for 4 years. She has no history of arsenic ingestion; irradia tion and previous dermatoses. Physical examination and X-ray films (chest, mandibule and skull) showed no pathological findings. Biopsy findings revealed basal cell epithelioma cells.
Adolescent ; Arsenic ; Biopsy ; Carcinoma, Basal Cell* ; Eating ; Female ; Humans ; Physical Examination ; Rare Diseases ; Skin ; Skin Diseases ; X-Ray Film

Lidex(Fluacinonide) 0.05% in FAPG base is a new fluorinated topical corticosteroid. 30 patients with different steroid responsive dermatoaes were treated with 0. 05% Lidex. The diagnosis included atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis, neurodermatitis, seborheic dermatitis, nummular eczema, psoriasis vulgaris, chronic eczema and pustulosis pahmaris et plantaris. In the majority of cases Lidex cream produced excellent to good result(70%) after unoccluded application 3 times daily for 10 days. Two patients complained burning or itching sensation after the initial application of Lidex. 0.05% Lidex was compared with 0. 25% Desoxymethasone cream and 0. 25% Fluocortolone cream and was found slightly more effective in Lidex.
Burns ; Dermatitis ; Dermatitis, Atopic ; Dermatitis, Contact ; Desoximetasone ; Diagnosis ; Eczema ; Fluocinonide* ; Fluocortolone ; Humans ; Neurodermatitis ; Pruritus ; Psoriasis ; Sensation

We described here a case of hyperkeratosis of the nipple and areola. A 23-year- old woman had a verrucous thickening and brownish discoloration on her right nipple and areola that had been present for 4 yeare. The only symptom was an intermittent mild itching sensation. The patient had no other additioa.al hyperkeratotic conditians. She was not married and had never had a pregnancy. Riopsy spccimen showed papillomatous elongation of the epidermis and edema, of the underlying papillary eonnective tissue. The epidermis was parakeratotic and hyperpigmented, and showed focal intercellular and intracellular edema. The present case seems to be the nevoid form by the Levy-Franckel classification. The world literature was briefly reviewed.
Classification ; Edema ; Epidermis ; Female ; Humans ; Nipples* ; Pregnancy ; Pruritus ; Sensation

Clear cell hidradenoma is a much less common primary cutaneous tumor originated from sweat gland. Clinically this tumor occurs more frequently in female than in male and in patients of any age although there is a predilection for the middle and older age groups. The lesion is solitary and represents a cutaneous nodular and cystic mass of slow expansible growth. By light microscopy the lesion has been characterized as a solid cataneous tumor composed of clear epithelial cells which are focally arranged in glandular and cystic patterns. We observed a 37-year-old housewife who had suffered from a tumor on her back for 3 years. The tumor was a pedunculated, soft, fixed mass and 3. 5 * 3 * 1. 5 cm in size. Histopathologic finding showed the tumor to be composed of two main types of cells, fusiform and clear cells.
Acrospiroma* ; Adult ; Epithelial Cells ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Microscopy ; Sweat Glands

BACKGROUND: Even though excellent impression materials are now available for making accurate replication for hard and soft tissue, the numerous dentists have faced lots of obstacles in making simultaneous impressions of multiple abutments. CASE DESCRIPTION: This article describes a modified method of tray fabrication using auto-polymerizing acrylic resin and impression technique for multiple prepared teeth in cases with limitations and difficulties in taking dental impressions. CLINICAL IMPLICATION: This segmental tray technique has several advantages, including higher impression quality, fewer impressions, and being more comfortable for the patient and less stressful for the clinician.
Dentists ; Humans ; Tooth

Xeroderma pigmentosum is characterized by sunlight sensitivit.y, autosomal recessive inheritance, and multiple cutaneous malignancies, usually basal and squamous cell carcinomas. In this work the effects of bleomycin and topical 5-fluorouracil on basal and squamous cell careinomas appearing in the patient of xeroderma pigmentosum were studied and followed up for two years. The material was a 50 year old female patient of xeroderma pigmentosum associated with basal and squamous cell carrinomas occuring in the exposed area, and its mixed tumor in the nose for thirty years. Duringfirst admission blecmycin was given intravenously in a dosage of 15 mg every other day or twice a week for basal cell carcinomas in the exposed area and mixed tumor in the nose. The total amount of bleomycin given was 315 mg. A year later another squamous cell carcinomas developed on the exposed area. She was treated with topical application of 5% 5-fluorouracil cream daily for 40 days during second admission. The results obtained are summarized as follows: l. The effect of bleomycin is more effective in the squamous cell carcinoma than in the basal cell carcinoma which recurred after 2 years. 2. Topical therapy of 5% 5-fluorouracil cream appeared almost complete effectiveness to the squamous cell carcinoma.
Bleomycin ; Carcinoma, Basal Cell ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; Female ; Fluorouracil ; Humans ; Ichthyosis* ; Middle Aged ; Nose ; Skin Neoplasms* ; Skin* ; Sunlight ; Wills ; Xeroderma Pigmentosum*

A characteristic dermatosis of infancy and childhood has recently been reported as many names, called juvenile plsntar dermatoais, recurrent juvenile eezema of hands and feet, and atopic winter feet in children. However, the clinicsl and epidemiological features of the published cases are strikingly the same The etiology of the diseaee remains unclear. The role of atopy appears to be highly controversial. We have observed 11 patients with juvenile plantar dermatosis and sumrnarized the results as followa: 1. The disease was found mainly in female children (3 boys, 8 girls) between 1 and 18 years old. Duration of the disease ranged from 1 month to 10 years. 2. The lesions occured or were exacerbated dunng the winter in 9 of them. 3. The disease affected symmetrically on the pressure areas of the feet, mainly the forefeet and toes, the lateral margins of the soles, and the heels. Five of our patients also showed the lesions on the hands simultaneously. 4. We have found a high incidence of atopy among the patients or close relative. Nine patients had a personal history of atopy and 5 gatients also had a history of atopy in the first degree relatives. 5. The serum IgE value increased in one of 6 patients determined. From the above clinical findinge, it is evident that juvenile plantar dermatosis is a true localized atopic dermatitis but also a primary irritant contact derrnatitis to which atopics are prone but which may occur in susceptible non-atopics.
Adolescent ; Child ; Dermatitis, Atopic ; Female ; Foot ; Hand ; Heel ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin E ; Incidence ; Skin Diseases* ; Toes

The term "fixed drug eruption" was coined by Louis Brocq in 1894 to describe a special type of reaction to antipyrine. It is now known that many drugs can cause a fixed drug eruption. Notorious offenders have included phenolphthalein, quinine and barbiturates. We present a case of multiple fixed drug eruption appearing in a 20 year-old male patient who has generalized slate-blue colored pigmentation on neck, trunk and extremities. The area of total pigmented skin lesions are over 50% of body surface. We could confirm the fixed drug eruption by positive phenobarbital provocation test.
Antipyrine ; Barbiturates ; Criminals ; Drug Eruptions* ; Extremities ; Humans ; Male ; Neck ; Numismatics ; Phenobarbital ; Phenolphthalein ; Pigmentation ; Quinine ; Skin ; Young Adult