Porokeratosis is a disorder of epidermal keratinization that is histologically characterized by the presence of cornoid lamella. Many treatment modalities have been used, such as, surgical excision, cryosurgery, CO2 laser, oral etretinate, topical 5-fluorouracil and keratolytics. However, universal treatment guidelines have never been established. We tried 5% imiquimod cream on three patients who have porokeratosis of Mibelli which are intractable to other previous treatment modalities. Two of them showed a marked and moderate improvement, respectively. But the third patient exhibited only slight response. Herein we report our treatment experience and review the related literature.
Acitretin ; Cryosurgery ; Etretinate ; Fluorouracil ; Humans ; Lasers, Gas ; Porokeratosis*

The Sturge Weber syndrome is an uncommon disorder characterized by port-wine nevus of the face with angiomatosis of the ipsilateral cerebral leptomeninges and extensive calcification in the underlying cerebral cortex. Associated with this syndrome are mental retardation, choroidal angioma, buphthalmus or glaucoma, seizure and hemiplegia. We studied a case of incomplete form of Sturage Weber syndrome in a 12 year-old boy, who had generalized seizure, a homonymous hemianopsia, intracranial calcification and leptomeningeal angiomatosis. There are no characteristic facial nevus, mental retardation, occular changes and hemiplegia.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of clinical use of a intrauterine Sengstaken-Blakemore tube (S-B tube) in postpartum hemorrhage not controlled with medication and conservative treatment. METHODS: Retrospective review was done in 18 women with insertion of S-B tube into intrauterine cavity who did not controlled with medication and conservative treatment for postpartum hemorrhage. After third stage of labor, women were treated with prophylactic intramuscular Methylergonovine 0.2 mg and intravenous infusions of oxytocin routinely. If the postpartum bleeding continued, Misoprostol 800 microgram (per rectal) and intravenous infusions of Dinoprost 2 mg mixed with 5% D/S 500 cc were employed. And then women were examined for retained placenta and laceration of birth canal. Where necessary, retained placenta was removed and lacerations were sutured. If the postpartum bleeding did not controlled despite all of procedures, we decided use of intrauterine S-B tube. RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 30.9+/-4.4 (27-39) years, their mean body weights and parities were 67.8+/-8.2 (56.2-85.7) kg, 1.8+/-0.8 (1-4) and mean gestational age was 38.5+/-2.9 (37-42) weeks respectively. The mean time from delivery to insertion of S-B tube was 107.6+/-94.0 (24-360) minutes. The mean filled normal saline amount was 190.5+/-35.2 (120-230) cc. Of 18 who was inserted of S B tube, 15 cases needed not additional surgical therapy. So success rate was 83.3%. CONCLUSION: Insertion of intrauterine S-B tube appears as a simple and effective means of treating postpartum hemorrhage not controlled with medication and conservative treatment.
Body Weight ; Dinoprost ; Female ; Gestational Age ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Infusions, Intravenous ; Lacerations ; Methylergonovine ; Misoprostol ; Oxytocin ; Parturition ; Placenta, Retained ; Postpartum Hemorrhage* ; Postpartum Period* ; Retrospective Studies

OBJECTIVES: The current Korean Mental Health Act (KMHA) indicates that a patient, who voluntarily gave their permission for admission into a mental health facility, has the right to be discharged upon personal request. However, there is no clause in the KMHA that allows a change in a patient's voluntary status under special circumstances. The purpose of this study was to investigate problems that may arise from the lack of such a clause ; problems that can result in misinterpretation and lead to the prohibition of voluntary admission status conversion. METHODS: Previous cases presented to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea were investigated in order to determine the current state in Korean psychiatric practice regarding the conversion from voluntary to involuntary admission status. In addition, examples of similar mental health legislation in use by the United Nations (UN), World Health Organization (WHO), and several advanced countries pertaining to such conversions were investigated. These examples were used as models for making recommendations for possible changes to the KMHA. RESULTS: From 2010 to 2014, more than 220 petitions were filed with the National Human Right Commission of Korea. The petitions involved voluntarily institutionalized patients who had their requests for discharge rejected. Based on mental health regulations of the UN, WHO, and such countries as the United States, England, Canada, Australia, and Japan, the KMHA should include a provision that, upon receiving a discharge request, allows for discharge refusal if the voluntarily admitted patient is considered not mentally fit. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that the absence of a regulation allowing admission status conversion in the current KMHA is inappropriate. Rectification of this absence is urgently needed.
Australia ; Canada ; England ; Human Rights ; Humans ; Japan ; Korea ; Mental Health ; Patient Admission ; Social Control, Formal ; United Nations ; United States ; World Health Organization

Ectopic nail is characterized by growth of nail-like tissue in a location other than the nail bed. It is an extremely rare disorder that can be either congenital or acquired from incidents such as trauma. An 8-year old female presented with a complaint of a nail-like lesion on the dorsal surface around the center of the right fifth toe. It had been present for 3 years, while the patient continuously clipped it upon growth. The fifth toe was initially injured by a chair that had fallen on that toe 4 years prior to her visit. There was no associated bony deformity or other physical changes in the nail. A clinical diagnosis of ectopic nail was made and it was surgically excised under local anesthesia. The histopathological examination revealed a normal nail unit and there was no recurrence during the 6 month follow-up period.
Anesthesia, Local ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Nails ; Recurrence ; Toes

No abstract available.
Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction*

Sturge-Weber syndrome is a neurocutaneous syndrome characterized by portwine nevus of the face with angiomatosis of the ipsilateral cerebral leptomeninges and extensive calcification in the underlying cerebral cortex. Associated features include mental retardation, generalized or focal seizures, hemiparesis, choroidal angioma, & buphthalmos or glaucoma. We experienced a case of incomplete form of Sturge-Weber syndrome in a 12 year-old boy, who had generalized seizure, a homonymous hemianopsia, intracranial calficication and leptomeningeal angiomatosis without facial nevus or mental retardation. So we presented a case with a brief review of related literatures.
Angiomatosis ; Cerebral Cortex ; Child ; Choroid ; Glaucoma ; Hemangioma ; Hemianopsia ; Humans ; Hydrophthalmos ; Intellectual Disability ; Male ; Neurocutaneous Syndromes ; Nevus ; Paresis ; Seizures ; Sturge-Weber Syndrome*

PURPOSE: The Female Sexual Distress Scale(FSDS) was developed to measure sexually-related personal distress in women. We performed this study to assess the reliability and validity of FSDS-Korean version in Korean women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The original 20-item FSDS was translated into Korean. One-hundred four healthy, married women were recruited and given the survey. A second survey was done two weeks later for test-retest reliability. Validity, internal consistency reliability, and test-retest reliability were evaluated. RESULTS: The test-retest coefficient of stability over a 2-week period was 0.99(p<0.01). The 20 items of the FSDS have good internal consistency, with an alpha of 0.96. The FSDS discriminated between women with and without sexually related distress(t=-7.34, p<0.01). The optimal cut-off score was 20(sensitivity 71.4%, specificity 92.2%). CONCLUSIONS: The Korean version of FSDS might be a useful tool to screen for sexually distressed women in Korea.
Female* ; Humans ; Korea ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Reproducibility of Results* ; Sensitivity and Specificity

Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a benign form of vasculitis of small and medium-sized arteries with chronic benign course without systemic involvement. Corticosteroids are the mainstay of treatment for cutaneous PAN but aspirin and non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are also used for conservative treatment. We treated five patients with cutaneous PAN using oral dapsone. All patients initially showed good response to dapsone, but exacerbation occurred once the dose of dapsone was tapered or stopped. Patients had mild side effects of dapsone which were hemolytic anemia (4 cases) and abnormal liver function (2 cases). No patient has developed major organ system involvement during 1 to 13 years of follow-up. Instead of using oral Corticosteroid, oral dapsone may be an effective and relatively safe alternative therapy for chronic benign cutaneous PAN.
Adrenal Cortex Hormones ; Anemia, Hemolytic ; Arteries ; Aspirin ; Dapsone ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Liver ; Polyarteritis Nodosa ; Vasculitis

No abstract available.
Humans