Aplasia cutis congenita represents a congenital absence of all skin layers, and it may occasionally extend through the bone and dura of the skull. Since the first report was described in the extremity by Cordon 1767, and Campbell 1826, approximately over 500 cases have been reported. About eighty five percents of all cases are found in the scalp, with 15 to 30 percents involving the skull as well. Fifteen percents of all cases involve nonscalp locations and are often bilateral symmetrical. It has been relatively rarely reported disorder abroad as well as domestically. It has several clinical subtypes classified by the location and pattern of skin absence, the presence of associated malformation and the mode of inheritance with unknown cause. We had a new born female infant with this disorder, who presented with a full thickness skin defect on scalp and skull defect. No skin defect were reported in other family members, including a first child born several years previously. Chromosomal analysis revealed as normal female karyotype, but she had double pelvis and double ureter of both kidney The legions healed for five weeks by conservative treatment as moist wound dressing and systemic antibiotic administrations. As a relatively uncommon skin anomaly with congenital anomaly, one case of aplasia cutis congenita involving scalp and skull is reported with the review of reference.
Bandages ; Child ; Ectodermal Dysplasia* ; Extremities ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Karyotype ; Kidney ; Kidney Pelvis* ; Pelvis ; Scalp* ; Skin ; Skull ; Ureter* ; Wills ; Wounds and Injuries

Pigmented contact dermatitis, firstly reported by Dr. Osmudsen in 1970, is a disease result from recurrent contact dermatitis due to hypersensitivity to cosmetic companents, which produces secondary bizarre dark brown hyperpigmentation. Histological examination of this condition reveals liquefaction degeneration of the basal cells of the epidermis and melanophages in the upper dermis. However, this entity has not been reported in the Korean literature until now. We report three cases of pigmented contact dermatitis which were diagnosed by the histological examinations and the patch tests.
Dermatitis, Contact* ; Dermis ; Epidermis ; Hyperpigmentation ; Hypersensitivity ; Patch Tests

The formation of spontaneous rosettes between human lymphocytes and sheep erythro ytes under suitable conditions is a constant feature of T-lymphocytes. Recently. It has been demonstrated in the mouse, rat, guinea pig and in man that a certain proportion of peripheral blood lymphocytes has the property to bind autolognus erythrocytes in vitro. These lymphocytes are called auiologous rosette forming cells(ARFC). Although there are several reports on human ARFC. the results are not in accordance. The present study was undertaken to demonstrate the autologous rosette forming property of human peripheral blood lymphocytes, and to enumerate the percentage of ARFC in different sex and age guoups. Fifty healthy persons entered this study between Martch and September. 1980. at the Department of Dermatolgy, Seoul National Universty Hospital. The method of quantitation of AREC was s sight modification of that of Lambermont et al(1977). The results were as follows.
Male ; Humans ; Mice ; Animals

BACKGROUND: Androgenetic alopecia is a common problem, affecting approximately 50 percent of men and perhaps many women, over the age of 40 in Caucasians. There have been several reports about the prevalence and types of androgenet clopecia in the general population of Caucasians however the prevalence and types of and renetic alopecia has not been reported in the general population of Korea. OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to ascertain the prevalence ar d ypes of androgenetic alopecia in Koreans and to compare it with that of the Caueasian. METHODS: A survey on the prevalence and clinical types of aidrogenetic alopecia was conducted by one dermatologet from July to September, 1993. The total number of subjects was 1224 males and 1094 females. RESULTS: The following esults were obtained from this sudy l. In men, the prevalence rate of androgenetic alopecia increased steadily with advancing age and the prevalence rate of more advanced degrees of alepcia(types V, VI and VII) remained relatively low until the seventh decade of life. The preralence rates until the age of sixties in Korean men were lower than that of the white and is pattern became closer with that of the white after the seventies. 2. In Korean women, the prevalence rate of androgenetic was lower than that of the white until fifties and it increased markedly after sixties. CONCLUSION: The prevalence rate of androgenetic alopecia in Korean was lower than that of the Caucasian. Our data adicates that Korean men have a late onset of baldness and more preservation of the frontal hair line with decreased frequencyte frontoparitetal loss than the Caucasian.
Alopecia* ; Female ; Hair ; Humans ; Korea ; Male ; Prevalence*

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Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Pneumonia*

No abstract available.
Humans ; Hyperplasia* ; Infant*

The importance of garlic as a cause of hand eczema has been a matter of debate. Diallyldisulfide is considered as the main allergen in garlic. Twentv two antigens of the modified European standard series and diallyldisulfide of 5%, 2%, 1%, 0.5%, 0.1% in petrolatum were patch tested in 44 patients with hand eczema. Diallylclisi.!lfide was also tested in 13 women as a control. The results were summerized as follows. l. In patch testing with the European standard series, nickel sulfate (22.7%), cobalt chloride (18.2%), fragrance mix (13.6%), balsam of Peru (9.1%) and termerosal (6.8%) were the cornmon allergens which showed positive reactions. The overal positive rate was 59.1 % (26/44). 2.5% diallyldisulfide showed an irritant reaction in 6 (46.2%) out of 13 controls and in 16 (36.4% ) out of 44 patients. 2% diallyldisulfide showed an irritant reaction in 2/13 (15.4 %) in the control group and 6/44 (13.6%) in the patient group. All 13 controls and 44 patients were negative iin tests with diallyldisulfide of 1%, 0.5%, 0.1%. Our results indicate that patch testing with diallyldisulfide of 1% petrolatum is reommended in order to avoid an irritant reaction when contact allergy to garlic is suspetel. 3. Garlic is suspected as an irritant in provoking hand eczema. True contact allergy to garlic in hand eczema seems to be rare.
Allergens ; Cobalt ; Eczema* ; Female ; Garlic* ; Hand* ; Humans ; Hypersensitivity ; Nickel ; Patch Tests ; Peru ; Petrolatum

No abstract available.
Atrophy* ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Myelitis, Transverse* ; Spinal Cord*

This study was attempted to investigate changes in physiochemical properties of the preparation of saccharification kochujang with retrogradated cooked rice, bread, rice cake and sensory evaluation during 60days aging. 1. Moisture content in 4 samples were slowly increased and pH of kochujang was slowly decreased during aging. 2. Reducing sugar content were about 1.4~2 times higer than T3 and T2 at 50days of aging. 3. In no significant difference 4 samples, the level of adipic acid, citric acid, malic acid was the most and that of acetic acid, iso-butyric acid, fumaric acid, lactic acid, tartaric acid was smaller. 4. Sensory evaluation conducted by fifteen university students as panelist showed that their were more significant difference among four samples and notable preferance for T3 over T0, T1, T2.
Acetic Acid ; Aging* ; Bread ; Citric Acid ; Dental Calculus ; Humans ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Lactic Acid ; Starch*

Formaldehyde in adhesives is used as preseratives as well as adhesives themeseles such as phenol-formaldehyde, carbamide-formaldehyde and melarnine-forma 1dehyde. Formaldehyde content in 43 kinds of adhesives used at present in Korea was determined by lutidine method. The study result was as follows. 1. The The distribution of formaldehyde concentrations of 43 different kinds of adhesives was in the 0 to 333. 9 ppm ranges. 2. High concentration of formaldehyde was observed in 3 kinds of wall paper adhesives and 1 kind of stationary adhesive, which has an important clinical significance because of their frequent contact sources of domestic uses.
Adhesives* ; Formaldehyde* ; Korea