Crohn's disease is a rare inflammatory bowel disease in Korea which requires a differential diagnosis with intestinal tuberculosis. In the early stages of Crohn's diseaae, the combiation of bowel wall edema and spasm produces intermittent obstructive manifestations, so the usual subjective symptoms were appeared long standing diarrhea, low grade fever and abdominal pain and distension. We recently experienced a case of Crohn's colitis with repeated bowel obstruction in female adult who underwent surgical resection.
Abdominal Pain ; Adult ; Colitis ; Crohn Disease* ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Diarrhea ; Edema ; Female ; Fever ; Humans ; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ; Korea ; Spasm ; Tuberculosis

Crohn's disease is a rare inflammatory bowel disease in Korea which requires a differential diagnosis with intestinal tuberculosis. In the early stages of Crohn's diseaae, the combiation of bowel wall edema and spasm produces intermittent obstructive manifestations, so the usual subjective symptoms were appeared long standing diarrhea, low grade fever and abdominal pain and distension. We recently experienced a case of Crohn's colitis with repeated bowel obstruction in female adult who underwent surgical resection.
Abdominal Pain ; Adult ; Colitis ; Crohn Disease* ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Diarrhea ; Edema ; Female ; Fever ; Humans ; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ; Korea ; Spasm ; Tuberculosis

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Sturge-Weber Syndrome*

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Ectromelia*

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Mucins* ; Nevus*

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Dermatitis, Atopic* ; Eczema* ; Humans ; Nipples*

BACKGOUND: Narrow-band ultraviolet B (NBUVB) phototherapy has appeared to be effective in clearing psoriatic lesions. Calcipotriol has been combined with a number of the systemic antipsoriatic treatments, improving efficacy or reducing the systemic treatment required. OBJECTIVE: We performed calcipotriol-NBUVB combination therapy to evaluate the clinical efficacy and the safety in Korean psoriasis patients. METHOD: In the psoriasis clinic at Seoul National University Hospital, 69 psoriasis patients were treated with calcipotriol-NBUVB. Phototherapy was given once daily, three times a week, and the dose was gradually increased. Calcipotriol ointment was applied twice a day. The PASI score was used to evaluate the effects of the treatment and the patients were classified according to clearance, improvement, or failure. RESULTS: The therapeutic results showed 53.6% for clearance, 31.9% for improvement and 14.5% for failure. The total number, duration, final and cumulative doses to achieve grade IV were 16.1, 41.8days, 1487.3mJ/cm2, and 15234.5mJ/cm(2) respectively. Of 69 patients, 44 patients experienced variable adverse effects, but there was no significant adverse effect to discontinue the therapy. CONCLUSION: Our results demonstrated that using calcipotriol ointment with NBUVB phototherapy is an effective therapeutic method for psoriatic patients.
Humans ; Phototherapy* ; Psoriasis ; Seoul

BACKGROUND: Psoriasis is a chronic relapsing disorder which shows variable clinical features. A study of a large number of patients may unravel the epidemiological and clinical features of psoriasis. OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to investigate the epidemiological data and clinical features of psoriasis in a large number of Korean patients. METHODS: Epidemiological and clinical data, with particular reference to the extent and activity of the condition, in 3, 123 newly psoriatic patients registered between 1982 and 2002 were collected and analyzed. RESULTS: The results can be summarized as follows: 1. In our psoriatic patients, 54.4% were male and 45.6% were female (1.2: 1). 2. The age of most frequent onset was in the third decade of life (31.8%). The peak age of onset in male was in their twenties, while it was in their teens in female patients, indicating an earlier onset in female. 3. Totally, 67.2% of patients developed psoriasis before their 30 years of age. The age of onset was earlier than 30 years in 62.7% of male patients, whereas in 72.5% of female patients. 4. Family history was observed in 25.8% of patients. 5. With reference to the extent of psoriasis, 37.5% of patients were mild cases whereas 45.3% were moderate and 17.2% were severe. 6. With reference to the activity, 41.5% of patients were mild cases, while 31.6% were moderate and 26.9% were severe. 7. The most common morphological features were nummular type (58.7%), followed by large plaque type (25.9%), and guttate type (10.3%). 8. Nail involvement was observed in 27.0% of patients. CONCLUSION: We investigated the epidemiological and clinical features of psoriasis in a large number of patients. These data one expected to be useful as references in the future.
Adolescent ; Age of Onset ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Psoriasis* ; Seoul*