A case of papillary eccrine adenoma on the right hand of a 84-year-old woman is reported. The tumor was 1 cm in diameter, occupying the whole thickness of the dermis. Histologically, the tumor was composed of dilated tubules of various sizes with intraluminal papillary projections, and was surrounded by a fibrous stroma. An immunohistochemical study revealed that the proliferating tubules were composed of the outermost layer of alpha-smooth muscle actin-positive and the inner layer of keratin 14-negative cells. This antigen expression pattern was comparable to that of the normal eccrine secretory coil, which indicates that the tumor differentiated toward the secretory coil of an eccrine sweat gland.
Adenoma* ; Aged, 80 and over ; Dermis ; Female ; Hand ; Humans ; Sweat Glands

One of the treatment methods for maxillary cancers or infections in maxilla is maxillectomy. Palatal defect can be resulted from this operation and it may cause functional problems with swallowing and speech, and psychological problems of patients. After maxillectomy, as rehabilitation, there can be two options. One is a prosthodontic treatment using obturator and the other is surgical reconstruction of defect with graft. As both methods have advantages and disadvantages, in determining treatment method after maxillectomy, various factors have to be considered. The purpose of this study is to compare the prosthodontic group to surgical group after maxillectomy with elapsed days prior to commencement of postoperative oral feeding, and to analyze the results of prosthodontic treatment and surgical treatment. During the period from March of 2000 to June of 2006, 74 patients were treatment by prosthodontic methods for maxillary defect. Among these patients, patients who had only velopharyngeal deficiency after surgery, whose data were incomplete, whose causes of palatal defect were not the treatment of diseases in maxilla, and who already had palatal defect due to previous surgery were excluded in this study. The patients who underwent maxillectomy for the treatment of diseases in the maxilla and were treated immediately after operation using surgical reconstruction or prosthodontic rehabilitation were included in this study. The records of 43 patients were reviewed to compare and to analyze the prosthodontic treatment and surgical reconstruction after maxillectomy. The median of days elapsed prior to commencement of postoperative oral feeding in the prosthodontic group was compared with data of surgical group. The data was analyzed using the Mann-Whitney test (alpha= .05). Days elapsed prior to postoperative oral feeding commencement in the prosthodontic group were less than those in the surgical group.
Deglutition ; Humans ; Maxilla ; Prosthodontics* ; Rehabilitation ; Transplants

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the burden of cardiovascular disease attributable to the total suspended particulates (TSP) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) in Korea using the YLD (years lived with disability) measurement. METHODS: Congestive heart failure(CHF) and myocardial infarction (MI) were chosen as the main cardiovascular diseases whose causes are attributable to the TSP and SO2 levels. In order to calculate the YLD (years lived with a disability), the following parameters in the formula were estimated. : the incidence rate, the case fatality rate, The expected duration of a disability and the average age of onset were estimated. The expected duration of a disability and the average age of onset were calculated using the DISMOD method, as developed by the GBD researchers. The burden of cardiovascular disease due to TSP and SO2 was estimated using the number of years that the patient lived with a disability. RESULTS: The YLD of the CHF due to the TSP and SO2 was attributed to the TSP (94.4 person-year) and SO2 levels (35.0 person-year). The YLD of the MI due to the TSP and SO2 was attributed to the TSP (148.4 person-year) and SO2 levels(27.6 person-year). CONCLUSION: The YLD method employed in this study was appropriate for quantifying the burden of cardiovascular disease. Therefore, it would provide a rational basis for planning a national health policy regarding the disease burden of the risk factors in Korea.
Age of Onset ; Air Pollution ; Cardiovascular Diseases* ; Estrogens, Conjugated (USP) ; Health Policy ; Heart ; Humans ; Incidence ; Korea ; Mortality ; Myocardial Infarction ; Risk Factors ; Sulfur Dioxide* ; Sulfur*

The tonsillolith is a white or yellow colored calcified lesion that forms in the crypts of the palatine tonsil. Small tonsilloliths are frequently found on tonsils, while giant tonsilloliths are a rare clinical entity. We had a 35-years old female patient, who presented throat discomfort due to a giant tonsillolith. The stone was removed and tonsillectomy was performed. We reviewed the literature on this rare clinical entity.
Female ; Humans ; Palatine Tonsil ; Pharynx ; Tonsillectomy

No abstract available.
Emergencies ; Humans

BACKGROUND: The anterior spinal artery infarction constitutes a classical syndrome of vascular myelopathy. The causes of the anterior spinal artery syndrome are various, but most episode probably occur as the result of atherosclerosis or dissection of the aorta and its branches. However, few cases reported developed with spinal structural abnormalities. CASE: A 65-year-old man presented with sudden paraparesis. There was no evidence of hypertension, diabetes and smoking. Motor weakness was more prominent on the left side and progressed. Loss of pain and temperature senses were shown at the level of 71 with preservation of touch, joint perception and vibration senses. The DTR's of legs were depressed and extensor toe signs were presented. A C-spine MRI showed high signal intensity on 72 weighted image and low signal on 71 weighted image(C6-71) with cervical spinal stenosis at the C4-C7 spinal level and mild cervical disc protrusion (C6-C7, C7-T1). After three months later, follow up cervical MRI showed somewhat decreased size of high signal intensity on 72 weighted image and more prominent low signal on 71 image. DISCUSSION: In our case, we could not find any usual cause of anterior spinal artery infarction. However only cervical spinal stenosis associated with mild cervical disc protrusion was present. In stenotic cervical canal, the anterior spinal artery can be more vulnerable to extrinsic compression and the infarction may early develop with insignificant trigger event, such as disc protrusion. We concluded that the ischemic change of anterior two thirds of cervical spinal cord might develop due to the compression of the anterior spinal artery by cervical stenosis and mild cervical intervertebral disc protrusion.
Aged ; Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome* ; Aorta ; Arteries ; Atherosclerosis ; Constriction, Pathologic ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Infarction ; Intervertebral Disc ; Joints ; Leg ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Paraparesis ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Spinal Cord ; Spinal Cord Diseases ; Spinal Stenosis* ; Toes ; Vibration

BACKGROUND: We attempted to see if acute MRI can expand the time window of thrombolytic therapy in acute stroke. METHODS: We performed MRI protocol including diffusion-weighted image (DWI) and MR angiogram (MRA) for patients with stroke within 6 hours after symptom onset. We selected 58 patients who had occlusion of middle cerebral artery (MCA) on the initial MRA. Thrombolytic therapy was done only when the patients showed more severe neurological deficits than expected with DWI findings. We analyzed demographic features, initial and follow-up NIH stroke scale scores, recanalization, and hemorrhagic transformation after thrombolytic therapy in 2 groups which were classified according to time to check MRI (within or beyond 3 hours). We measured the initial and follow-up lesion volume detected by DWI. RESULTS: Thrombolytic therapy was done in 38 patients. Twenty-four patients underwent MRI within 3 hours, and 14 patients underwent MRI between 3 and 6 hours. There were no significant differences in baseline characteristics, recanalization rate, ratio of marked clinical improvement, and hemorrhagic transformation rate between 2 groups. Young age was a significant predictable factor for good clinical outcome (p<0.05), but the interval from onset to imaging time and treatment modalities were not. CONCLUSIONS: It is suggested that patients' age and DWI findings are more appropriate factors affecting the clinical outcome after thrombolytic therapy than time interval itself at least when the therapy is considered within 6 hours.
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Middle Cerebral Artery ; Stroke* ; Thrombolytic Therapy*

INTRODUCTION: The current study examined the morphological characteristics of maxillary sinus septum by computed tomography (CT). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two hundred and four patients (408 maxillary sinuses) who visited dental clinic were evaluated. CT were examined. The height of the septum measured from the sinus floor to the apex of the septum more than 3 mm was defined as "sinus septum". RESULTS: The prevalence of sinus septa was 21.3% (87/408), and 31.4% (64/204) of patients had more than 1 sinus septum. Females showed higher and thinner sinus septa than males. The anatomic location of the septa were distributed in the 2nd molar region (43.7%), 1st molar region (31.0%), 2nd premolar region (21.8%) and 1st premolar region (3.5%). In 57 patients with chronic disease, there was no significant difference between sinus disease and the presence of sinus septa. The loss of remaining teeth and teeth adjacent to the sinus septum area was not related to the presence of sinus septa. Older subjects showed a reduced height and length of the septum, and a thicker septum. CONCLUSION: These results show that the maxillary sinus septum undergoes atrophy with age.
Atrophy ; Bicuspid ; Chronic Disease ; Dental Clinics ; Female ; Floors and Floorcoverings ; Humans ; Male ; Maxillary Sinus ; Molar ; Prevalence ; Tooth

During summer and fall months (from June to November), enteroviral infection is more common than group B streptococcal infection or herpes simplex viral infection in neonates. Enteroviruses are divided into polioviruses, coxsackieviruses A, coxsackieviruses B, and echoviruses. Enteroviruses can cause a wide spectrum of acute illnesses ranging from non-specific febrile illness, upper respiratory tract infection or gastroenteritis, to severe diseases such as myocarditis, and encephalitis. Coxsackieviruses B are important neonatal pathogens, which can cause meningoencephalitis, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, and cardiomyopathy. Transplacental transmission of coxsackievirus or perinatal transmission by inhalation or swallowing of cervical secretion or feces during delivery causes more severe diseases than postnatal transmission by horizontal transmission in nursery or neonatal intensive care unit, due to larger load of viruses. Four preterm infants had severe coxsackieviral B infection with thrombocytopenia, meningitis, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, and myocarditis within seven days of age during this June. Coxsackieviruses B were detected from their feces, cerebrospinal fluid, and blood. Viruses might be transmitted prenatally through placenta from mother to fetus, which caused severe disease. Coxsackieviruses B infections have to be considered in the neonates with sepsis-like illness during summer and fall months, or enteroviral seasons.
Cardiomyopathies ; Cerebrospinal Fluid ; Deglutition ; Encephalitis ; Enterovirus ; Enterovirus B, Human ; Feces ; Fetus ; Gastroenteritis ; Herpes Simplex ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Infant, Premature ; Inhalation ; Intensive Care, Neonatal ; Meningitis ; Meningoencephalitis ; Mothers ; Myocarditis ; Nurseries ; Placenta ; Poliovirus ; Respiratory Tract Infections ; Seasons ; Streptococcal Infections ; Thrombocytopenia

Nail-patella syndrome (NPS) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by fingernail dysplasia, hypoplastic or absent patellae, dislocation of the radial head, and bony protuberances of the iliae, also known as iliac horns. It results from a heterogenous loss of function or mutations in the transcription factor (LMX1b). Herein, we report a rare case of nail-patella syndrome in an 18 month-old female.
Animals ; Dislocations ; Female ; Head ; Horns ; Humans ; Infant ; Nail-Patella Syndrome* ; Nails ; Patella ; Transcription Factors