No abstract available.
Dermatitis, Seborrheic* ; Humans

No abstract available.
Low Back Pain*

Clothing dermatitis is a rare disease. The distribution of the eruption coincides with the places on the skin where the garment fits most snugly. It is developed by the chemicals and the dyes rather than textile itself. We experienced 2 cases of clothing dermatitis, one of which was caused by formaldehyde in clothing.
Clothing* ; Coloring Agents ; Dermatitis* ; Formaldehyde ; Rare Diseases ; Skin ; Textiles

We report a case of herpes zoster with generalized varicelliform eruption. A 56-year-old male presented with rice-sized erythematous grouped ruptured or crusted vesicles with a band-like distribution on the left chest and back and generalized rice-to-pea-sized erythematous vesicles on his whole body. Histologic examination revealed ballooning degeneration and multi-nucleated giant cells in the epidermis and leukocytoclastic vasculitis in the dermis.
Dermis ; Epidermis ; Giant Cells ; Herpes Zoster* ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Thorax ; Vasculitis

Atrial septal defect is one of the most common congenital heart diseases in adult, of which absolute causes is not confirmed, but explained by multifactorial inheritance. In Korea, there has been no case report of atrial septal defect in identical twins in spite of some reports of atrial septal defect in relatives and twins in other countries. We present a first case of atrial septal defect in identical twins whose mother had no infection or medication history during pregnancy.
Adult ; Heart Diseases ; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial* ; Humans ; Korea ; Mothers ; Multifactorial Inheritance ; Pregnancy ; Twins ; Twins, Monozygotic*

BACKGROUND: The atrial repolarization waves might contribute to ST segment depression during the exercise loading test. As atrial repolarization waves are opposite in direction to P waves, they could shift the ST segment in the absence of myocardial ischemia. METHODS: The exercise test in 20 patients was seemed false positive because of normal coronary angiogram. Twenty-six patients with at least one coronary stenosis > or =50% served as a true positive group. The P waves, PR segments and ST segment were studied in leads II, III, aVF and V4 to V6 in those 46 patients whose exercise ECG suggested ischemia. RESULTS: The finding of steeply downsloping PR segment, particularly in the inferior ECG leads, in patients with longer exercise time and higher exercise heart rate might predict a false positive exercise test in those with a normal rest ECG and no apparent reason for a false positive test. The combination of downsloping PR segments in two of three inferior leads plus either exercise duration > or =5 min or peak heart rate > or =130 bests/min idenified false positive tests with a sesitivity of 75% and a specificity of 81% to 89%. CONCLUSIONS: Atrial repolarization waves might play a role in exercise induced ST segment depression.
Coronary Stenosis ; Depression ; Electrocardiography ; Exercise Test ; Heart Rate ; Humans ; Ischemia ; Myocardial Ischemia ; Sensitivity and Specificity

Pleomorphic adenoma is the most common intraoral salivary gland tumor and characteristically presents as slow painless growth. The cheek are rarely affected site of all pleomorphic adenoma arising from minor salivary glands. In this report, we present the case of a patient with pleomorphic adenoma that affects the cheek. The purpose of this paper is to report this case and review the features of the pleomorphic adenoma occuring in this site.
Adenoma, Pleomorphic* ; Cheek* ; Humans ; Salivary Glands ; Salivary Glands, Minor

Eccrine poroma is a benign skin appendage tumor originating from the intradermal part of the sweat duct. It is found commonly on the hairless surface of the feet, although eccrine poroma of the hands, head, trunk, and legs have been reported. Histopathologically, the tumor extends from the lower portion of the epidermis into the dermis as broad, anastomosing bands. The tumor cells are smaller than squamous cells, having a uniform cuboidal appearance and a round, deeply basophilic nucleus, connected by intercellular bridges. In eccrine poromas, narrow ducta1 lumina and occasional cystic spaces are found within the tumor bands, but a large cystic space is very unusual. We report a case of eccrine poroma with a large cystic space extending from epidermis into the reticular dermis.
Basophils ; Dermis ; Epidermis ; Foot ; Hand ; Head ; Leg ; Poroma* ; Skin ; Sweat

A case of pyomyositis of right pyriformis and iliacus muscle in a healthy 13 year old male patient is presented and discussed. Pyomyositis is a primary acute bacterial infection of large skeletal muscles, associated with abscess formation. Since pyomyositis has been reported mainly in tropical countries and is rare in temperate climates, the name 'tropical myositis' is often used. Outside the tropics, pyomyositis is often associated with immune compromised state, and vigorous muscle acivity may have a role in some cases of pyomyositis. In this case, thirteen year old healthy boy developed severe right buttock pain after vigorous gymnasium activity and was treated with acutpucture, then showed high fever and aggrevation of pain. This case was thought to be associated muscle injury due to vigorous gymnasium activity and transient bacteremia following cutaneous acupuncture. He was treated with ultrasono guided needle aspiration and parenteral antibiotics successfully.
Abscess ; Acupuncture* ; Adolescent ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Bacteremia ; Bacterial Infections ; Buttocks ; Climate ; Fever ; Humans ; Male* ; Muscle, Skeletal ; Needles ; Pyomyositis*

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Glioma*