No abstract available.
Herpes Zoster*

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Melanoma, Amelanotic* ; Poroma*

Trichilemmal carcinoma is a rare malignant neoplasm of the hair follicle, which is derived from or differentiates towards cells of the outer root sheath. We report a case of trichilemmal carcinoma in an 83-year-old female patient. She presented with a tender dome-shaped crusted papule showing a feature of cutaneous horn on the forehead, which was first detected 6 months before. nstopathologically, lobular patterned tumor cells with peripheral palisade of basaloid cells, nuclear atypia, and clear or pale, PAS-positive, diastase-sensitive cytoplasm were observed beneath the marked hyperkeratosis. After the diagnosis, total excision was done. The patient has been free of recurrence or metastasis till now.
Aged, 80 and over ; Animals ; Cytoplasm ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Forehead ; Hair Follicle ; Horns* ; Humans ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Recurrence

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Traditionally, down beat nystagmus is regarded as a sign of central nervous system dysfunction. But, several years has passed since Herdman et al reported the down beat nystagmus developed during treatment maneuvers for posterior semicircular canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo(BPPV). We undertook this study to evaluate the character and clinical analysis of the positional or positioning down beat nystagmus, to discuss the clinical significance of positional or positioning down beat nystagmus as a diagnostic criteria of superior semicircular canal BPPV, and to propose the new treatment method. MATERIALS AND METHOD:From November 1999 to March 2004, we sampled the 103 patients with positional or positioning down beat nystagmus. Of these patients, we selected 16 patients except for the patients with central nervous system dysfunction, nonspecific or artifact result, idiopathic origin. RESULTS:All of 16 patients had no sign and radiologic result of central nervous system disorder. 10 patients was reported or suspected the diagnosis of posterior semicircular canal BPPV. Fatigability was reported in 9 patients and reversibility was reported in 1 patient. Average latency was checked less than 2 seconds. CONCLUSION:Although the diagnostic criteria of superior semicircular canal BPPV that we reported was not controversial, we expect that this criteria is useful in diagnosis for patients with atypical positional or positioning down beat nystagmus. And the new treatment method that we reported will has the better results than previous method.
Artifacts ; Central Nervous System ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Semicircular Canals ; Vertigo*

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Spondylolysis*

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Ankle* ; Dislocations* ; Tendons*

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Herpes Zoster* ; Male ; Penis

BACKGROUND: Studies on herpes zoster have been extensively reported in Korea. However, few reports have dealt with herpes zoster in children and adolescents. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the epidemiological features and clinical characteristics of herpes zoster in children and adolescents. METHODS: During a 10-year period (2005~2014), 95 herpes zoster patients, aged 18 years and younger, were evaluated in regard to the annual, monthly, and seasonal incidences; the age distribution; and the gender ratio. The children and adolescents with herpes zoster were further assessed on the accompanying symptoms, dermatomal distribution, associated diseases, treatments, and complications. RESULTS: Among all the patients with herpes zoster, 2.41% were children and adolescents. The highest incidence was in summer (35.8%). The age group of 10 to 14 years had the highest incidence (40.0%). The male to female ratio was 1.4:1. The common accompanying symptoms were pain (77.9%) and pruritus (22.1%). The most common dermatomal distribution was the thoracic dermatome (50.5%), followed by the cervical (21.1%), the trigeminal (16.8%), the lumbar (7.4%) and the sacral (4.2%) dermatomes. Associated diseases including atopic dermatitis, bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, and epilepsy were observed in 23.2%. There was no case with immunosuppression. The most common complication was secondary bacterial infection (5.2%), followed by herpes zoster ophthalmicus or herpes zoster generalisatus (4.2%), Ramsay Hunt syndrome (2.1%), meningitis and recurrent herpes zoster (1.1%). No patient developed postherpetic neuralgia. CONCLUSION: Herpes zoster is rare and relatively mild in healthy immunocompetent children and adolescents. Pruritus was observed in some pediatric patients, but there was no occurrence of postherpetic neuralgia.
Adolescent* ; Age Distribution ; Asthma ; Bacterial Infections ; Child* ; Dermatitis, Atopic ; Epilepsy ; Female ; Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus ; Herpes Zoster Oticus ; Herpes Zoster* ; Humans ; Immunosuppression ; Incidence ; Korea ; Male ; Meningitis ; Neuralgia, Postherpetic ; Pruritus ; Retrospective Studies* ; Rhinitis, Allergic ; Seasons ; Sinusitis

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Down Syndrome*

Onychomycosis is caused by dermatophytes usually, but some species of nondermatophytic molds and yeasts are also associated with invasion of nails. Aspergillus sydowii is a nondermatophytic mold which is opportunistic filamentous fungus in all environments. We report a case of onychomycosis caused by A. sydowii in a 65-year-old male. The patient showed yellowish discoloration with hyperkeratotic change on the distal and lateral portion of both great toenails. Direct microscopic examination of scraping on the potassium hydroxide preparation revealed dichotomous septate hyphae and repeated cultures on Sabouraud dextrose agar showed the same blue green velvety colonies. Biseriate phialides that cover entire vesicle with conidial structure resembling Penicillium were shown in the slide culture. The DNA sequence of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of clinical sample was 99% match to that of A. sydowii strain XWSFJJ1 (GenBank accession number FJ461692). We confirmed A. sydowii by KOH mount, colony, light microscopic morphology and DNA sequence analysis. The patient was treated with 250 mg oral terbinafine daily and topical 5% amorolfine nail lacquer for 3 months.
Agar ; Aged ; Arthrodermataceae ; Aspergillus* ; Base Sequence ; Fungi ; Glucose ; Humans ; Hyphae ; Lacquer ; Male ; Nails* ; Onychomycosis* ; Penicillium ; Potassium ; Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Yeasts