No abstract available.
Antibodies* ; Hepacivirus* ; Hepatitis C* ; Hepatitis* ; Humans ; Prevalence* ; Renal Dialysis*

No abstract available.
Cicatrix, Hypertrophic* ; Skin*

No abstract available.
Decompression* ; Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament*

No abstract available.
Spine*

The incidence of life-threatening anaphylactoid reactions during anesthesia has been increasing. Specific allergic reactions during anesthesia are usually due to muscle relaxants, barbiturates, local anesthetics, narcotics, radiocontrast media, antibiotics, and colloids. Thrombokinase, a hemostatic agent, has been used widely in clinical practice and severe anaphylactoid reactions to thrombokinase can occur rarely. We experienced two cases of anaphylactoid reactions after thrombokinase administration.
Anesthesia ; Anesthetics, Local ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Barbiturates ; Colloids ; Contrast Media ; Factor Xa* ; Hypersensitivity ; Incidence ; Narcotics ; Pharmacology

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is rare, chronic, painful ulcerative skin disorder frequently associated with various systemic diseases. Clinical presentation in PG is generally classified into 4 types including ulcerative, bullous, pustular, and vegetative. The ulcerative type of PG is associated with inflammatory bowel disease such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, arthritis, and monoclonal gammanopathy. On the other hand the bullous type of PG is known to be associated with lymphoproliferative disorders. However it is rare for both types of bullous and ulcerative PG to occur simultaneously in the same patient. We report a rare case of PG showing bullous and ulcerative types that developed simultaneously on a 44-year-old Korean female patient with ulcerative colitis.
Adult ; Arthritis ; Colitis, Ulcerative ; Crohn Disease ; Female ; Hand ; Humans ; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ; Lymphoproliferative Disorders ; Pyoderma ; Pyoderma Gangrenosum ; Skin ; Ulcer

Authors experienced a case of A3B in a 46-year-old patient with liver cirrhosis and two cases of A3 in her children by family study. A3 subgroups were confirmed by delayed and weak positive with anti-A and anti-A,B, negative in anti-A1 lectin, adsorption-elution test, and family study. We report a family case of A3B and A3 with brief review of literatures.
Child ; Humans ; Liver Cirrhosis ; Middle Aged

No abstract available.
Osteoarthropathy, Primary Hypertrophic* ; Peptic Ulcer* ; Polyps* ; Stomach*

Pseudothrombocytopenia is an in vitro phenomenon usually associated with anticoagulant (ethylene diaminetetraacetic acid, EDTA)-dependent IgG platelet agglutinins. Two cases of pseudothrombocytopenia due to EDTA-independent agglutinins are reported. The fingerstick blood smear showed platelet clumping as well as EDTA, citrate and heparin samples. In a case with malaria, serum IgM was 985 mg/dL and serum protein immunofixation demonstrated an additional IgM band which disappeared together with platelet clumping a month later. The increased immunoglobulin (especially, IgM) appeared to be associated with platelet agglutinin. Another case had cold reactive agglutinin because the electronic platelet counts were dependent on temperature. These cases illustrate that pseudothrombocytopenia may be caused by more than one type of agglutinin and can be confirmed by using a direct fingerstick, keeping the sample warm, or drawing the blood into another anticoagulant.
Agglutinins* ; Blood Platelets ; Citric Acid ; Edetic Acid ; Heparin ; Immunoglobulin G ; Immunoglobulin M ; Immunoglobulins ; Malaria ; Platelet Count

Pityriasis amiantacea is a disease of scalp that presents with asbestos-like thick scales attached to the hair shaft proximal portion. It is considered to reaction of scalp to many inflammatory processes, such as psoriasis, seborrheic dermatitis, tinea capitis, atopic dermatitis, lichen planus, bacterial infection, and pityriasis rubra pilaris. The control of underlying disease is important to treat pitryriasis amiantacea, and there are no guidelines. Here, we report a case of a 17-year-old female who had no improvement for the general seborrheic dermatitis treatments, but displayed remarkable results after isotretinoin.
Adolescent ; Bacterial Infections ; Dermatitis, Atopic ; Dermatitis, Seborrheic ; Female ; Hair ; Humans ; Isotretinoin ; Lichen Planus ; Pityriasis ; Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris ; Psoriasis ; Scalp ; Tinea Capitis ; Weights and Measures