A 42-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has had wide-spread erythemas with some purpuric patches on her trunk and upper extremities during exacerbation of her disease. Biopsy findings from erythematous lesions and purpuric areas revealed the pathology of lupus erythematosus and leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV) with immune deposits, respectively. A feature of wide-spread symmetrical erythemas with foci of LCV occurring in this patient is considered to be an unusual presentation.
Adult ; Biopsy ; Erythema* ; Female ; Glycogen Storage Disease Type VI ; Humans ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic* ; Pathology ; Upper Extremity ; Vasculitis*

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Photochemotherapy* ; Porokeratosis*

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Ear* ; Pilomatrixoma*

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Carcinoma, Merkel Cell* ; Epidermal Cyst* ; Immunosuppression

Synthetic progesterones have been used to treat menstrual disorders and to prevent habitual or threatened abortion. Recently, they are increasingly used as a part of assisted reproductive technique(ART) for the infertility related to the luteal insufficiency. Cutaneous reactions related to progesterone are rare and only isolated cases of autoimmune progesterone dermatitis have been described. We report, here in, a case of drug-induced progesterone dermatitis which was proved by positive skin test to intradermal progesterone.
Abortion, Threatened ; Dermatitis* ; Female ; Infertility ; Pregnancy ; Progesterone* ; Skin Tests

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Poroma* ; Warts*

Hypertrophic discoid erythema is a clinical variant of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CCLE) found most often in association with the more classical lesions of discoid erythemas. We report two cases of CCLE with hypertrophic discoid erythemas occurred on the arms; a rare form of cutaneous lesion of CCLE.
Arm ; Erythema* ; Humans ; Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous*

Lymphomatous involvement of the gallbladder is rarely identified and manifests mostly as a local involvement of disseminated disease. There have been reported only about 20 primary malignant lymphomas of the gallbladder without involvement of other sites. A 63-year-old woman presented with jaundice, epigastric pain, and weight olss of two months duration. There was no systemic lymphadenopathy elsewhere. Abdominal computed tomograph revealed a focal thickening of the gallbladder wall. The removed gallbladder contained a well circumscribed, 5x3 cm-sized, slightly elevated firm area with accentuated mucosal papillary excrescences near the neck protion. The lesion involved whole thickness of the wall, and was made up of diffuse atypical lymphoid cell infiltrates of variable size accompanying plasmacytoid differentiation in areas. Some large tumor cells were pleomorphic and contained prominent nucleoli. To our knowledge, this is the first case of primary malignant lymphoma of the gallbladder in Korean literature.
Female ; Humans

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Adult* ; Colloids* ; Humans ; Scalp*

BACKGROUND: Many techniques for the treatment of ingrown toenails have been described in the medical literature. Surgical removal of the nail plate with partial matricectomy is associated with the lowest recurrence rates. Shape-memory alloy (KD wire) has shown promising results for the treatment of ingrown toenails. However, the results of long term follow-up or a comparison with surgical treatment have not been reported, and the adequate removal time of the wire remains unknown. OBJECTIVE: To compare the results of surgical treatment using partial matricectomy (PM) to those of conservative treatment using KD wire (KD) and to determine the adequate removal time of the wire. METHODS: The KD and PM groups were compared regarding pain relief, quality of life improvement, pain and discomfort during the procedures and 3 weeks after, improvement of nail index by using clinical photos, and patient's satisfaction with the treatments. The nail index improvement in the KD group was compared between postprocedural days 14 and 21. RESULTS: Recurrence was higher (p=.039) in KD group (18.64%) than PM group (6.35%). Patient satisfaction was significantly better (p=0.025) in the PM group than in the KD group. Other parameters showed no significant differences between the two groups. Nail index improvement in the KD group was not significantly different between postprocedural day 14 and day 21. CONCLUSION: Conservative treatment using the KD wire is as effective as surgical removal with partial matricectomy for the treatment of ingrown nails in pain relief, QOL improvement and nail index improvement, but has higher recurrence. The adequate application period of KD is 2 weeks.
Alloys* ; Follow-Up Studies ; Memory* ; Nails* ; Nails, Ingrown ; Patient Satisfaction ; Quality of Life ; Recurrence