Heterotropic ossifications have been known to occur around joints in many pathological conditions of the nervous system mostly in paraplegia and is affects most of the hip joint. Recently, 4 cases of heterotropic ossification in 18 cases of traumatic paraplegia have been reviewed at the orthopedic department of Kyungpook National University Hospital from April 1965 to July 1968 and the results obtained were as follows: 1. All cases were found in male of 3rd to 4th decade. 2. Heterotropic ossification affectected around the hip joint in 3 cases and in the other one case around the medial femoral condyle of knee joint. 3. Three cases affecting around hip joint expressed pressure sores on ipsilateral great trochanteric area, but the other one case affecting around medial femoral condyle had not any pressure sore. 4. In all cases, the heterotropic ossification was noted on X-ray film within 4 to 6 months after paraplegia.
Femur ; Gyeongsangbuk-do ; Hip Joint ; Humans ; Joints ; Knee Joint ; Male ; Nervous System ; Orthopedics ; Paraplegia ; Pressure Ulcer ; X-Ray Film

Hand injuries in the industries have been steadily increasing in this country in recent years. All structures are damaged when a hand is caught in punch presses, gears or under falling objects. Irreversible loss of blood supply to the part is only real indication for primary amputation. Statistical observations were carried out on 240 patients of hand injuries who were treated at the Deparement of Orthopedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University from May, 1972 to April, 1977 and following results were obtained. 1. The peak incidence was in the age group from 11 to 20 years in 83 cases(38.4%) and of the 226 patients, 204(85.0%) were male and 36(15.0%) were female. 2. In general, the incidence of hand injuries per year was annually increased and was much more occurred on April than other months of year. 3. The injured ratio of both hands was almost equal and main causes of hand injury were industrial accident (72.1%), traffic accident(12.9%) and electric accident(6.3%). 4 Most of hand injured patients(81.7%) arrived at our hospital within 6 hours after accidents 5. Of 240 injuries, 78(32.5%) were crushing injury with open comminuted fracture, 39(16.2%) were open fracture and 30(12.5%) were closed fracture. 6. Of injured fingers, 126(51.2%) were mondigit and the remained were polydigits. 7. The most frequency of monodigit injury was index finger(32.5%) and of polydigits injury was middle finger(28.2%) 8. In mondigit amputation, index finger were generally amputated at metacarpo-phalangeal joint and middle finger at proximal phalangeal level. 9. Of 457 injuries with facture, 213(46.6%) were treated by debridement and primary suture, and 94 (20.6%) by debridement and open reduction with Kirschner wire fixation. 10. Of 240 patients, 46 cases(19.2%) were infected and the main causative organisms were pseudomonas aeruginosa (41.3%), Staphylococcus aureus(17.3%) and Alkaligenus fecalis(10.9%).
Accidental Falls ; Accidents, Occupational ; Amputation ; Clinical Study ; Debridement ; Female ; Fingers ; Fractures, Closed ; Fractures, Comminuted ; Fractures, Open ; Hand Injuries ; Hand ; Humans ; Incidence ; Joints ; Male ; Orthopedics ; Pseudomonas aeruginosa ; Staphylococcus ; Sutures

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Staphylococcus aureus* ; Staphylococcus*

Buschke-Lowenstein tumor is a rare disease in the category of designated as verrucous carcinoma characterized by its invasive downward penetration of underlying tissues in the perineum and perianal regions. Viruses, unclean sanitation and cytotoxic immune reaction have been proposed as the etiology of the tumor. However, among all the causes, recent studies have emphasized on the associaton of the tumor and human papilloma virus (HPV). Expecially, HPV also has been discovered in several cutaneous and anogenital lesions of solid organ transplant recipients. We herein report a case of Buschke-Lowenstein tumor in a renal transplant recipient with HPV 6 and 16 coinfection proved by HPV genotyping of DNA extracted from the biopsy specimen of the tumor.
Biopsy ; Buschke-Lowenstein Tumor* ; Carcinoma, Verrucous ; Coinfection ; DNA ; Human papillomavirus 6 ; Humans ; Papilloma ; Perineum ; Rare Diseases ; Sanitation ; Transplantation* ; Transplants

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We report a case of morphea profunda in a 21-year-old male who had diffuse brown sclerotic plaques on his extremities. Laboratory findings showed peripheral eosinophilia and an increased titers for anti-DNA and anti-nuclear antibodies. Histopathologic findings showed diffuse fibrosis and a thickening of the lower dermis and subcutaneous tissue. He has been treated with hydroxychloroquine 400mg per day and the sclerosis of the skin improved.
Antibodies ; Dermis ; Eosinophilia ; Extremities ; Fibrosis ; Humans ; Hydroxychloroquine ; Male ; Scleroderma, Localized* ; Sclerosis ; Skin ; Subcutaneous Tissue ; Young Adult

The differential diagnosis of atypical mycobacteriosis caused by atypical mycobacteria (with the exception of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis, and Mycobacterium leprae) which are widly distributed in soil and water, from pulmonary tuberculosis is possible only when atypical mycobacteria are isolated and identified. In this investigation, attempts were made to isolate atypical mycobacteria from persons registered as tuberculosis patients in the Anyang Health Center in Anyang City, Kyungki province, Korea. Biological and biochemical tests were performed for the atypical mycobacteria isolated from these patients, also retrospective analysis of clinical and X-ray findings of the patients with bacteriologically confirmed atypical mycobacteriosis were done. The results can be summarized as follows; 1. 103 strains of mycobacteria were isolated among 334 sputum samples from patients. 2. Among the isolated mycobacteria, 10 strains (9.7%) were found to be an atypical mycobacteria and 93 strains (90.3%) were tubercle bacilli of human type. 3. On the basis of Runyon's grouping of atypical mycobacteria, there were 3 strains (30.0%) of scotochromogen and nonphotochromogen respectively, 4 strains (40.0%) of rapid grower, and no photochromogen. 4. By biochemical tests, 3 strains of scotochromogen were identified as Mycobacterium scroful-aceum (2 strains) and Mycobacterium szulgai (1 strain) 3 strains of nonphotochromogen were Mycobacterium avium-complex (2 strains) and Mycobacterium terriae (1 strain), and 4 strains of rapid grower were Mycobacterium fortuitum (3 strains) and Mycobacterium chelonae. 5. In drug sensitivity tests, all 10 strains isolated atypical mycobacteria showed resistance to various concentration of INH and SM and low concentration (10 mcg, 40 mcg and 50 mcg) of EB, TH, and CS, and were sensitive to only high concentration (20 mcg and 100 mcg) of EB, TH, CS, and RFP. 6. In analysis of clinical findings by the patients with bacteriologically confirmed atypical mycobacteriosis, it was found that clinical symptoms of these patients appeared not to be mild than those of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. The patients with atypical mycobacteriosis had been treated for pulmonary tuberculosis for a long time and they showed no improvement.
Diagnosis, Differential ; Drug Resistance* ; Gyeonggi-do ; Humans ; Korea ; Mycobacterium ; Mycobacterium bovis ; Mycobacterium chelonae ; Mycobacterium fortuitum ; Mycobacterium tuberculosis ; Nontuberculous Mycobacteria* ; Retrospective Studies ; Soil ; Sputum ; Tuberculosis ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary* ; Water

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Humans ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms*