No abstract available.
Angiomyoma ; Ear

We report a 58 year old man who complained that his nails didn't grow for a year and developed yellowish discoloration. On physical examination his nails showed yellow greenish discoloration, increased corvexity, loss of lunulae and cuticles. C]iest X ray revealed atelectasis on right lower lung field and bronchiectasis on left lower lung field. Mild restrictive pattern was observed in pulmoniry function test. We gave him 800IU of Vitamin E claily for 3 months, but rio remarkable changes have been observed as yet..
Bronchiectasis ; Humans ; Lung ; Middle Aged ; Physical Examination ; Pulmonary Atelectasis ; Vitamin E ; Vitamins ; Yellow Nail Syndrome*

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Adenomatous Polyposis Coli* ; Colectomy* ; Humans ; Polyps*

Recently the use of hydrochloric acid as a toilet disinfectant has become more common, and the risk of its ingestion is though to be increasing. We experienced a case of 67 year-old man who accidentally ingested hydrochloric acid and as a result developed a postprandial epigastric fullness end pain 3 weeks thereafter, The patient underwent an UGI series, fiberoptic gastroscope and abdominal ultrasonography and was found to have a gastric midbody stricture. A total gastreetomy and Roux-en- Y esophagojejunostomy was performed. We report this case with brief review of the literature.
Aged ; Constriction, Pathologic ; Eating ; Gastritis* ; Gastroscopes ; Humans ; Hydrochloric Acid* ; Ultrasonography

Pseudomyxoma peritonei is a rare disorder chracterized by abdominal distension resulting from the accumulation of a mucinous, gelatinous, translucent material which arises from rupture of pre-existing mucinous cystadenomas and cystadenocarcinomas of the ovary and mucocele of the appendix. We report 11 cases of pseudomyxoma peritonei which were diagnosed by surgical and pathological findings. The results were as follows. 1) The mean age of 11 cases was 51 years and 5 cases were male and 6 cases were female and male to female ratio was 1 to 1.2. 2) Clinical manifestations in 11 cases were abdominal distension in 5 cases (45.5%), palpable mass in 4 cases(36.6%), abdominal pain in 4 cases(36.6%), nausea in 3 cases(27.3%), weight loss in 3 cases(27.3%), diarrhea in 2 cases(18.2%), constipation in 1 case(9.0%), anal bleeding in 1 case(9.0%) and defecation difficulty in 1 case(9.0%). The duration of symptoms was 2 days to 1 year. 3) The primary sites of pseudomyxoma peritonei were ovarian cancer in 3 cases(27.2%), appendiceal cancer in 2 cases(18.2%), gastric cancer in 2 cases(18.2%), rectal cancer in 1 case(9.1%), cecal cancer in 1 case(9.1%) and unknown origin in 2 cases(18.2%). 4) Following surgical interventions were performed; right hemicolectomy in 2 cases, palliative gastrojejunostomy in 2 cases, oophorectomy in 1 case, omentectomy in 1 case and right hemicolectomy with gastrojejunostomy in 1 case. 5) The adjunctive anti-cancer chemotherapy was done in 4 cases(36.4%) by combination of actinomycin D, adriamycin, CCNU, cisplatin, cytoxan and fluorouracil, And chemotherapy only was done in 2 cases and hyperthermia was done in 1 case.
Abdominal Pain ; Appendiceal Neoplasms ; Appendix ; Cecal Neoplasms ; Cisplatin ; Constipation ; Cyclophosphamide ; Cystadenocarcinoma ; Cystadenoma, Mucinous ; Dactinomycin ; Defecation ; Diarrhea ; Doxorubicin ; Drug Therapy ; Female ; Fever ; Fluorouracil ; Gastric Bypass ; Gelatin ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Lomustine ; Male ; Mucins ; Mucocele ; Nausea ; Ovarian Neoplasms ; Ovariectomy ; Ovary ; Pseudomyxoma Peritonei* ; Rectal Neoplasms ; Rupture ; Stomach Neoplasms ; Weight Loss

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Coronary Vessels* ; Electrocardiography* ; Spasm*

BACKGROUND: The most of typical seborrheic keratoses (SKs) can be clinically differentiated with ease from other dermatoses. However, its differential diagnosis can sometimes be difficult and recently reported cases clinically suggest that SKs with the skin biopsy result being some other diseases can bring on the need for further evaluations. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to examine the diagnostic yield in submitting clinically diagnosed SKs which showed single discoid lesions of the face for routine microscopic examinations. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective review of cases for histological examinations with a clinical diagnosis of SKs or with a differential diagnosis that includes SKs which shows single discoid lesion of the face. A total of 94 pathology reports containing a diagnosis of SKs in the clinical information field were identified. The accuracy of the clinical diagnosis and clinic histopathological correlations were studied. RESULTS: In this study, 45.7% of patients was clinically assumed to have SKs but turned out to be some other diseases according to the histopathology test results - a total of 19 cases (44.2%) with some considered to be precancerous (actinic keratosis 25.6%, benign lichenoid keratosis 16.3% or cancerous (basal cell carcinoma 9.3%, squamous cell carcinoma 4.7%). CONCLUSION: Lesions suggested to be SKs need more examinations and lesions of atypical clinical appearances which cannot completely exclude the possibility of precancerous or malignant lesions are strongly recommended for skin biopsies.
Biopsy ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Humans ; Keratosis ; Keratosis, Seborrheic ; Retrospective Studies ; Skin ; Skin Diseases

Blue nevus is a neoplasm composed of pigmented dendritic dermal melanocytic cells in the reticular dermis. The lesion clinically presents as a well dermacated cerulean-blue or bluish black colored papule or plaque that usually measure less than 1 cm in diameter. Pilar sheath acanthoma is a rare, benign follicular hamartoma commonly affecting middle-aged and elderly individuals. It is characterized by a small, solitary, skin colored papule situated on the head and neck, particularly around the upper lip. We report a rare case of a blue nevus associated with a pilar sheath acanthoma in a 26 year-old man presented with a bluish papule on the neck.
Acanthoma* ; Aged ; Dermis ; Hamartoma ; Head ; Humans ; Lip ; Neck* ; Nevus, Blue* ; Skin

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Hepatitis B Surface Antigens* ; Kidney Failure, Chronic* ; Korea* ; Liver Diseases* ; Liver*

Recently, the capability cannulating the ampulla of Vater through the endoscope makes it possible introduce the recording ctheter deeply into the common bile and main pancreatic duct. Using these techniques, several authors have measured intraductal pressures in controls and in patients with various biliary and pancreatic diseases. Csendes et al. (continue...)
Ampulla of Vater ; Bile ; Endoscopes ; Humans ; Manometry* ; Pancreatic Diseases ; Pancreatic Ducts ; Sphincter of Oddi*