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Urinary Tract Infections* ; Urinary Tract*

Mucormycosis is an infectious disease caused by fungi of the order Mucorales. Almost all patients have a serious uriderlying condition such as diabetes mallitus, imrnunosuppression, starvation, burn, but a few cais have been reported in previously heilthy subjects. In order to successfully treat this infection, diagnosis must be prompt and acior. panied by aggressive debridement and parenteral administration of amphotericin B. We report a case of primary cutaneous mucormycosis in 58-year-old man. The lesion was a well-circumscribed erythematous plaque with central necrcis Histopathologically, a biopsy revealed broad, nonsptate with branches occuring at right anghles.
Amphotericin B ; Biopsy ; Burns ; Communicable Diseases ; Debridement ; Diagnosis ; Fungi ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Mucorales ; Mucormycosis* ; Starvation

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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A*

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Temporal Bone*

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to identify the influence of knowledge, attitude and preventive health behavior of cancer on nicotine dependency in male college students who have a habit of smoking. METHODS: In this study, a cross-sectional survey design was adopted for the 254 male college students who smoke in D and S city. The data was analyzed for descriptive statistics, t-test, Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis using the SPSS 20.0 program. RESULTS: Knowledge about lung cancer (β=-.407, p<.001), preventive health behaviors about cancer (β=-.223, p<.001) and the smoking period (5years≤) (β=.198, p=.001) were identified as the factors influencing nicotine dependency of the subjects. The model explained 33% of variance in nicotine dependency (F=20.49, p<.001). CONCLUSION: The results suggest that anti-smoking educators should include the strategies to increase knowledge about lung cancer and preventive health behaviors of cancer, and to reduce the smoking period in their smoking cessation program.
Cross-Sectional Studies ; Health Behavior* ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms* ; Lung* ; Male* ; Nicotine* ; Smoke* ; Smoking Cessation ; Smoking*

We report a case of hereditary trichilemmal cyst with proliferating trichilemmal tumor in a 64-year-oid man, who has generalized 157, variable sized firm cutaneous nodules for 40 years. The cystic nodules are chiefly located on the scalp and trunk which showed characteristic histopathologieal findings of trichilemmal cyst and proliferating trichilemmal tumors. His son also has multiple trichilemmal cysts and his mother seems to have had clinically similar lesions. The patient and his son were treated with surgical excision and therapeutic trial of oral isotretinoin for 2 months. Isotretionoin was ineffective in the patient, but the lesions of his son were decreased in size.
Humans ; Isotretinoin ; Mothers ; Scalp

BACKGROUND: Accessory axillary breast tissue is present in approximately 2% to 6% of women, but receives little attention in the surgical literature. Furthermore, a carcinoma, as well as other pathologic changes, can arise within accessory axillary breast tissue. METHODS: Between January 1990 and December 1997 at our clinic, 83 patients underwent surgical removal of accessory axillary breast tissue. All the patients were female, and the ages ranged from 14 to 57 years, with a median of 33.8. The clinical characteristics, indications, and techniques of surgical removal, pathologic findings, and postoperative results were analyzed. RESULTS: The major clinical manifestations were axillary mass (95.2%), pain and/or tenderness (41%), and cyclic change of size (21.7%). In most patients, these symptoms appeared first during puberty (25.3%) and pregnancy (43.4%). On examination, the mass was in the right axilla in 35 patients (42.2%), the left axilla in 19 patients (22.9%) and both axillae in 29 patients (34.9%), and 3 patients had rudimentary accessory nipples. Surgical removal was performed for cosmetic problems (61.5%), clinical symptoms (21.7%), and suspicion of pathologic lesions (9.6%). The excised breast tissue varied in size from 2.5 cm to 14 cm with a median of 6.2 cm. The pathological findings demonstrated ductal dilatation in 21 patients (25.3%), chronic inflammation in 4 patients (4.8%), fibrocystic changes in 3 patients (3.6%) and lactating adenosis in 2 patients (2.4%). Postoperative complications developed in 8 patients (8.3%), and seroma was the most common. In our study, none of the patients experienced recurrence of disease, and 96.4% of the patients enjoyed cosmetically satisfying outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, from our experience, the treatment of choice for accessory axillary breast tissue is surgical removal, which eliminates the clinical symptoms and the aesthetical deformity and provides tissue to rule out any pathologic changes including malignancy. For cosmetically satisfying outcomes, a scar hidden from sight and balanced shapes of both axillae should be kept in mind during the operation.
Adolescent ; Axilla ; Breast* ; Cicatrix ; Congenital Abnormalities ; Dilatation ; Female ; Humans ; Inflammation ; Nipples ; Postoperative Complications ; Pregnancy ; Puberty ; Recurrence ; Seroma

OBJECTIVES: The purposes of the study were to develop a questionnaire for dietary habit survey for Korean adults, and unify the terms related to dietary habits. METHODS: The Delphi method by 43 professionals on dietary habit research was applied to unify the terms. RESULTS: With regard to results on terms related to dietary habit, the respondents recorded the highest percentage (90.7%) of selecting the term "dietary habits" and also the highest percentage (76.7%) of choosing "dietary habits" for English. The biggest percentage of the respondents chose "individual dietary behaviors repeatedly formed and habitualized under the social, cultural, and psychological influence in the group" as the concept of dietary habits. The Delphi survey for the development of a questionnaire resulted in the first questionnaire of 31 items, the second one of 27 items, and the third one of 25 items. The validity of questionnaire items was tested with content validity ratios (CVR). The items whose CVR value was 0.29 or lower were eliminated or revised, because the minimum CVR value needed to test validity was 0.29. To test the reliability of questionnaire items, test-retest method was performed in 163 adults. According to the Kappa coefficient in the range of 0.314-0.716, all of the 25 items were in the reliability scope. A survey was taken with 702 adults to finally revise and supplement the third questionnaire whose validity and reliability were tested. CONCLUSIONS: Through those processes, a questionnaire for adults' dietary habit survey was finally completed. The significance of the study lies in the development of the first questionnaire on dietary habits equipped with both validity and reliability in South Korea.
Adult* ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Food Habits* ; Humans ; Korea ; Surveys and Questionnaires*