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Authors observed one case of subcutaneous dermoid cyst which did not seem to have been described in the Korean literature. A 11 year old female patient complained of a asymptomatic mass near the left sternoclavicular joint in January 1978. The mass was discovered at the age of 5 when that was pea-sized and had been slowly growing. In January 1978, the mass was palpable as a peanut-sized subcutaneous solitary round mass, and overlying skin was freely movable and slightly elevated. There was no trauma history and family history was negative except her elder sister had a, axillary accessory breast. Histopathologic studies revealed a keratinizing stratified squamous epithelium lining the cystic wall, and sebaceous glands, hair follicle and eccrine glands in the surrounding tissues, and keratinous materials in the cyst. There was no evidence of malignancy. Diagnosis was confirmed by clinical features and histopathological findings, and surgical excision of tumor mass was performed.
Breast ; Child ; Dermoid Cyst* ; Diagnosis ; Eccrine Glands ; Epithelium ; Female ; Hair Follicle ; Humans ; Sebaceous Glands ; Siblings ; Skin ; Sternoclavicular Joint

Any type of urticaria may affect as many as 20% person during their lifetimes, yet the causes of this disorder is established in no more than 20% of cases. So, 308 patients with urticaria(acute ; 73, factitial; 120, chronic;115) were evaluated for results of historical and laboratory tests. The results were summerized as follows,' 1. The disesse primarily affected 2nd % 3rd decade(46.2%) with predominance of woman than man (M: F=1: 1.4). 2. Ninety-seven(31.5%) had at least one abnormal finding in the laboratory tests but, may be twenty-three(7.5%) would have causal relationship. 3. We sought serologic markers of Hepatitis B virus infection in serum from 8(14%) of 57 patients with urticaria. Of these, 4 were found to have abnormal liver function. 4. Sixty-five had taken at least one sort of drug previously or just before urticaria developed, but, may be forty-six(14.9%) would have a causal relationship and the predisposing drugs were analgesics, antibiotics, common cold medication & vitamin etc. 5. The predisposing conditions were as follows ; pulmory tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, hyperthyroidism, tonsillitis & ascariasis, etc. Of these, eleven(3.6%) of this patients were newly found to have underlying diseases. 6. This study showed inciting factors of urticaria in 27.2%(84/308).
Analgesics ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Ascariasis ; Common Cold ; Female ; Hepatitis ; Hepatitis B virus ; Humans ; Hyperthyroidism ; Liver ; Palatine Tonsil ; Tonsillitis ; Tuberculosis ; Urticaria* ; Vitamins

A 16-year-old girl developed pyoderma gangrenosum without underlying disease at first. She was treated with local cutaneous dressing and systemic oral prednisolone and minocycline for 10 months, imtermittently. After that, acute leukemia, which was undeterminated type, was developed 4 years after first onset. Since pyoderma gangrenosum may be a preindication of underlying disease, continual follow up check for systemic disease is required.
Adolescent ; Bandages ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Leukemia* ; Minocycline ; Prednisolone ; Pyoderma Gangrenosum* ; Pyoderma*

There are three major type of malignant melanoma which differ in their mode of onset, course; lentigo maligna melanoma, superficial spreading malignant melanoma and nodular malignant melanoma. Malignant melanoma may aris on apparently normal skin, in a junction nevus, rarely in a compound nevus and extremely rately in an intradermal nevus. We presented a case of malignant melanoma arising from compoud nevus in 51 year old male patient. Ulcerated verrucous walnut sized brown-black tumor mass was nticed on the posterolateral surface of right foot. There were no palpable lymph nodes in whole body. Tumor cells were epithelioid type and lie in irregularly alveolar formation histologically. There were also numerous nevus cells in dermis and nevus cell nest in lower epidermis with tumor cells. Surgical excision of tumor mass and skin graft was performed.
Dermis ; Epidermis ; Foot ; Humans ; Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle ; Juglans ; Lymph Nodes ; Male ; Melanoma ; Middle Aged ; Nevus* ; Nevus, Intradermal ; Skin ; Transplants ; Ulcer

Vitiligo is an acquired, disfiguring skin disease characterized by the loss of melanin, which results in depigmented areas of the skin. It affects at least 1% of the world's population. In countries where people are dark skinned, vitiligo is a major health problem. The pathogenesis of vitiligo has not been fully elucidated, but three possible origins, autoimmune, neurohumoral and self destruction of melanocyte, have been described. The clinical manifestations of vitiligo are well described in many reports. However in Korea, a few studies on the clinical features of vitiligo have been performed. Authors studied 217 Korean cases of vitiligo who had been visited at the Department of Dermatology, Kyung Hee University Hospital during the last 1 year (1978.4.1~1979.3.31). (countinued..)
Dermatology ; Korea ; Melanins ; Melanocytes ; Skin ; Skin Diseases ; Vitiligo*

A 25-year-old female was seen because of rnultiple, asymptornatic papular eruptions on the vulvar area since 1 year ago. She had been suffered from palmar hyperhidrosis for 3 years. A skin biopsy specimen from the vulval lesion revealed characteristic findings of syringoma.
Adult ; Biopsy ; Female ; Humans ; Hyperhidrosis ; Skin ; Syringoma*

A 72 years old man had an 1 x 1cm sized, solitary glomus tumor on the right knee joint and had suffered from sharp, episodic pain and tenderness, radiating to the right thigh and the buttock for about 20 years. Simple surgical excision was performed for removal of the tumor mass and the subjective symtoms. There is no recurrence until now.
Aged ; Buttocks ; Glomus Tumor* ; Humans ; Knee Joint ; Recurrence ; Thigh

Generalized distinct hyperpigrnented macules developed at 2. 7 years after starting photochemotherapy(psoralen and UVA) in a 66-year-old psoriatic male patient. The histopathologic feature of this macule was characterized as a lentiginous p roliferation. The significance and long term course of PUVA lentigo are still unknown. So, we will further monitor this patient continually for melanocytic dysplasias, including melanoma.
Aged ; Humans ; Lentigo* ; Lichen Planus ; Male ; Melanoma ; Mouth Mucosa

This clinical and histopatholgical study was performed with 149 cases of acquired melanocyticnevi, which were obtained as surgical specimens from 1975 to 1985 at Depa.rtment of Clinical Pathology, Seoul Red Cross Hopital. The results were as follows: 1) Histologic subdivision of melanocytic nevus into junctional(,J), IJC, compound (C,"), ICI, and intradermal(I) is used. IJC is a lesion in an intermediate state between ,junctional and compound nevus, and ICI, between compound and intradermal nevus. 2) The age distribution of the excisional melanocytic nevus peaks during the third decade of life, with 47% of patients between 21 40 year old of age. 3) Of l49 specimens with excisional melanocytic nevus, the number of junctional, IJC, compound, ICI and intradermal nevus were 17, 4, 21, 32 and 75 in each group And so, it is likely that evolution of the melanocytic nevus have an increased opportunity for surgical excision. 4) Among the 17 cases of junctional nevus, one case is found in 5th and the other one in 7th decade. 5) In distvibution of melanocytic nevus, head including face is the most common site among the body area and then trunk, neck, lower and upper extremity in decreasing orders.
Adult ; Age Distribution ; Head ; Humans ; Neck ; Nevus ; Nevus, Intradermal ; Nevus, Pigmented* ; Pathology, Clinical ; Red Cross ; Seoul ; Upper Extremity