Proliferating trichilernmal tumor is a rare benign solitary tumor that may be histopathologically misinterpreted as squarnous cell carcinoma. It affects frequently the scalp of elderly women. We present herein a case of proliferating trichilemmal tumor in an 87-year-old male who had had a slowly growing tumor on the scalp for 30 years.
Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Scalp

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Hypertension ; Leigh Disease*

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Ichthyosis, Lamellar*

Local steroid injection is applied for the various problems in orthopaedic fields. Its not well known whether local steroid injection can induce or aggrevate the tuberculous lesion of the injection site. Tuberculous lesion of the shoulder and posterior compartment of the lumbar spine is rare, but rather commonly noted in the steroid injection group. Fifteen patients of tuberculous lesion(8 in shoulder and 7 in posterior compartment of the lumbar spine) after local steroid injection were treated surgically at the Department of the Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, from Jan. 1980 to Agu. 1986, and following results were obtained; 1. The highest incidence was in the 6th decade and male to female ratio was 2: 13. 2. The average number of the injection was 16 times and the average duration was 6 months. 3. The duration from the last steroid injection to the first sign of the tuberculous lesion was from 2 weeks to 3 months and average 2.4 months. 4. Of the 15 cases, active tuberculous lesion at other sites were associated in 6 patients. 5. All cases were treated by complete curettage. It took 5.2 months for the primary wound healing. 6. Local steroid injection could induce or aggrevate the local tuberculous lesion. Radical extirpation of the lesion is the treatment of choice, but with high recurrence rate.
Curettage ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Recurrence ; Seoul ; Shoulder ; Spine ; Tuberculosis ; Wound Healing

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Humans ; Infant*

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Weaning*

Acanthosis nigricans is characterized by hyperpigmented, velvety thickening of the skin of any part of the body and frequently associated with internal malignancy, endocrine diseases and obesity. In children, systemic abnormality rarely occur in associated with prepubertal Acanthosis nigricans. We experienced a case of idiopathic Acanthosis nigricans, and made a brief review of literatures.
Acanthosis Nigricans* ; Child ; Endocrine System Diseases ; Humans ; Obesity ; Skin

BACKGROUND: Several abnormalities of the autonomic regulation of the heart have been noted after acute myocardial infarction(AMI). Measurement of heart rate(HR) variability has been reported to provide indirect, noninvasive estimate of the cardiac efferent parasympathetic activity. The purposes of this study were to get the information on heart rate variability after AMI and to determine its relation to clinical and hemodynamic data. METHODS: We measured HR variability in 28 patients(23 men and 5 women : mean age, 56.6+/-10.4 years) 3-15days after AMI, in 25 patients with unstable angina and in 21 normal subjects by using triangular interpolation of the frequency distribution histogram om normalto-normal RR intervals from Holter tapes. RESULTS: HR variability was lower in AMI than unstable angina patients(357.9+/-118.6 versus 426.1+/-122.5 msec : p<0.05) and normal subjects(525.1+/-137.4 msec : p<0.025). There was no difference for infarct site, thrombolytic therapy, presence of Q-wave. HR variability was significantly related to mean 24-hour HR, left ventricular ejection fraction(all p<0.0001), left ventricular end diastolic diameter(p<0.05). HR varability was lower in patients belonging to Killip class 2-4 and who reqired the use of diuretics or digitalis(all p<0.05). CONCLUSION: After AMI, HR variabillity was reduced and significantly related to clinical and hemodynamic indexes of severity. Measurement of HR variability early after AMI may offer important clinical information for the early high stratification of patients.
Angina, Unstable ; Autonomic Nervous System ; Diuretics ; Female ; Heart Rate* ; Heart* ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Male ; Myocardial Infarction* ; Thrombolytic Therapy

A postal survey was conducted to obtain information of the Protestant minister's knowledge, attituedand practice about family planning sex education and marriage during the period of July and August 1970. 536 ministers(14.4% were randomly selected from the nine denominations and military chaplains for the study using the most recent directories. Among 536 ministers 406 (75.7%) sent back the questionnaires. The knowledge about family planning was relatively higher than expected. In contrast to their higher knowledge, their approval rate of the family planning was slightly lower than that of the general population. The main reason for not approving of family planning was religious. The most commonly used contraceptives of the ministers were the traditional methods. The age of the ministers is the most important factor influencing their attitude toward family planning and sex education. The younger ministers tend to show more positive attitudes toward family planning and sex education. The denominations are also important factors influencing the attitudes and knowledge about family planning and sex education. Most ministers, particularly younger ministers, were dealing with sex problems in someway in church services. About one third of the ministers were dealing with sex education very actively in church services. Many ministers showed very liberal attitudes about marriage. The most important factor for selecting a daughter or son-in-law was their religious belief.
Attitude ; Christianity ; Family Planning* ; Korea ; Marriage* ; Religion and Sex* ; Sex Education*

Maffucci's syndrome is a very rare, congenital and non-hereditary mesodermal dysplasia manifested by multiple enchondromas and soft tissue hemangiomas. Since Maffucci had reported this sysdrome in 1881, there have been more than 100 cases reported, and also there has been reported that Maffuddi's syndrome has various interstitial tumor. However there hasn't been any report about Maffucci's syndrome with testicular teratoma. Here we report in this paper that the patient was diagnosed as Maffucci's syndrome of enchondroma and liver hamangioma and also had testicular teratoma. He was admitted for the evaluation of gynecomatia and diagnosed as enchondroma by bone biopsy of the right rib and tibia. Liver hemangioma was also found through abdominal ultrasonogram, CT scan and liver biopsy. And the testicular teratoma was confirmed through testicular biopsy. He is finally diagnosed as Maffucci's syndrome with testicular teratoma and literatures were reviewed.
Biopsy ; Chondroma ; Enchondromatosis ; Hemangioma ; Humans ; Liver ; Mesoderm ; Ribs ; Teratoma* ; Tibia ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Ultrasonography