A 52-year-old man with multiple myeloma developed cutaneous nodules while being treated with melphalan and prednisolone. A biopsy specimen showed dermal infiltration by well differentiated plasma cells similar to those found on bone marrow biopsy. The use of peroxidase anti-peroxidase to demonstrate the monoclonality or polyclonality of the cytomplasmic immunoglohulins in the tumor cells revealed a positivity for IgG and 1 chain (ie, monotypic staining). Ultrastructurally, each plasmacytoma cell contained varyting amounts of rough endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi-apparatus. The cutnneous nodules completely disappeared after radiotherapy
Biopsy ; Bone Marrow ; Endoplasmic Reticulum, Rough ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G ; Melphalan ; Middle Aged ; Multiple Myeloma* ; Peroxidase ; Plasma Cells ; Plasmacytoma* ; Prednisolone ; Radiotherapy

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A cases is reported of congenital atlanto-occipital fusion in a 12-years-old girl. The lesion was treated by occipito-cervical arthrodesis by iliac bone grafting with wiring. The congenital atlanto-occipital fusion has not progressed in this 2 years of observation. This is presented with a review of literature.
Arthrodesis ; Bone Transplantation ; Female ; Humans

No abstract available.
Aspergillosis* ; Mastoid*

Various surgical methods have been used to reconstruct severe soft tissue defects of the finger with exposed critical structures such as tendon, bone, and nerve. Some of these methods include rotation flap, cross finger flap, or regional flap similar to neurovascular island flap. However, there were often difficult situations where a flap could not be applied depending on the remaining surrounding tissue, injured area, and size of defect. As a result, free flap or distant flap may become necessary. However, distant flaps often cause stiffness of the finger joints since the hands need to be immobilized for a long time, while standard free flaps may be too thick to cover the finger and cause problems such as morbidities of the donor site. Since May, 1997, at Anam Hospital, we have performed reconstruction on 6 patients with soft tissue defect using a thin, flexible medial plantar septo-cutaneous free flap similar to the volar aspect of the finger in anatomical characteristics of the skin and subcutaneous tissue covering. The vessels used for this flap were superficial branches of medial division of the medial plantar artery and vena comitantes, or the subcutaneous veins. The mean size of the flaps was 2.75cm x 4.25cm. Primary repair or split-thickness skin graft was performed on the donor site depending on the size. All the flaps survived without significant complications, except one case of venous insufficiency. The composition of the transferred flaps was good with the recovery of pain, touch and temperature sensation. A free medial plantar septo-cutaneous flap has several advantages, e.g., it is small in comparison with other standard free flaps, having two draining venous pathways, good color and texture, and a good recovery of protective sensation. This flap can be used for the reconstruction of soft tissue defect on the heel and foot, as well as the volar aspect of fingers.
Arteries ; Finger Joint ; Fingers ; Foot ; Free Tissue Flaps* ; Hand ; Heel ; Humans ; Sensation ; Skin ; Subcutaneous Tissue ; Tendons ; Tissue Donors ; Transplants ; Veins ; Venous Insufficiency

No abstract available.
Forearm*

No abstract available.
Lasers, Gas*

Skin tags are very common skin tumors in middle age. In spite of their frequent occurrence, there was no reported cases of verruca vulgaris developing on the soft fibroma. We report a case of verruca vulgaris developing on the bag-like skin tag. We think that the incidence of HPV infection on the large skin tags may be higher than on normal skin due to their protrusion and repetitive irritation.
Fibroma ; Humans ; Incidence ; Middle Aged ; Skin* ; Warts*

The increasingly successful results of hair restoration surgery in the last years have developed the interest and the confidence of patients and it is the most frequently performed esthetic surgery among male patients. Currently, various kinds of techniques for hair restoration surgery including hair transplantation, scalp reduction, and scalp flaps are performed in our clinic. Among these, hair transplantation is the basic and the most popular procedure, which can be performed not only by itself but also in conjunction with other procedures. 123 consecutive cases of hair transplantations were peformed from Jan. 1995 to Feb. 1996 for male pattern baldness, traumatic alopecia, and female pattern baldness under out patient base. The authors introduced a new classification for male pattern baldness, which are the type M, O, C, U, M-O, and C-O after alphabet to make simple and easy for clinical application. The ancillary procedures were scalp reduction, preauricular flap, and scalp expansion. An ellipsis of hair bearing scalp taken from the occipital area was sliced into slit-, mega-, mini-, and micro-grafts. The survival rate of the grafts was over 90% with minimal complications. This hair transplantation technique enabled us to achieve a good density and more natural looking hair with avoidance of cobble stoning and apparent scar.
Alopecia* ; Cicatrix ; Classification ; Hair* ; Humans ; Male* ; Scalp ; Surgery, Plastic ; Survival Rate ; Transplants

No abstract available.
Tretinoin*