No abstract available.
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* ; Osteomyelitis

We report herein a case of impetigo hepetiformis treated with etretinate. The patient was 30 year old female in the 7th month of her second pregnancy, who had suffered from generalized coalesced pustular eruption with slightly itching and hurning sensation with fever on whole body except face, both had and foot. The euption began as an erythemations patch which developed pustules along the mar gin. I'here was extensian by the develupment of fresh peripheral pustules and coaleence of these patches. Histopathological findings showed hyperkeratosis, subcorneal spongiform pustule, spon,iosis in the epidermis and vascular proliferation in the devmis, She was treated successfully with etretinate for 4 weeks.
Acitretin ; Adult ; Epidermis ; Etretinate ; Female ; Fever ; Foot ; Humans ; Impetigo* ; Pregnancy ; Pruritus ; Sensation

No abstract available.
Heart Diseases* ; Heart*

No abstract available.
Diagnosis* ; Middle Lobe Syndrome* ; Thorax*

This study was undertaken to evaluate the status of human paragonimiasis in Kang Hwa Gun, Kyunggi Do, Korea from March 1973 to October 1975 by the use of intradermal screening test with Veronal buffered saline antigen. A total number of 7,352 (male 3,936; female 3,4l6) consisting of 3,447 primary school children, 2,689 middle school students, l,008 high school students of 9 Myuns out of 13 Myuns of this County and 208 residents of all age group in Kilgeong-Ri, Yangdo Myun were examined by the intradermal test with Paragonimus antigen. In order to detect Paragonimus egg, the sputum and the stool examinations were undertaken on the residents in Kilgeong-Ri. The infestation rate of crayfish with Paragonimus metacercaria was also examined in Konneung and Jeongha village in Kilgeong-Ri. The following results were obtained in this survey: As a whole, 16.6 per cent of the examiners showed positive reaction with sexual difference of 16.1% in male and 14.8 per cent in female. In age groups, the highest positive rate showed in middle school age group (17.1 per cent) than primary school (14.0 per cent) and high school age group (11.4 per cent). In regional differences of positive rates, the highest rate (28.4 per cent) showed at Yangdo Myun followed by Kilsang Myun (27.0 per cent), Hwado Myun (25.0 per cent), and Naega Myun(20.8 per cent). In the result of 208 residents Kilgeong-Ri, the positive of 36.1 per cent in male and 20.2 per cent in female. The highest positive rate showed in 10 to 19 age group (41.5 per cent). Among the residents in Kilgeong-Ri, Paragonimus eggs were detected in 11 residents by the sputum and the stool examinations. The infestation rate of crayfsh with Paragonimus metacercariae was 100 per cent (41 out of 41 crayfishes) in Konneung village, and 84.6 per cent (9 out of 13 crayfishes) in Jeongha village, Kilgeong-Ri The fluctuation of the infection rate of crayfish with Paragonimus metacercariae was decreased in Konneung village in 2 years after the treatment with Bilevon against 10 paragonimiasis patients.
parasitology-helminth-trematoda ; epidemiology-paragonimiasis ; Paragonimus westermani ; crayfish-Cambaroides similis

BACKGROUND: Evening primrose oil(EPO) is a rich source of cis-linoleic acid and gammalinolenic acid(GLA) and has been used as a therapeutic agent in various skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the suppressive effect of EPO on murine contact sensitivity. METHODS: BALB/c mice were divided into 3 groups, positive control, experimental and negative control groups: the positive control group represents a group of mice which were sensitized and challenged with DNFB, the experimental group represents EPO-pretreated positive control group and the negative control group represents a group of mice which were challenged only. The changes of ear thickness were measured, and H & E staining and immunohistochemical staining for ICAM-1 expression of ear skin were performed to evaluate the histological changes of each group. RESULTS: The Pretreatment of mice with EPO resulted in suppression of contact sensitivity by more than 82%. On H & E staining, only a mild inflammatory reaction was observed in the dermis. Also ICAM-1 expression of keratinocytes, the intensity of the staining was significantly decreased in the experimental group compared with positive group. CONCLUSIONS: Our study indicates that EPO was able to suppress the induction of contact sensitivity.
Animals ; Dermatitis, Atopic ; Dermatitis, Contact* ; Dermis ; Dinitrofluorobenzene ; Ear ; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 ; Keratinocytes ; Mice ; Oenothera biennis* ; Skin ; Skin Diseases

No abstract available.
Liver Transplantation* ; Liver*

Hailey-Hailey disease is a rare hereditary dermatosis that begins in the 2nd or 3rd decade of life. The skin lesion is characterized by a localized, recurrent eruption of small vesicles on an erythematous base. It courses remissions and exacerbations. It seldom begins in early childhood, and main treatment modalities are conservative ones. We report a case of Hailey-Hailey disease that began on a 7-month old infant and improved by surgical treatment. In according to review of the previous reports, it is probably the earliest onset age and it is may be the first case which was treated with surgery in Korea.
Age of Onset ; Humans ; Infant ; Korea ; Pemphigus, Benign Familial* ; Skin ; Skin Diseases

BACKGROUND: Data on the frequency of Herpes Zoster are sparse, especially in inpatients OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to elucidate the epidemilogy and the clinical characteristics of herpes zoster in inpatients. METHODS: During a 3-year-Period from Jan. 1991 to Dec. 1991, 157patients with herpes zoster were evaluated in regard to annual, monthly and seasonal incidence age incidenee and sex ratio. Patients with herpes zoster were further assessed concerning associratel conditions, dermatomic distributions and complications. RESULTS: 1. The annual rate ranged from 2.6% to 3.3% (mean 2.8%) and the ratio of male to female was 0.85: 1. 2. There were no marked manthly of spasonal differences in herpsoster, ranging from 4.5% to 10.8% and 21.7% to 31.2%, respectively. 3. Herpes Zoster was seen most frequently in the 50-59 year age group(27.4%) 4. The dermatomic involvernent of herpes zoster was most freqer t of thoracic dermatome(51.6%) and others were trigeminal(19.1%), cervical(13.4%), lumbar(6.4%), sacral(5.7%), facial(1.9%) and generalized(1.9%). 5. The frequency of associated conditions in herpes zoster was in d scending order, hypertension, tuberculosis, diabetes mellitus, malignancy, SLE, gastric ulcer, chronic renal failiure, rheumatoid arthritis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 6. The most common complication of herpes zoster was postheret c neuralgia and others were ophathalmologic complications, secondary bacterial infection, keloicl, formation, generalized varicelliform eruption, recurrent herpes zoster. CONCLUSION: Herpes Zoster is a major problem in the Department of Dermatology, especially in inpatients.
Arthritis, Rheumatoid ; Bacterial Infections ; Dermatology ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Female ; Herpes Zoster* ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis ; Incidence ; Inpatients* ; Male ; Neuralgia ; Seasons ; Sex Ratio ; Stomach Ulcer ; Tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Data on the frequency of Herpes Zoster are sparse, especially in inpatients OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to elucidate the epidemilogy and the clinical characteristics of herpes zoster in inpatients. METHODS: During a 3-year-Period from Jan. 1991 to Dec. 1991, 157patients with herpes zoster were evaluated in regard to annual, monthly and seasonal incidence age incidenee and sex ratio. Patients with herpes zoster were further assessed concerning associratel conditions, dermatomic distributions and complications. RESULTS: 1. The annual rate ranged from 2.6% to 3.3% (mean 2.8%) and the ratio of male to female was 0.85: 1. 2. There were no marked manthly of spasonal differences in herpsoster, ranging from 4.5% to 10.8% and 21.7% to 31.2%, respectively. 3. Herpes Zoster was seen most frequently in the 50-59 year age group(27.4%) 4. The dermatomic involvernent of herpes zoster was most freqer t of thoracic dermatome(51.6%) and others were trigeminal(19.1%), cervical(13.4%), lumbar(6.4%), sacral(5.7%), facial(1.9%) and generalized(1.9%). 5. The frequency of associated conditions in herpes zoster was in d scending order, hypertension, tuberculosis, diabetes mellitus, malignancy, SLE, gastric ulcer, chronic renal failiure, rheumatoid arthritis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 6. The most common complication of herpes zoster was postheret c neuralgia and others were ophathalmologic complications, secondary bacterial infection, keloicl, formation, generalized varicelliform eruption, recurrent herpes zoster. CONCLUSION: Herpes Zoster is a major problem in the Department of Dermatology, especially in inpatients.
Arthritis, Rheumatoid ; Bacterial Infections ; Dermatology ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Female ; Herpes Zoster* ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis ; Incidence ; Inpatients* ; Male ; Neuralgia ; Seasons ; Sex Ratio ; Stomach Ulcer ; Tuberculosis