A case of solitary painful glomus tumor occurring in a 36-year-old Korean rnale is reported. This tumor was a slightly elevated, bluish subcutaneous nodule about 1cm. in diameter on the left antecubital fossa. We performed a complete surgical excision of the nodule, which was histopathologically cnnfirmed as a typical solitary glomus tumor.
Adult ; Glomus Tumor* ; Humans

We reported a case of epidermodysplasia verruciformis which occurred in a 15 year-old girl. She had an extensive eruption of plane warts on the face, neck, upper trunk, and extremities, especially on the dorsa of the hands and feet, with symmetrical diatribution. The skin lesions appeared initially on the forehead and gradually generalized. all over the body for 10 years duration. Skin biopsy showed hyperkeratosis with basket-weave pattern, thickened granular layer, vacuolization of many celIs in the upper stratum malpighii and the granular layer and acanthosis.
Adolescent ; Biopsy ; Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis* ; Extremities ; Female ; Foot ; Forehead ; Hand ; Humans ; Neck ; Skin ; Warts

Pyoderma gangrenosum, as described by Brunsting and his aaaociates in 1930, is characterized by the rapid appearance of one or more bluish-black, boggy, undermined ulcers, most frequently on the legs of peraons with ulcerative colitis or rheumatoid arthritis. Its pathogenesis is often obscure. Present management of pyoderma gangrenosum consists of local treatment of the wound, systemic cortieosteroid therapy, and treatment of any underlying disease. In our 21 year-old male with pyoderma gangrenosum, hyperbaric oxygen therapy was performed. Treatment was given in the hyperbaric oxygen one-man chamber at 3.0 ATA for 30 minutes daily for 49 days. By 36 days, the ulcers on the face and neck was healed. Approximately one month after the patient was discharged, complete resolution of the 1esions on the back occurred.
Arthritis, Rheumatoid ; Colitis, Ulcerative ; Humans ; Hyperbaric Oxygenation* ; Leg ; Male ; Neck ; Oxygen ; Pyoderma Gangrenosum* ; Pyoderma* ; Ulcer ; Wounds and Injuries ; Young Adult

We presented a case of Reiters syndrome consisting of conjunctivitis, arthritis and mucocutaneous lesions, occurring in 49 year-old Korean male. He had an pisode of dysentery 18 months before the onset of the syndrome and later followed by transient conjunctivitis but no history of venereal disease was revealed. He had the relatively well demarcated erythematous scaly patches on the scalp, face and back, and also the solitary or confluent thickened hyperkeratotic plaques on the dorsum of the feet and hands and lower extremities. Balanitis circinata as .a lesion of the mucous membrane, was seen but there were no lesions on the oral mucosa and palate. Arthritis of the knee and elbow joints were very scvere, accompanied by severe pain and limited motion, and severe wasting and weakness of the muscles of both lower extremities were noticed. He was treated with penicillin and corticosteroids systemically combined witb physiotherapy with some improvement of both skin lesions and joint pain but he died 3 months later probably of the far advanced pulmonary tuberculosis, gastrointestinal bleeding and cachexia.
Adrenal Cortex Hormones ; Arthralgia ; Arthritis ; Balanitis ; Cachexia ; Conjunctivitis ; Dysentery ; Elbow Joint ; Foot ; Hand ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Knee ; Lower Extremity ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mouth Mucosa ; Mucous Membrane ; Muscles ; Palate ; Penicillins ; Scalp ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases ; Skin ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

Leiomyosarcoma arising in the skin is rare tumor, and diagnosis usually is made microscopically. After local excision, these lesions recur in large proportion of pat ients. The authors herein report a 53-year-old male with leiomyosarcoma appeared in the skin of the right forearm and presenting as a dark reddish colored, 5*6cm in diameter, superficial ulcerated single firm nodule with intermittent pain. Histopathological examination showed poorly circumscribed tumor consisting of interlacing bundles of spindle shaped smooth muscle cells in the middle and lower parts of the dermis. The nuclei were hyperchromatic, large, vacuolated, and irregular in shape. Electron microscopic findings revealed cytoplasmic organelles such as rough endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria of malignant smooth muscle cells in the paranuclear area, Characteristic subsarcoelmmal caveolae and dense plaque were noted and myofilaments were distributed in the peripheral cytoplasm. The tumor did not recur in 10 months' follow-up.
Caveolae ; Cytoplasm ; Dermis ; Diagnosis ; Endoplasmic Reticulum, Rough ; Follow-Up Studies ; Forearm ; Humans ; Leiomyosarcoma* ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mitochondria ; Myocytes, Smooth Muscle ; Myofibrils ; Organelles ; Skin* ; Ulcer

Cytomegalovirus retinopathy(CMV)is a necrotizing retinitis which can occur as a late manifestation of the Acquired immunodeficiency syndromde(AIDS), which rapidly increases in number after original description of the disease in 1981 by Gottliebet al. We experienced a patient, who complained of decreased visual acuity of the left eye only we initially diagnosed the patient as CMV retinitis, and during the course of treatment, finally diagnosed the patient as CMV retinitis with AIDS, and the patient was subdivided into Group IV, Subgroup C by center for disease control classification system To our knowledge, for about 10% of the patient of the CMV retinopathy, AIDS was diagnosed like same manner as we did, but we couldn't find any report in korea, so we report this case with a review of literatures.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Classification ; Cytomegalovirus Retinitis ; Cytomegalovirus* ; Ganciclovir ; Humans ; Korea ; Retinitis ; Visual Acuity

BACKGROUND: Methemoglobinemia(MetHb) induced by dapsone overdose is not uncommon in Korea, especially in rural area. For treatment of dapsone-induced methemoglobinemia, methylene blue(MB) and activated charcoal(AC) should be used. To date, no reports have compared the amount of MB used between MB alone with MB & AC combined group(MB+AC). And also between moderate (MetHb<35%) and severe (MetHb>35%) intoxicated group defined by initial MetHb level. Authors hypothesized that less amount of MB can be used if MB and AC was used together and larger amount of MB is necessary to reduce MetHb level to asymptomatic level in severely intoxicated group. METHODS: From Jan 1990 to Dec 1996, a total of 54 patients who received treatment for dapsone intoxication were subject of study, The study was done retrospective chart analysis for initial MetHb level, total amount of MB and AC. Wilcoxon rank sum test and Chi-sqiare test was used to compare the total dosage of MB used for each group. Linear regression analysis was used between initial MetHb and the total amount of MB. Results were considered statistically significant when p<0.05. RESULTS: For MB alone and MB+AC group, the differences in total amount of MB used were statistically significant with mean dosage of 7.14+/-1.1mg/kg and 4.28+/-0.7mg/kg, respectively. And total amount of MB used between moderate and severe intoxicated group, the differences were statistically significant with mean dosage of 5.16+/-1.1mg/kg vs. 10.98+/-1.9mg/kg, respectively. There was significant correlation between initial MetHb level (X) and the amount of methylene blue (Y), Y=0.3X-2.42 (r2=0.41, p=0.0001) in MB alone, Y=0.186X-1.95(r2=0.21, p=0.034) in MB+AC respectively. CONCLUSION: For methemoglobinemia induced by dapsone, total amount of MB can be reduced especially in severe Intoxicated group if AC use was combined in treatment modality. There was significant correlationship between initial MetHb level and total amount of MB used.
Charcoal* ; Dapsone* ; Humans ; Korea ; Linear Models ; Methemoglobinemia ; Methylene Blue* ; Retrospective Studies

The metal ceramic crown is currently the most popular complete veneer restoration in dentistry, but in many cases, the metal cervical collar at the facial margin is unesthetic and unacceptable. Facial porcelain margin has been used in place of it. But this dose not solve the problems, such as dark gingival discoloration and cervical opaque reflection of porcelain veneer. Recently, metal copings which were designed to terminate its labio-cervical end on the axial walls coronal to the shoulder have been clinically used to solve the esthetic problem of metal ceramic crown. But in this design, porcelain veneer of labio-cervical area which is not supported by metal may not be able to resist the stress during cementation and mastication. The purpose of this study was to evaluate fracture strength and fractured appearance of crowns according to different coping designs. A resin maxillary left central incisor analogue was prepared for a metal ceramic crown, and metal dies were made with duplication mold. Metal copings were made and assigned to one of four groups based on facial framework designs: group 1, coping with 0.5mm metal collar; group 2, metal extended to the shoulder; group 3, metal extended to 1 mm coronal to the shoulder; group 4, metal extended to 2mm coronal to the shoulder. Copings and crowns were adjusted to be same size and thickness, and cemented to metal dies with zinc phosphate cement by finger pressure. Fracture strength was measured with Instron Universal Testing Machine. Metaldies were anchored in Three-way-vice at 3mm below finish line and at 130degree inclined to the lone axis of the crown. Load was directed lingually at 2mm below midincisal edge. Load value at initial crack and at catastrophic fracture was recorded. The results obtained were as follows: 1. Fracture strength values at initial crack were higher in groups 1, 2 than in groups 3, 4 but this difference was not statistically significant(P<0.05). 2. Conventional metal collared crown had greater catastrophic fracture strength than any other collarless crowns. 3. The greater the labial metal coping reduction, the lower the catastrophic fracture strength of crowns but when more than 1mm of labial metal reduction was done, the difference in strengths was not statistically significant(p<0.05). 4. The strongest collarless coping design was group 2.
Axis, Cervical Vertebra ; Cementation ; Ceramics* ; Crowns* ; Dental Porcelain ; Dentistry ; Fingers ; Fungi ; Incisor ; Mastication ; Shoulder ; Zinc Phosphate Cement

Intraspinal neurenteric cysts are rare congenital lesions that results from abnormal separation of germ layers in the third week of embryonic development, which may cause spinal compression. Although, the diagnosis of neurenteric cyst was very difficult prior to operation, MRI has proven to be a useful imaging modality in detection, localization and characterization of intraspinal neurenteric cysts. We recently experienced intraspinal neurenteric cyst in two patients who presented with progerssive quadriparesis. Myelography, CT myelography and MRI were taken and complete excision was performed. The MRI findings are presented and the literature is reviewed.
Diagnosis ; Embryonic Development ; Female ; Germ Layers ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging* ; Myelography ; Neural Tube Defects* ; Pregnancy ; Quadriplegia

The clinical observation was done on 126 patients of Ota's nevus, 113 of whom were seen at Department of Dermatology, Chonnam National University Hospital from January 1973 through July 1983, and 13 of whom were found among 45, 87l male and female students of high school in Kwangju City, Korea. The results obtained were as follows: 1. The incidence of male and female students of Ota's nevus were respectively 0. 013% and 0.043%, with the incidence,as a whole being 0.03%, whereas the frequency of Ota's nevus among the outpatients was 0. 24% with the ratio of male to female being 1: 2. 67. 2. There was only one family of familial occurrence, in which 2 sisters were involved among 5 siblings. 3. Thirty three percent of Ota's nevus showed the onset at birth. 4. According to Tanino's classification, our patients showed that Type II was 41.7% and then Type Ia, III, Ib, and IV being respectively 33. 3%, 16. 7, 4.2, and 4. 2%. 5. Seleral involvement was 54.2%, especially in type III and Type II. 6. The color was increased in 54%, especially Type II by internal and external factors such as fatigue, warm temperature, menstruation and cold temperature. 7. The color intensification was prominent at the age of 10 to 14.
Classification ; Cold Temperature ; Dermatology ; Fatigue ; Female ; Gwangju ; Humans ; Incidence ; Jeollanam-do ; Korea ; Male ; Menstruation ; Nevus of Ota* ; Outpatients ; Parturition ; Siblings