Large numbers of any population of shoe wears have abnormalities of the skin of their toe clefts, but most of them have no recognized pathogen there. The term tinea pedis, or athlete's foot, should be strictly reserved for those infected with a dermatophyte fungus. The prevalance of this condition in the general population is unknown, and a survey of a true representative sample would present considerable difficulties. The toe webs and the soles as well as other area of the feet which showed any clinical changes were scraped and the scales ohtained were examined microscopically after clearing with 10% KOH and were inoculated on to Sabouraud's glucose agar. Pathogenic fungi were identified in slide culture and fermentation test with macro and microscopically. Total 1669 workers were examined in Cotton Mill Industry. Patients from 648 (38.7%) workers {85(28.1%) of 302 men and from 563 (41.1%) of 1367 women) showed clinically diagnosed tinea pedis. Their ages varied from 15 to over 50 years, with most of those examined in the second decade, especially women. The positivc rate of 10% KOH preparation found, that 21.3% of 72 men and 78.7% of 267 women were clinical diagnosed. An analysis of 221 identified strains with mycologic examination has shown that trichophyton rubrum (88 strains) is more isolated than T.mentagrophytes (66 strains), also candida species (50 strains are included C. albicans, C. tropicalis, C. pseudotropicalis, C. parakrusei and C. stellatoidea.) Authors figures indicate that the incidence of dermatophytosis is high in workers of Cotton Mill Industry for following reasons; 1. Environmental condition of working place are maintained constantly high temperature and humidity. 2. Workers are used in industrial bath room after working, and living a communal life.
Agar ; Arthrodermataceae ; Baths ; Candida ; Female ; Fermentation ; Foot ; Fungi ; Glucose ; Humans ; Humidity ; Incidence ; Male ; Shoes ; Skin ; Tinea Pedis ; Tinea* ; Toes ; Trichophyton ; Weights and Measures

Sacral pressure sores have been treated by a variety of surgical methods. complete treatment needs wide excision and coverage with healthy tissue which has constant and sufficient blood supply. Use of gluteus maximus muscle flap with or without overlying skin is a revolutionary method because of the reliability of blood supply. However, it is technically a little bit complicated, and future reconstruction for recurrent decubitus is especially limited in paraplegic patients. The development of gluteal perforator-based flap with para-sacral perforator introduce a new treatment modality for the sacral pressure sores. Total 10 cases of sacral pressure sores were treated with gluteal perforator-based flap. There were minimal postoperative complications except wound dehiscence in one case. This flap has a many advantage of no transection or sacrifice of the gluteus maximus muscle, elevation time for the flap is short, reliable blood flow of the perforator, large rotation arc and no post-operative hindrance to walking in patients who are not paraplegic. The disadvantages of this perforator-based flaps are the anatomical variation in the location of perforators and the need for technically careful dissection.
Humans ; Postoperative Complications ; Pressure Ulcer* ; Skin ; Walking ; Wounds and Injuries

A case of histiocytosis X with the involvement of pituitary stalk in a 5 year old boy was described. He presented with diabetes insipidus and the endocrinological study showed growth hormone deficiency. On computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, the pituitary stalk was abnormally thick. Overlooking of the skull lesion on plain X-ray film led to an erroneous diagnosis of germ cell tumor'. Gross total removal of the lesion and chemotherapy were performed. In the differential diagnosis of suprasellar masses, this disease entity should be included. The importance of histological diagnosis of the infundibular lesion in cases of central diabetes insipidus is also emphasized.
Child, Preschool ; Diabetes Insipidus ; Diabetes Insipidus, Neurogenic ; Diagnosis ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Drug Therapy ; Germ Cells ; Growth Hormone ; Histiocytosis* ; Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell* ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Pituitary Gland* ; Skull ; X-Ray Film

PURPOSE: We report clinical features and viral studies on 153 children with aseptic meningitis in the Pusan area in 1996 and compare the results of this study with those of other reports in 1990 and 1993. METHODS: One hundred fifty-three children with aseptic meningitis who have been admitted to the Department of Pediatrics, St. Benedict Hospital between July and October 1996 were included. We described age and sex distribution, monthly distribution, clinical manifestations, laboratory data and complication. RESULTS: The male to female ratio was 2.32:1 and the most age was 4.21 years. It occurred mostly in July, August and October. It was later than the peak incidence between May and July in 1990 and 1993. The main symptoms were fever, headache and vomiting in this order. Rash was mostly maculopapular form and frequent in those younger than 4 years-old. No specific results were not found in peripheral blood and CSF studies. We failed to isolate the causative agent in the viral culture, but Echovirus 9 was suspected as a causative agent by its clinical features and other similar reports. The duration of clinical symptoms in the early diagnostic group was significantly shorter that in late diagnostic group. CONCLUSIONS: Aseptic meningitis was prevalent in children in the Pusan area, during the summer of 1996. It was frequent in male and the mean age was 4.21 years. It occurred mostly in July, August and October. Peak incidence was later than in 1990 and 1993. The main symptoms: fever, headache, vomiting and rash were observed frequently.
Busan* ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Echovirus 9 ; Exanthema ; Female ; Fever ; Headache ; Hospital Distribution Systems ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Meningitis, Aseptic* ; Pediatrics ; Sex Distribution ; Vomiting

It is been known that the deltoid ligament of the ankle joint plays an important role in the stabiliy of the ankle joint. In cases of deltoid ligament rupture, associated with lateral malleolar fractures, cannot be maintained the integrity of the mortise and the stability of the talus. Controversy remains about the treatment of deltoid ligament injuries. Many authors advocate an operative repair for deltoid ligament ruptures for optimal reduction of lateral malleolar fracture. However, according to recent cadaveric studies and many satisfactory results of clinical studies, excellent results have been reported regarding the ankle joint stability by anatomical reduction of the lateral structure, but only without surgical repair of the medial structure. Fourteen patients with lateral malleolar fractures with associated deltoid ligament injuries treated at Sun General Hospital between January 1990 and June 1995. There were examined clinically and radiologically. We concluded that deltoid ligament repairs should be considered unnecessary as long as fibular fracture are stabilized anatomically with normal medial joint space. However, in cases with higher fracture levels of lateral malleolus, associated with syndesmotic injury, we recommend syndesmotic screw fixation or deltoid ligament repair.
Ankle ; Ankle Injuries ; Ankle Joint ; Cadaver ; Fibula* ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Joints ; Ligaments* ; Rupture ; Solar System ; Talus

PURPOSE: Meningitis is an acute childhood infection caused by viral or bacterial infection. The purpose of the present study is to analyze the differences between enteroviral meningitis and non-enteroviral aseptic meningitis. METHODS: From January 2013 to December 2016, we retrospectively reviewed the medical records of a total of 303 aseptic meningitis patients who visited Wonju Severance Christian Hospital. We examined demographics of all patients and analyzed serologic and cerebrospinal fluid tests, clinical symptoms, and outcomes. RESULTS: Of a total of 303 patients, 197(65.0%) were male, and the most cases occurred from June to November (91.8%). The most common pathogen of meningitis was found to be enterovirus (65.0%). According to the etiology, the enteroviral meningitis group had significantly more headache and enteric symptoms (P=0.0003 and P=0.0013, respectively). Furthermore, the non-enteroviral meningitis group showed pleocytosis in the cerebrospinal fluid and a significantly higher rate of seizure at 1 to 4 years (P=0.0360 and P=0.0002, respectively). CONCLUSION: In this study, enteroviral meningitis was the most common and the prognosis was good. When compared between two groups, neurological symptoms were frequent in patients with non-enteroviral meningitis in groups 1 to 4 years.
Bacterial Infections ; Cerebrospinal Fluid ; Child ; Demography ; Enterovirus* ; Gangwon-do ; Headache ; Humans ; Leukocytosis ; Male ; Medical Records ; Meningitis* ; Meningitis, Aseptic ; Prognosis ; Retrospective Studies ; Seizures

Lobular capillary hemangioma (LCH) is a type of benign vascular tumor. It arises from vascular endothelial cells and contains capillaries arranged in a lobular pattern. In the head and neck, the most common presenting location of LCH is the lips, and presentation in the larynx is very rare. LCH might not be distinct from granuloma in macroscopic views. We report a 71-year-old female with LCH of the larynx that was totally resected via laryngeal microsurgery with a CO2 laser and briefly review the literature.

BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery appears to offer certain advantages such as earlier postoperative recovery and a greater cosmetic effect than that achieved through conventional sternotomy. However, this approach has not yet been widely adopted in Korea to replace complex open heart surgery such as mitral valve reconstruction. This study compared the results of robot assisted minimally invasive mitral valve repair with those results of conventional sternotomy. MATERIAL AND METHOD: From December 1993 to December 2005, 520 consecutive patients underwent mitral valve reconstruction for mitral regurgitation in our institution. These patients were subdivided according to those whose surgery used the conventional sternotomy approach (Group S, n=432) and those who underwent minimally invasive right anterior thoracotomy (Group M, n=88); we then compared the clinical results of both groups. When we performed minimally invasive right thoracotomy, we used a robot (AESOP 3000) and made an incision less than 5 cm. RESULT: Our study patients in both groups were similar for their age, gender and preoperative ejection fraction. There were two hospital mortalities in group S. but there was no mortality in the group M patients. Significant reductions in the ICU stay and the postoperative hospital stay were observed in the group M patients compared with the group S patients. However, both the bypass time and the aortic cross-clamp time were significantly longer in the group M patients. In spite of the confined incision in the group M patients, there were no limitations on the mitral valve repair techniques. There was a similar frequency of postoperative significant residual mitral regurgitation in both groups. CONCLUSION: In this study, the minimally invasive mitral valve repair showed comparable early results with the conventional sternotomy patients. We will now need long-term follow-up of these patients who underwent minimally invasive mitral valve repair, but we anticipate that based on the results of this study, we will begin to routinely perform minimally invasive cardiac surgery as our primary approach for mitral valve reconstruction.
Follow-Up Studies ; Hospital Mortality ; Humans ; Korea ; Length of Stay ; Mitral Valve Insufficiency ; Mitral Valve* ; Mortality ; Sternotomy* ; Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive ; Thoracic Surgery ; Thoracotomy

PURPOSE: To investigate the effects of low-dose FP (5-Fluorouracil[5FU]+Cispatin[CDDP]) therapy through a percutaneously implanted intra-arterial port system in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-five patients with advanced HCCs and portal vein thrombosis, or large HCCs which were unresectable or for which transarterial chemoembolization was thought to be ineffective, underwent intra-arterial port implantation. The mean maxinal diameter of these tumors was 13.7 (range, 5-21.5) cm, and they were located at the right lobe (n=18), the left lobe (n=3), or throughout the liver (n=4). Tumor thrombosis was detected in the main (n=14), right (n=3) and left portal vein(n=1), the right portal vein and inferior vena cava(n=2), and the inferior vena cava(n=1). The four others patients had no portal vein thrombosis. All intra-arterial port implantations were performed percutaneously in the angiographic ward through the right or left common femoral artery. The port chamber was implanted in the inguinal area and fixed using histoacryl. For intra-arterial chemotherapy, 5-FU (250 mg/day) and CDDP (10 mg/day) were used for five days every four weeks. In order to observe changes in tumor size, follow-up CT scanning was performed every two months. RESULTS: Implantation of the port system was successful in all cases, and patients underwent between one and eleven (mean, 3.9) sessions of chemotherapy. Port and catheter-related complications, namely dislodgement of the catheter(n=2), wound infection(n=2), migration of the coil(n=1) and catheter occlusion(n=1) occurred in six patients (24%), and chemotherapy-related complications, namely liver failure(n=3) and gastric ulcer bleeding(n=1), in four (16%). A complete response, i.e. the disappearance of tumor thrombosis of the portal vein, was achieved in one patient (4%), a partial response in three (12%), and a minor response in four (16%); the overall response rate was 32% and the mean survival period was 7.6 months. CONCLUSION: Low-dose FP therapy through a percutaneous intra-arterial port system may be one way of effectively treating advanced HCC patients who cannot undergo surgery or effective trans-arterial chemoembolization.
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular* ; Catheters ; Drug Therapy* ; Enbucrilate ; Femoral Artery ; Fluorouracil ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Liver ; Portal Vein ; Stomach Ulcer ; Thrombosis ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Venous Thrombosis ; Wounds and Injuries

Actinomycoces is a gram positive, anaerobic, branching and non-acid fast bacterium which is a normal habitant of the skin, oral cavity, tonsil and gastrointestinal tract and its human infection is rare. Pelvic actinomycoses is frequently caused by Actinomycoces israel-ii. It is chronic, progressive, and more suppurative than granulomatous disease, and the symptoms are usually persistent and gradual, therefore the misdiagnosis and improper trea-tment are not uncommon. Actinomycoses is generally classified as cervicofacial, abdominal and thoracic type ac- cording to the site of the primary infection. Many actinomycotic pelvic infections in women used intrauterine device with long du- ration were reported, in contrast, others suggest that actinomycoces developed opportunistic infection irrespective of intrauterine device presence. We have experienced 4 cases of pelvic actinomycoses, one case with IUD(Lippes' loop) in a 47 year old woman, the other case with abdominal wall ctinomycoses in a 34 year old woman, the third case without IUD in a 41 year old woman, the fourth case with IUD(Cu-7) in a 37 year old woman and reported them with a review of literature.
Abdominal Wall ; Actinomycosis* ; Adult ; Diagnostic Errors ; Female ; Gastrointestinal Tract ; Humans ; Intrauterine Devices ; Middle Aged ; Mouth ; Opportunistic Infections ; Palatine Tonsil ; Pelvic Infection ; Skin