We experienced a case of venous hemangioma occuring on the inner aspect of right forearm of 40-year-old woman. The skin lesion was slight tender, pea sized, dark brown surfaced, subcutaneous mass. The entire dermis was filled with numerous coiled thick walled vessels surrounded by fibrous stroma on the histopathologic examination. The wall, lined by a single layer of endothelial cells, lacked elastic fibers on the specimen of Verhoeff-Van Gieson and Massons trichrotne stains.
Adult ; Coloring Agents ; Dermis ; Elastic Tissue ; Endothelial Cells ; Female ; Forearm ; Hemangioma* ; Humans ; Peas ; Skin

Leiomyoma Cutis is an unusual benign tumor of smooth muscle derivecl either from the arrector pili muscle, from the media of blood vesseles, or from smooth muscles of scrotum, labia or nipple. Two casea of leiomyoma cutis confirmed by H&E stain and Massons stain is presented, one with lesion on the left thigh and the ather with lesion of the left ankle. The first case was a 49 year-old female with solitary pinhead sized subcutaneous firm mass with intermittent pain and tenderess for 10 months, The second case waa a 36 year-old female with painful solitary peanut sized firm nodule which had pinkish center of 1 year duration.
Adult ; Ankle ; Blood Vessels ; Female ; Humans ; Leiomyoma* ; Middle Aged ; Muscle, Smooth ; Nipples ; Scrotum ; Thigh

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Glomerulonephritis, IGA* ; Immunity, Cellular* ; Immunoglobulin A*

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Glomerulonephritis, IGA* ; Immunity, Cellular* ; Immunoglobulin A*

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Acute Kidney Injury* ; Nifedipine* ; Plasma* ; Renin*

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences in patients with positional dependent sleep apnea according to their non-supine apnea-hypopnea index (AHI, > or =5 vs. <5). METHODS: 92 patients with positional sleep apnea were evaluated. The patients were divided into two groups : group I was non-supine AHI having > or =5 ; group II was non-supine AHI having less than 5. Statistical analysis was performed to find the difference between two groups. RESULTS: In 92 patients, the number of group I patients was 11 (12%) and the number of group II patients was 81 (88%). In the severe AHI group, percentage of group I was dominated (70%) and showing a significant difference compared with the mild and moderate AHI groups (p<.05). In the severe body mass index (BMI) group, percentage of group I was dominated (54.5%) and showing a significant difference compared with of the mild and moderate BMI groups (p<.05). The percentage of group I was significantly higher than group II (p<.05) in the AHI, supine AHI, non-supine AHI and snore time. CONCLUSIONS: In patients with positional sleep apnea, severe OSA and high BMI are more common in patients with non-supine AHI> or =5 than non-supine AHI<5.
Body Mass Index ; Humans ; Sleep Apnea Syndromes ; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive

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Lymphangioma, Cystic* ; Turner Syndrome* ; Ultrasonography*

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Adenocarcinoma* ; Scrotum* ; Stomach Neoplasms*

STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective analysis of 166 patients was undertaken to observe radiologically the changes of adjacent segments at follow-up more than three years after lumbar fusion. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study is to analyse the changes of adjacent segments and to correlate these changes to the length of using level and to the degree of deviation from physiologic lumbar lordosis. The authors also correlate these radiologic changes to the clinical symptoms. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In simple x-ray, authors observed traction spur, disc space narrowing, endplate sclerosis and vacuum phenomenon of adjacent segments. Authors used Gelb's criteria in segmental lordosis angle(SLA) and Katz's classification in clinical results. RESULTS: The average age was 49.6 years old and the average follow-up period was 57.2 months(4 years and 9.2 months). We observed radiologically the traction spurs in 35 cases(21.1%), end-plate sclerosis in 32 cases(19.3%), disc space narrowing in 33 cases(19.9%) and the vacuum phenomenon in 10 cases(6.0%). The numbers of fusion segments and the degree of unphysiologic segmental lordosis angle in fusion segments were related with the frequency and degree of changes of adjacent segments(P<0.05). The clinical results showed satisfaction in 142 cases(85.5%), unsatisfaction in 24 cases(14.5%) and low back pain in 24 cases(14.5%), leg pain in 11 cases(6.6%) and extension of fusion level in 4 cases(2.4%). In low back pain patients more than two kinds of radiological changes were frequently observed than the patients without low back pain(P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The radiological changes of adjacent segments were more frequently observed in long fusion and in fusion with unphysiologic lumbar lordosis angle. And these changes are frequently associated with low back pain. Thus long fusion and fusion with unphysiologic lumbar lordosis angle should be avoided if possible.
Animals ; Classification ; Follow-Up Studies* ; Humans ; Leg ; Lordosis ; Low Back Pain ; Retrospective Studies ; Sclerosis ; Spinal Fusion* ; Traction ; Vacuum

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Antibodies* ; Coxiella burnetii* ; Coxiella* ; Korea* ; Prevalence*