1.Acute Interstitial Pneumonia: HRCT Findings in Five Patients.
Eun Young KANG ; Yu Whan OH ; Won Hyuck SUH
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 1995;33(5):745-750
PURPOSE: To describe HRCT findings in five patients with pathologically proved acute interstitial pneumonia MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study included 5 patients with pathological and clinical diagnosis of acute interstitial pneumonia. Mean age of the patients was 40(range, 31-53 years). CT scans were reviewed by two chest radiologists retrospectively. CT scans were assessed for the presence and distribution of ground-glass attenuation, air-space consolidation, interlobular septal thickening, honeycombing, and pleural effusion. RESULTS: The area of ground-glass attenuation and air-space consolidation were seen at HRCT in all 5 patients. These lesions were distributed diffusely in both lungs, but involved predominantly subpleural lungs in 2 patients and posterior lungs in 3 patients. Three patients had mild interlobular septal thickening. None of them showed honeycombing. Three of the 5 patients died within 52 days of initial manifestation. CONCLUSION: Acute interstitial pneumonia differs from the more chronic form of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia in their HRCT findings.
Diagnosis
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Humans
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Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias
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Lung
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Lung Diseases, Interstitial*
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Pleural Effusion
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Retrospective Studies
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Thorax
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
2.Comparison of two in vitro assays for serum house dust mite - specific IgE with skin testiong in allergic subjects.
Jae Won OH ; Ha Baik LEE ; Jee Young JUNG
Journal of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology 1999;19(4):535-541
BACKGROUND: The skin prick test and in vitro allergen-specific IgE assays are commonly used to diagnose atopic diseases. However, there is still a need for comparison of their diagnostic efficiency. Objective and METHOD: To evaluate their clinical efficiency, the results of UniCAP and multiple antigen simultaneous test (MAST) were compared with skin prick test results. After 51 allergic patients completed skin prick test (SPT), serum sample was collected and UniCAP and MAST were performed to determine specific IgE to house dust mite (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus : Dp and D. farinae. Df). Result : When SPT was used as a reference standard, UniCAP depicted higher sensitivity of 88.8% to Dp IgE and 91.4% to Df - IgE, but lower specificity of 73.3% to Dp IgE and 75.0% to Df - IgE. However, MAST had lower sensitivity of 75.1% to Dp-IgE and 71.4% to Df - IgE, higher specificity of 93.3% to Dp-IgE and 93.7% to Df - IgE. The values of UniCAP and MAST were significantly correlated with the reactivity grade of skin prick test, respectively. Additionally, the response of SPT was not apparently associated with ECP levels. CONCLUSION: These study results may suggest that both UniCAP and MAST are generally feasible for measuring house dust mite - specific IgE and that they are both replicable.
Dust*
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Humans
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Immunoglobulin E*
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Pyroglyphidae*
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Skin*
3.Molluscum Contagiosum of the Newborn: An Unusual Presentation.
Young Woo SUN ; Chee Won OH ; Tae Heung KIM
Annals of Dermatology 1998;10(1):53-55
Molluscum contagiosum is a common, benign, viral disease of the skin and mucous membrane that generally affects children. This disease is characterized by a 2 to 7 week incubation period; the involvement of the face, trunk, and extremities; spontaneous resolution within 2 to 4 months; and common autoinoculation. Individuals are susceptibile from the age of one. Herein, we report a case of molluscum contagiosum with an unusual manifestation. The skin lesions, which occured at ten days postpartum, showed two adjacent hard papules on the posterior scalp. They remained for 8 months in the same size and number.
Child
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Extremities
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn*
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Molluscum Contagiosum*
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Mucous Membrane
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Postpartum Period
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Scalp
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Skin
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Virus Diseases
4.Hyperthermia Depletes Epidermal Langerhans Cells and Modulates Contact Hypersensitivity Reaction in Mice.
Young Jin OH ; Jong Yuk YI ; Won HOUH
Annals of Dermatology 1990;2(2):71-76
This study was designed to investigate the effect of local hyperthermia on contact hypersensitivity (CHS) and elucidate it's mechanism through assessment of number of epidermal LCs and transfer of spleen cells. Depilated dorsal skin of mouse was immersed into controlled water bath at 52 ℃ for 30 seconds in vivo. The number of epidermal LCs was counted by adenosine triphosphate staining, and CHS to 2,4-dinitro-l-fluorobenzene was assessed by ear swelling and transfer of spleen cells. The number of LCs was significantly reduced 1 to 3 days after the hyperthermia treatment and recovered to normal 5 days after the treatment. CHS was significantly suppressed in mice sensitized 5,7, or 10 days after hyperthermia treatment, but the suppression was meager in mice sensitized 1 or 3 days after the treatment. There is a discord between the number of LCs and degree of CHS. When mice received spleen cells from hyporesponsive donors, CHS was remarkably sup-pressed in the recipient mice compared with positive control. These findings suggest that tfeatment of local hyperthermia suppress CHS in mice, which may be associated with the induction of suppressor cells. The nature of the discord between the the number of LCs and degree of CHS in this investigation remains to be cleared by further studies.
Adenosine Triphosphate
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Animals
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Baths
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Dermatitis, Contact*
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Ear
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Fever*
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Humans
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Hyperthermia, Induced
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Langerhans Cells*
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Mice*
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Skin
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Spleen
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Tissue Donors
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Water
5.A bacteriological study in Caldwell-Luc's operation of chronic maxillary sinusitis.
Won Koo SON ; Yoon Young JUNG ; Cheon Hwan OH
Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 1991;34(2):278-283
No abstract available.
Maxillary Sinus*
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Maxillary Sinusitis*
6.The value of sonographic gallbladder wall patterns in differentiati- ng malignant from benigh ascites.
Young Rae LEE ; Hae Won PARK ; Young Uk LEE ; Won Ja OH
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 1991;27(5):676-679
No abstract available.
Ascites*
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Gallbladder*
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Ultrasonography*
7.Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease: Clinical and Virological Investigations.
Young Jin OH ; Baik Kee CHO ; Jung Won KIM ; Won HOUH ; Yeun Tai LEE
Korean Journal of Dermatology 1980;18(5):409-416
Hand, foot and mouth disease, a distinctive clinical syndrome caused by a coxsackie virus, is clinically characterized by vesicles appearing on the hands, feet and in the mouth. The infection begins with a fever and mouth lesions consisting of small vesicles surrounded by red areolae on the buccal mucosa, tongue, soft palate and gingiva. The disease usually lasts spontaneously between 7 to 10 days after onset. We observed 20 cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease from July, 12th to September, 4th, 1979 and examined histopathologically and virologically. We have isolated only one viral strain showing cytopathic effect on HeLa cell among the five cases of acute stage and also observed that viral particle in the electronmicroscope.
Fever
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Foot*
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Gingiva
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Hand*
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Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
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HeLa Cells
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Humans
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Mouth Diseases*
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Mouth Mucosa
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Mouth*
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Palate, Soft
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Tongue
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Virion
8.Therapeutic Thai of Recombinant Human Interferon-αA for a Case of Kaposi's Sarcoma.
Dae Won GOO ; Young Jin OH ; Hyung Ok KIM ; Jeung Kyu KIM ; Chung Won KIM
Annals of Dermatology 1989;1(1):28-32
No abstract available.
Asian Continental Ancestry Group*
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Humans
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Humans*
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Sarcoma, Kaposi*
9.Infantile Acropustulosis: Report of a Case.
Young Jin OH ; Baik Kee CHO ; Chung Won KIM ; Won HOUH
Korean Journal of Dermatology 1980;18(2):175-179
No abstract available.
10.Lupus Vulgaris Associated Bone Tuberculosis: Report of A Case.
Young Jin OH ; Baik Kee CHO ; Chung Won KIM ; Won HOUH
Korean Journal of Dermatology 1980;18(2):141-147
A 3 year-old female patient was examined because of thumb-tip sized erythematous, verrucose, granulomatous mass on the nose, and coin to hen egg sized well demarked annular plaques with central atrophy and peripheral scaling, appeared on the left deltoid and clavicular area. The skin lesions showed so-called apple jelly color on diascopic examinatian. Biopsy from the lesions of nose and the left deltoid area revealed typical pictures of lupus vulgaris. Chest PA and flat abdomen revealed irregular bony destruction with reactive sclerosis involving left clavicle, 6th, 7th and 9th ribs and right 7th rib, and both iliac bones along the sacroiliac joint, and also noted unusual prominence of right paratracheal shadow. The patient was treated with isoniazid, ethambutol, rifampicin, and now is under our our observation
Abdomen
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Atrophy
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Biopsy
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Child, Preschool
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Clavicle
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Ethambutol
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Female
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Humans
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Isoniazid
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Lupus Vulgaris*
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Nose
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Numismatics
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Ovum
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Ribs
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Rifampin
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Sacroiliac Joint
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Sclerosis
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Skin
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Thorax
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Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular*