We report a solitary neurilemmoma on the left palm that occured in a 19-year-old man. The mass was a 1 * 1.2 * 0.7cm sized dome which was located between the thenar and hypothenar on the left palm. A biopsy specimen showed histological findings consistent with neurilemmoma:circumscribed nuclear palisading with Verocay bodies.
Biopsy ; Humans ; Neurilemmoma* ; Young Adult

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Diagnosis* ; Leptospirosis* ; Scrub Typhus*

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DNA* ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization*

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Antibodies, Monoclonal* ; Rickettsia typhi* ; Rickettsia*

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Antibodies, Monoclonal* ; Rickettsia typhi* ; Rickettsia*

Deep vein thrombosis is a frequently lethal complication following musculoskeletal surgery and skeletal trauma. For this study on incidence of deep vein thrombosis, we examined the data on 40 patients with contrast venography. Thrombosis limited to the veins in the calf of the leg was shown in 10 patients by venography. None of these patients had clinical symptoms of deep vein thrombosis or indicating embolism. We therefore concluded that the incidence of deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremity after injury or operation in Korea is not so rare as was considered before.
Embolism ; Humans ; Incidence ; Korea ; Leg ; Lower Extremity ; Phlebography ; Thrombosis ; Veins ; Venous Thrombosis

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Eyelids* ; Sarcoidosis* ; Skin

BACKGROUND: Pemphigus (P; pemphigus vulgaris, PV; pemphigus foliaceus, PF), bullous pemphigoid (BP) and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) are autoimmune blistering skin diseases induced by IgG autoantibodies. In some cases of these diseases IgA autoantibodies can be detected at the lesional skin as well as in the sera. OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to examine the frequencies of circulating disease-specific IgA autoantibodies in addition to IgG, in P, BP and EBA; possible clinical relevancies in connection with the presence of IgA autoantibodies in the sera were also reviewed with the patients in each disease. PATIENTS/METHODS: Twenty new patients of the individual diseases who showed positive indirect immunofluorescence findings of IgG were selected. Immunoblotting and multi-step immunostaining were performed ('amplified alkaline phosphatase immunoblot' preparations [Bio-Rad BRL]) with patients' sera using tissue antigens of A431 cell culture-extracts. RESULTS: Among the above 20-patient groups in P, 7 cases (PV 3, PF 4) were positive for serum IgA autoantibodies. In BP and EBA, 4 cases and 16 cases were positive for circulating IgA autoantibodies, respectively. Between the positivity-rate found in each category, patients with EBA showed a significant high positive frequency of 80% as compared with others having P or BP (p>0.045). There were no statistically significant clinical correlations between the serologic findings of IgA-positivities and the clinical expressions of the diseases including mucous membrane involvements in each disease (p>0.3). CONCLUSIONS: The frequency-rates of dual expressions of autoantibodies, IgG and IgA, were relatively lower in patients with P (35%) and BP (20%) than those patients with EBA showing a significant high rate (80%). Clinical relevancies with the presence of serum IgA autoantibodies were not seen in this study, perhaps indicating further immunopathological and clinical evaluations might be necessary to define the role of IgA autoantibodies in each disease.
Alkaline Phosphatase ; Autoantibodies* ; Blister ; Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita* ; Epidermolysis Bullosa* ; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect ; Humans ; Immunoblotting ; Immunoglobulin A* ; Immunoglobulin G ; Mucous Membrane ; Pemphigoid, Bullous* ; Pemphigus* ; Skin ; Skin Diseases ; Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous

We report two cases of localized lichen planus on the lower lip. They have no suspected lesions of lichen planus on the oral mucosa or other skin sites. Biopsy specimens showed epidermal and dermal changes of interface dermatitis consistent with lichen planus.
Biopsy ; Dermatitis ; Lichen Planus* ; Lichens* ; Lip* ; Mouth Mucosa ; Skin

No abstract available.
Antibodies* ; Chungcheongnam-do* ; Diagnosis* ; Immunoglobulin G* ; Immunoglobulin M* ; Orientia tsutsugamushi* ; Rickettsia* ; Scrub Typhus*