A typical case of lichen amyloidosis is reported. This case is considered to be the first one in Korea. Intralesional injection of prednisolone proved to be effective in this case. The etiologic and therapeutic aspects of this disease are discussed.
Amyloidosis* ; Injections, Intralesional ; Korea ; Lichens* ; Prednisolone

No abstract available.
Mast Cells* ; Skin Diseases*

Fifty-one cases of various warts were treated with 1-cbloro-2,4-dmitrobenzene (DNCB), and divided these warts into two groups by the method of treatment. The first group was treated by challenge on normal skin a,fter sensitization and the second group was treated by challenge on wart lesion after sensitization. The number of first group was 27 consisted of 13 of verruca vulgaris, 12 of verruca plana and 2 of condyloma acuminatum. The number of second group was 24 consisted of 10 of verruca vulgaris, 11 of verruca plana and R of verruca plantaris. The results are summarized as follows; 1. Thirty-one of all 51 cases (60. 7%) were cured. 2. Fifteen of 27 cases (55.5%) were cured in first group. 3. Sixteen of 24 cases (66. 6%) were cured in second group. 4. All 3 cases of verruca planaris were cured in second group. 5. Eight cases were cured only by sensitization and consisted of 6 of verruca plana and of verruca vulgaris. 6. There was no significant difference in cure rates of warts between the group within 2 years of duration and the group over 2 years of duration. 7. There were no severe adverse reactions.
Dinitrochlorobenzene* ; Immunotherapy* ; Skin ; Warts*

The routine closed patch tests were performe0 with 41 kinds of domestic soaps, detergents, cosm etics and topical medicaments (incIuding a adhesive plaster) on the intact skin of the back of 100 adult males without any dermatoses, to evaluate their side effects on the skin. 1, None of the materials showed no positive reaction, 2, The over all positive reactions were observed in 21.l% of my subjects, including a 1+reacti ons in,l6,4% and a 2+or 3, In 4.7% 3, In 12 kinds of soaps, Positive reaction wer observed in 19-33% positive of my subjects (average Z7.8%) 4, In 4 kinds of detergents, positive reations were observed in 6-19% of my subjects (average 9,7%), in which the highest reaction rate revealed was IVonderful of Dongsan fats and oils co.. 5. The positive reactiors in 3 kinds of toothpastes were observed in 37-61% of my subjects (average 50.7%). 6. The positive reactions to the adhesive plaster were observed in 25% of my subjects. Arnong 17 kinds of topial medicaments, positive reaction rates above 10 shown were Aroos oirtment of Sarn-A phaxmaceutical co. (49%), PM spirit of Kyungnam pharmaceutical co. (16%), Periio ointment of Namgang pharmaceutical co. (13%), Badional-Gel of Hanil pharm-aceutcal co. (10%) and Antiphlamine of Yuhan corporation (10%). 8. In 4 kinds of cosmetic creams, all showed higher positive reaction rates, i.e, "Masan Joongang cream of Yeinvonlang No I, 41%;No.2, 35%;N0.3, 32% and E.mong cream" of Daido phanna-ceutical co,44%.
Adhesives ; Adult ; Detergents ; Fats ; Gyeongsangnam-do ; Humans ; Male ; Oils ; Patch Tests ; Skin ; Skin Diseases ; Soaps* ; Toothpastes

No abstract available.
Drug Eruptions*

A case of syringoma with unusual distribution in a young healthy woman is reported. Physical examination revealed numerous angular or lichenoid papules, varing from skin color to light brown in hue, on the anterior aspect of the neck, upper chest, breast, sternal area, inframammary area and abdomen with grouping tendency. Some papules had fine scales on their surface. The histologic findings were those of charateristic features of syringoma.
Abdomen ; Breast ; Female ; Humans ; Neck ; Physical Examination ; Skin ; Syringoma* ; Thorax ; Weights and Measures

These studies were undertaken to evaluate the morphological development of the epidermis, hair, sebaceous gland, eccrine sweat gland and basement membrane in the skin of the Korean fetuses. Nineteen fetuses, 4 to 28 weeks of age, ranging in size from 4 to 230mm crown-rump length, obtained from healthy Korean mothers, were used in these studies and histological observation was done in the different fetal weeks and in the various parts of .the body such as face, perioral, scalp, axilla, abdomen, palm and sole. The results are as follows: 1) At 4-5 weeks of fetal age, the epidermis consists of a single layer of undifferentiated cells and by the 6th week it becomes two-layered; the periderm and the stratum germinativum. At 12-13 weeks, the germinative layer proliferates in a centrifugal direction to form a stratum intermedium and also proliferates in a centripetal direction, giving rise to clusters of cells that grow into the subjacent dermis, to form prhair germs and eccrine sweat gIand germs. Keratohyaline granules first make an appearance at 20th week and the stratum granulosum appears at 28 weeks of fetal life. From 20th week onward the periderm gradually disappears and is replaced by a stratum corneum at 28 weeks.
Abdomen ; Axilla ; Basement Membrane* ; Crown-Rump Length ; Dermis ; Epidermis* ; Fetus ; Gestational Age ; Hair* ; Humans ; Mothers ; Scalp ; Sebaceous Glands* ; Skin* ; Sweat Glands* ; Sweat*

Acromelanosis Progressiva which was described by Mishirna et al. In 1962 is a very rare pigmentary disorder and it seems that this is the first case reporting in Korean literature. The patient we observed was 11 years old girl having dark brown macules on the dorsa of her hands and feet, forearms, lower legs and face. These pigmented macules at first appeared on the dorsal surfaces of her fingers and toes when her age of 7. Thereafter these macules spread somewhat progressively to the proximal portions of the extremities and recently those have been spread upon her forearms and lower legs. The same pigmented macules appeared meanwhile on her face when her age of 9 and also have been spread diffusely on the cheeks and eyelids at visiting. Sh was otherwise normal on physically and had no familial history of such pigmentary disorder. But she had mental deficiency (I.Q. 60).
Cheek ; Child ; Extremities ; Eyelids ; Female ; Fingers ; Foot ; Forearm ; Hand ; Humans ; Intellectual Disability ; Leg ; Toes

Five cases of erythema dyschromicum perstans which seem to be the first cases in Korea are described. They are healthy subjects with moderately pigmented skin. Numerous gray-blue macules are seen on the covered part of the body in two patients, but dark brownish macules in other three patients. Histologic findings reveal the characteristic features of hydropic degeneration of the basal cell layer of the epidermis, perivascular infiltrates of lymphocytes and histiocytes and melanin-laden macrophages in the corium in four patients, however, merely pigmentary incontinence into the corium in one patient. We think that there are some problems in cases which show the chracteristic features of erythema dyschromicum perstans histologically but do not have peculiar clinical features, e.g. color of the lesion, especially in Oriental. In this respect, though there may be down for much discussion in three cases which have not typical color of the lesion, we report these cases with typical two cases under the name of erythema dyschromium perstans in order to accumulate more knowledge of these problems
Dermis ; Epidermis ; Erythema* ; Histiocytes ; Humans ; Korea ; Lymphocytes ; Macrophages ; Skin

Previously we reported the result of topical immunotherapy of warts with I -chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene(DNCB) solution using two different methods. In this study, we treated the warts with DNCB ointment and compared the therapeutic result with previous study. In addition, in order to evaluate the possible rnechanlarn of DNCB-induced wart regression by histologic rnethod, 5 regressing warts were biopsied and we observed the histopathologic findings. Thirty-six patients with various warts which were resistant to the conventional measures were treated by challeng application with 100mg% or 10mg% DNCB ointment directly on several randomly selected wart lesions after sensitization. with l?000mcg of DNCR in solution on normal skin of upper arm. In 5 pat:ients showing regression of warts, one wart lesion which was not challenged with DNCR was biopsied. The results are summarized as follows; 1. We treated the 36 patients having various warts with DNCB ointment and 25 patients (69.4%) were cured. Most(72%) of the eured warts began to regress within one month. 2. We cornpared the therapeutic result in this study with the results in theprevious study in which we used DNCB solution with two different methods, Comparing the results obtained by the R different methods, we found no statistically different cure rate, however the present method might be more convement because the ointment can be maintained longer without any change of the ingredient concentration and can be applied more easily than the solution. 3. On histologic examination, we observed moderate to severe patchy perivasce
Arm ; Dinitrochlorobenzene* ; Humans ; Immunotherapy* ; Skin ; Warts*