1.A Case of Acquired Digital Fibrokeratoma.
Yoon Sung PARK ; Dong Sik BANG
Korean Journal of Dermatology 1985;23(2):242-244
Acquired digital fibrokeratoma is an uncommon, solitary, round, firm, more or less hyperkeratotic projection, most frequently situated on fingers or toes but occasionally on the other locations. It arises out of a collarette of slightly raised skin and may have slight or great resemblance to a rudimentary supernumerary digit or may be mistaken for some other more ordinary condition such as an odd cutareous horn. We experienced a case of acquired digital fibrokeratoma on the right second finger in a 25-year-old male. We treated it with total excision.
Adult
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Animals
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Fingers
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Horns
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Humans
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Male
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Skin
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Toes
2.Diagnostic value of lysine-aspirin bronchoprovocation test for aspirin-sensitive asthma.
Hae Sim PARK ; Yoon Jeong KIM ; Hee yeon KIM ; Dong Ho NAHM ; Yoon Bo YOON
Korean Journal of Allergy 1997;17(2):171-179
Aspirin(ASA) and NSAIDs can induce bronchoconstriction in 10~20% of adult asthmatics patients. Inhalation of lysine-ASA(L-ASA) has been described as an alternative method for diagnosis of ASA-sensitive asthma. To further understand the characterlstics of ASA-sensitive asthmas. we studied 38 asthmatic patients with ASA -sensitivity (36 intrinsic and 2 extrinsic asthma) proven by L-ASA bronchoprovocation test (BPT). Most were female (male to female ratio was 27:73). Twenty (53%) of them had no previous history of adverse reactions when exposed to ASA. Twenty nine (79%) had rhino-sinusitis symptoms. Early asthmatic response was observed in 16 (42%) patients, late only response in 16(42%), and dual response in 6(16%) patients. The threshold of L-ASA to provoke a positive response ranged from 11.2 to 180 mg/ml and most (68.3%) had a positive response after the inhalation of 180 mg/ml. Concurrent sensitivity to sulfite was noted in 14 (36%) patients, followed by sensitivity to tartrazine in one (3%) patient. None showed a positive response to sodium benzoate. After the avoidance from ASA/ NSAIDs with administration of anti-asthmatic medications, symptom and medication scores reduced in 26(87%) patients among 30 followed patients. They were classified into the improved group: four (13%) patients belonged to the not-improved group. There were no significant differences in clinical characteristics between the improved and not- improved group (p>0.05). In conclusion, L-ASA BPT could be considered as a useful method to diagnose ASA -sensitive asthma and be used to screen the causative agent for asthmatic patients with intrinsic type, especially in female patients with rhino-sinusitis and/or nasal polyp, even though they do not have arty history of adverse reactions. Cessation of exposure and proper treatment may allow to reduce symptom and medication scores.
Adult
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Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
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Asthma*
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Bronchoconstriction
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Diagnosis
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Female
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Humans
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Inhalation
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Nasal Polyps
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Sodium Benzoate
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Tartrazine
3.A case of gastrointestinal stromal tumor presenting with bleeding.
Yoon Kyung PARK ; Hang Lak LEE ; Dong Soo HAN
Korean Journal of Medicine 2003;65(3):365-366
No abstract available.
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors*
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Hemorrhage*
4.Growth Status, Calcium Regulating Hormones and Bone Mineral Density in Children with Intractable Epilepsy.
Yoon Kyung CHO ; Mi Jung PARK ; Heung Dong KIM
Journal of Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology 2002;7(1):87-94
PURPOSE: Abnormalities in calcium(Ca), vitamin D and bone mineral density (BMD) associated with antiepileptic drug(AED) are reported, but the results are inconsistent. In case of intractable epilepsy, poor growth and altered bone mineral metabolism may be prominent, possibly related to previous long-term use of multiple AED and poor activity. The aim of this study was to assess growth status, concentrations of calcium regulating hormones and BMD in children with intractable epilepsy. METHODS: Sixty-six intractable epilepsy patients aged 0.8 to 14.7 years(mean+/-D:4.6+/-.6 years) were included in the study. Height and weight were measured and then height SDS and weight SDS were calculated. Serum Ca, i-Ca, P, Mg, Zinc, osteocalcin, intact-PTH, 25-OHD, 1,25(OH)2D were measured. BMD of the lumbar spine was measured by dual energy X-ray absorption. RESULTS: Most of the patients showed normal height SDS and weight SDS. Percentage of severe short stature(height SDS <-2) was 1.5% and tall stature(height SDS >2) was 4.5%. Percentage of severe thin(weight SDS <-2) was 1.5% and obesity(weight SDS >2) was 6%. Duration of AED was not related to height SDS or weight SDS. Etiology of epilepsy and physical activity were not related to height SDS and weight SDS. Most of them had normal Ca, iCa, P, Mg, Zinc, intact-PTH, osteocalcin, 25-OHD and 1,25(OH)2D concentrations. BMD was not related to the levels of Ca, i-Ca, P, Mg, intact-PTH, osteocalcin, 25-OHD, 1,25(OH)2D. BMD was not related to the duration of AED. BMD positively correlated with age(r=0.75, P>0.01) and body weight(r=0.72, P<0.01). CONCLUSION: Most of the children with intractable epilepsy, who regularly visits epilepsy clinic, showed normal growth and normal bone mineral metabolism, but careful monitoring about growth and bone mineral metabolism is needed.
Absorption
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Bone Density*
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Calcium*
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Child*
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Epilepsy*
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Humans
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Metabolism
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Motor Activity
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Osteocalcin
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Spine
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Vitamin D
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Zinc
5.A study on simultation of the mandibular movement of the patients with temporomandibular joint disorder.
Sang Yoon PARK ; Dong Wan KANG ; Kee Sung KAY
The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics 1991;29(2):161-175
No abstract available.
Humans
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Temporomandibular Joint Disorders*
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Temporomandibular Joint*
6.A Case of Marginal Keratoderma of the Palms.
Yoon Kee PARK ; Seung Eon BAEK ; Dong Kun KIM
Korean Journal of Dermatology 1985;23(1):72-76
We herein report a 28-year-old woman with typical marginal keratoderma of the palms of 4 years duration. She denied any chronic pressure or trauma. Histological findings disclosed marked hyperkeratosis, parakeratosis, acanthosis, elongation of rete ridges, edema and capillary dilatations of papillary dermis, and infiltration of chronic inflammatory cells. There was no changes in collagenous and elastic fibers. Treatment with oral 13-cis retinoid and topical application of 0.02% flumethasone ointment containing 3%, salicylate resulted in only transit effect.
Adult
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Capillaries
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Collagen
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Dermis
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Dilatation
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Edema
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Elastic Tissue
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Female
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Flumethasone
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Humans
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Parakeratosis
7.Survival of adult Clonorchis sinensis in the biliary passages of dead human bodies.
Dong Wik CHOI ; Chong Yoon JOO ; Sung Deok PARK
The Korean Journal of Parasitology 1972;10(2):86-89
Adult Clonorchis sinensis were collected from the biliary passage of nine cases of medico-legal autopsies. The worms were washed repeatedly with tap water and rinsed twice with physiological saline. Incubation took place in Tyrode's medium in order to recover live worms. The number of worms surviving in the medium was determined. The rate of surviving worms showed an unexpectedly high percentage (22.8%) in those cases autopsied 2 days after death. The surviving worm burden dropped sharply to 6.3 and 9.2 percent for those samples taken 5 days after death.
parasitology-helminth-trematoda
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Clonorchis sinensis
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autopsy
8.Vitiliginous Hypopigmented Patches Developed during Photochemotherapy ( PUVA ) in a patient with Psoriasis.
Yoon Kee PARK ; Dong Hoon SONG ; Hyung Joo KIM
Korean Journal of Dermatology 1987;25(5):629-632
We observed a 51-year-old male, who developed depigmented patches on the lower abdomen after photochemotherapy(PUVA) of psoriasis without evidence of phototoxic reaction. The depigmented patches did not orginate from the sites of previous psoriatic lesions. Fontana-Masson stain of the biopsy specimen revealed nearly absent melanin pigments in the epidrmis of the hypopigmented patch, while lots of pigments were obsereved on the surrounding hyperpigmented area. Electron micrograph showed no melanocytes in the hypopigmented patch. Thus we report this case as having vitiliginous patches induced by photochemotherapy of psoriasis.
Abdomen
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Biopsy
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Humans
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Male
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Melanins
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Melanocytes
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Middle Aged
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Photochemotherapy*
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Psoriasis*
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Vitiligo
9.A Case of Eccrine Spiradenoma.
Yoon Sung PARK ; Hae Eul LEE ; Dong Sik BANG
Korean Journal of Dermatology 1983;21(4):483-487
Eccrine spiradenoma is clinically characterized by a solitary, movable, tender noduie occurring most frequently on the ventral surfase of the upper body. A striking symptom is paroxysmal pain. Histopathologically, the encapsulated lobules of the tumor are composed of masses of basophilic cells, usually arranged in whorls, cords, and pseudogland.s. Within the whorls and pseudoglands, two types of celIs are notedperipheral intensely staining cells and central pale-staining cells. We describe herein a patient with an indolent eccrine spiradenoma, which had been diagnosed histopathologically.
Basophils
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Humans
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Strikes, Employee
10.Galactocele in a Male Child: A case report.
Yoon Mi JEEN ; Yoon Jeong CHOI ; Dong Wha LEE ; Chan Il PARK
Korean Journal of Pathology 1996;30(2):164-165
We investigated a unilocular mammary cyst occurring in a two and a half year old male baby. The cyst was lined by simple columnar epithelium and filled with a milky secretory material. These histologic features were consistent with galactocele. The child had enlarged left breast since birth, but it seemed to be noncontributory as the child had neither endocrine abnormalities nor perinatal disorders. Galactocele is an uncommon breast lesion usually occuring in females following lactation. It is rarely a cause of breast enlargement.
Child
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Male
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Female
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Humans
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Cysts