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Eosinophilia ; Eosinophils ; Folliculitis ; Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous ; Tacrolimus

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Eosinophils* ; Mouth Mucosa* ; Ulcer*

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Granuloma* ; Sea Urchins* ; Sports*

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Humans ; Telangiectasis

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Hand* ; Hyperpigmentation* ; Vitamin B 12 Deficiency* ; Vitamin B 12* ; Vitamins*

This study aims to evaluate the changes of flavonoid contents and antioxidants activity of Jeju native citrus fruits juice according to the harvest date. Flavonoids such as quercatagetin, narirutin, hesperidin and neohesperidin were contained most plentifully in the juice of Jigak (Citrus aur- antium) by 573.73 mg/100 mL, Sadoogam (C. pseudogulgul) by 393.99 mg /100 mL, Soyooja by 29.63 mg/100 mL and Jigak (C. aurantium) by 201.23 mg/100 mL in the late August, respectively. The highest contents of nob-iletin, sinensetin and tangeretin among polymethoxyflavones were found in the juice of Hongkyool (C. tachibana) by 7.39 mg/100 mL, 2.24 mg/100 mL, 0.63 mg/100 mL in the late August, respectively. 3,5,6,7,8,3',4'- Heptamet- hoxyflavone recorded the highest amount in Punkyool (C. tangerina) by 0.27 mg/100 mL in the late August, but the other polymethoxyflavones including 3',4',7,8-tetramethoxyflavone, 3',4'-dimethoxyflavone, 4'-methoxyflavone, 5,6,7,3',4',5'-hexamethoxyflavone, scutellarein tetramethylether were observed only trace amount in all the citrus fruits. Flavonoid contents in the citrus fruit juices were the highest during early maturation and decreased rapidly while ripening. Total polyphenol contents were the highest in the late August and decreased with ripening. However from the late December, the contents were increased again. Antioxidant activities of the fruits were evaluated as electron donating ability and were the lowest in the late September and increased with the fruit ripening. These results suggest that quercetagetin among all the flavonoids was most plentiful in Jigak and Dangyooja (C. grandis), so that the fruits could be used for industrial material of flavonoids and antioxidant agents.
Antioxidants ; Apigenin ; Chromones ; Citrus ; Disaccharides ; Electrons ; Flavanones ; Flavones ; Flavonoids ; Fruit ; Hesperidin

The aneurysmal bone cyst is a nonmalignat reactive bone lesion. Developing rarely in the craniofacial region, and more commonly affecting the long bones and the spine, the lesion has variable etiopathogenic characteristics. The author s diagnosed a 33-year-old female as aneurysmal bone cyst after undergoning clinical, radiological and histological exami nations. The characteristics were as followed: 1. The patient complained of pain and swelling of the right preauricular area. 2. The conventional radiograms showed a relatively well difined radiolucent lesion with partially scallping margin. The cortical bone of the right condyle was thinned and expanded by the lesion. 3. Bone scintigraphy with (99m)Tc demonstrated ring-like or doughnut-pattern accumulation of radioactivity. 4. On T1-weighted imaging of MRI, the lesion on the right condyle had middle signal intensity. T2-weighted MRI demonstr ated multiple high signal intensities seperated by septa which had low signal intensity. Finger in balloon appearance wa s seen. 5. Histologically, the lesion was composed of large sinusoidal blood spaces lined by fibroblasts and histiocytes. Its fibrous stroma consisted of fibroblastic element, multinucleated giant cells, extravasated erythrocytes and focal hemosid erin pigmentation. New bone formation was also observed aroud larger sinusoidal spaces.
Adult ; Aneurysm* ; Bone Cysts* ; Erythrocytes ; Female ; Fibroblasts ; Fingers ; Giant Cells ; Histiocytes ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Mandibular Condyle* ; Osteogenesis ; Pigmentation ; Radioactivity ; Radionuclide Imaging ; Spine

The aneurysmal bone cyst is a nonmalignat reactive bone lesion. Developing rarely in the craniofacial region, and more commonly affecting the long bones and the spine, the lesion has variable etiopathogenic characteristics. The author s diagnosed a 33-year-old female as aneurysmal bone cyst after undergoning clinical, radiological and histological exami nations. The characteristics were as followed: 1. The patient complained of pain and swelling of the right preauricular area. 2. The conventional radiograms showed a relatively well difined radiolucent lesion with partially scallping margin. The cortical bone of the right condyle was thinned and expanded by the lesion. 3. Bone scintigraphy with (99m)Tc demonstrated ring-like or doughnut-pattern accumulation of radioactivity. 4. On T1-weighted imaging of MRI, the lesion on the right condyle had middle signal intensity. T2-weighted MRI demonstr ated multiple high signal intensities seperated by septa which had low signal intensity. Finger in balloon appearance wa s seen. 5. Histologically, the lesion was composed of large sinusoidal blood spaces lined by fibroblasts and histiocytes. Its fibrous stroma consisted of fibroblastic element, multinucleated giant cells, extravasated erythrocytes and focal hemosid erin pigmentation. New bone formation was also observed aroud larger sinusoidal spaces.
Adult ; Aneurysm* ; Bone Cysts* ; Erythrocytes ; Female ; Fibroblasts ; Fingers ; Giant Cells ; Histiocytes ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Mandibular Condyle* ; Osteogenesis ; Pigmentation ; Radioactivity ; Radionuclide Imaging ; Spine

Ovarian myoma is a rare mesenchymal tumor, accounting for only 1% of benign ovarian neoplasm. These tumors only originate from smooth muscle on the walls of blood vessels in the cortical stroma, in the corpus luteum and in the ovarian ligaments at the point of attachment to the ovary. Most patients are asymptomatic and the tumors are usually found incidently during operations or at autopsies. Two cases of ovarian myoma experienced in our hospital recently are reported with a brief review of the literatures."
Autopsy ; Blood Vessels ; Corpus Luteum ; Female ; Humans ; Leiomyoma* ; Ligaments ; Muscle, Smooth ; Myoma ; Ovarian Neoplasms ; Ovary

PURPOSE: Bacterial meningitis is a serious disease, especially in the neonatal period, and it carries a significant degree of mortality and morbidity. Group B streptococcus(GBS) is a common cause of neonatal bacterial meningitis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical manifestations, treatment results and complications of GBS meningitis. METHODS: We analyzed 29 cases retrospectively who had been admitted to the pediatric ward or NICU in Asan Medical Center from May 1990 to January 2002. They had proven GBS in culture or latex agglutination test in CSF. RESULTS: The male to female ratio was 1 : 1.9. There were two cases of early onset type and 27 cases of late onset type. All cases had normal birth weight with full term at delivery. The perinatal predisposing factors were premature rupture of membrane(two cases), and maternal colonization(two cases). The most common presenting symptoms were fever and irritability. Associated diseases were GBS sepsis(21 cases). There was relatively high sensitivity to penicillin derivatives. There were abnormal brain CT or MRI findings in 16 cases(64%), such as infarction, encephalomalatic change, effusion, hydrocephalus, hemorrhage and abscess. The intensive care unit admission rate and the incidence of DIC were higher in the group with complications. Two cases were discharged against advice. CONCLUSIONS: We recommend early detection and active treatment in Group B streptococcal meningitis to improve the prognosis.
Abscess ; Birth Weight ; Brain ; Causality ; Chungcheongnam-do ; Dacarbazine ; Female ; Fever ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Hydrocephalus ; Incidence ; Infarction ; Intensive Care Units ; Latex Fixation Tests ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Meningitis* ; Meningitis, Bacterial ; Mortality ; Penicillins ; Prognosis ; Retrospective Studies ; Rupture