No abstract available.
Kidney Transplantation* ; Urinary Diversion*

Prurigo nodularis is a troublesome chronic dermatosis that showed unsatisfactory response to conventional therapies. Since thalidomide has been applied to the treatment of prurigo nodularis, although the action mechanism is still uncertain, many dermatologists have confirmed its effectiveness. We treated a 54-year-old male patient who had prurigo nodularis affecting the whole body for 10 years with 100 to 300mg of thalidomide daily as the sole therapy for 4 months. The skin lesions were flattened leaving postinflammatory hyperpigmentation and the pruritus also sub-sided. Two years after stopping thalidomide, no recurrence was observed.
Humans ; Hyperpigmentation ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Prurigo* ; Pruritus ; Recurrence ; Skin ; Skin Diseases ; Thalidomide*

Barts syndrome was desrribed by Bart(Bart et al, 1966) with hereditary congenital localized absence of skin from the lovrer legs associated with blistering of the sun and mouth and nail abnormalities. A newborn girl presented with a congenital localized absence of skn over both shins & dorsa of both feet which were covered with the thin, translucent, brown red glistening membranes. A number of blisters were seen on the back, thighs upper extremities, and both 2rd toe nails were absent. Electron microscopic examination of defected skin revealed dermo-epidermal . paration with focal disruption of basal lamina.
Basement Membrane ; Blister ; Female ; Foot ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Leg ; Membranes ; Mouth ; Nails, Malformed ; Skin ; Solar System ; Thigh ; Toes ; Upper Extremity

No abstract available.
Candidiasis* ; Chickenpox* ; Skin Manifestations* ; Skin*

BACKGROUND: It has been well known that patients with diabetes mellitus are prone to cutaneous infections, but whether superficial mycoses are truly more prevalent in diabetic patients is still controversial. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the true prevalence of superficial mycoses in diabetic patients as comparing with non-diabetic, non-immunocompromised individuals. METHODS: We examined for evidence of superficial fungal disease in 137 diabetic patients and compared it with 146 non-diabetic non-immunocompromised ones. Potassium hydroxide preparations and fungus cultures were performed from all suspected lesions. RESULTS: Superficial mycoses were more common in diabetic patients(50%) than controls(31%) (p=0.0004), especially in the age group of 4th and 5th decades9p=0.011). The duration of diabetes mallitus or blood sugar levels were not significantly correlated with the prevalence of superficial mycoses.The organism most commonly isolated was Trichophyton rubrum in both groups(53% vs 79%) and Candida albicans was more prevalent in diabetic patients(34% vs 7%). More than 2 kinds of superficial mycoses were mose common in diabetic patients than controls(38% vs 16%). CONCLUSION: This study shows that the prevalence rate of superficial mycoses in diabetic patients is higher than that in controls and the in controls and the duration of diabetes mellitus or blood sugar levels were not significantly correlated with it.
Blood Glucose ; Candida albicans ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Fungi ; Humans ; Mycoses* ; Potassium ; Prevalence ; Trichophyton

BACKGROUND: Dermatophytoses show marked differences in their incidences, distributions, and causative organisms by age, sex, occupations, environmental conditions and geographic distributions. OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the recent distributions of dermatophytes and compared them with the previous reports in Seoul. METHODS: We evaluated the incidences of dermatophytes according to the patient's age and sex, isolated month, and the infection sites with 387 strains of dermatophytes isolated from the various forms of dermatophytoses during the period from August 1985 to July 1991 in Seoul. RESULTS: T. rubrum was the most prevalent dermatophyte in all age groups except the first decade. The incidence of M. canis was high in age groups below 20 years old relatively high incidences of T. mentagrophytes and T. interdigitale in age groups over 30 years old. Dermatophytes were frequently isolated in summer season, but the incidence of M. canis was relatively high in October and December. T. rubrum was the most prevalent dermatophyte from all forms of dermatophytoses except tinea capitis, but the incidence of T. rubrum was relatively low in tinea corporis. The incidence of T. mentagrophytes was relatively high in tinea unguium and tinea manus, and M. canis was isolated only in tinea corporis and tinea capitis. From the cases showing more than two forms of dermatophytoses. T. rubrum was isolated for the most part. CONCLUSION: This study suggested that there was a rise in the cases of t. rubrum infections in Seoul and in recent years the prevalence of M. canis infections has markedly increased but those of E. floccosum and t. mentagrophytes have decreased.
Adult ; Arthrodermataceae ; Humans ; Incidence ; Occupations ; Onychomycosis ; Prevalence ; Seasons ; Seoul* ; Tinea Capitis ; Tinea* ; Young Adult

We report a case of symmei.rical peripheral gangrene in a 22-day-old female associated with dissem-inated intravascular coagulation, which probably occured from septicmia of Enterobacter aerogenes. The skin lesions showed well-defined blackish gangrene surrounded by purpuric patches on the whole fingertips and toes except the loft thumb. Histopathologically, there were epidermal necrosis, diffuse extravasation of RBCs, mild petivascular inflammatory infiltrates and delated and RBC-filled vessels in the dermis. But, there was no definite evidence of vasculitis. In spit,e of aggressive antibictics therapy and other supportive measrres, she died at 39th day after birth.
Dermis ; Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation* ; Enterobacter aerogenes ; Female ; Gangrene* ; Humans ; Necrosis ; Parturition ; Skin ; Thumb ; Toes ; Vasculitis

No abstract available.
PUVA Therapy* ; Telangiectasis*

Pressure alopecia can occur after prolonged pressure on the scalp with the head fixed in one position. We have repor ted 5 cases of pressure alopecia, occurring over the contralateral temporoparietal 1 area after tympanomastoidectomy due to chronic ot.itis media. Total times of operations were from 4 hours to 7 hours. Four of the 5 patients experienced scalp pain during the early postoperative period and one of them showed large bulla formation. Loss of hairs followed between the 14th and 36th postoperative day, and new hairs began to grow 2 or 3 months after the operation.
Alopecia* ; Hair ; Head ; Humans ; Postoperative Period ; Scalp

BACKGROUND: This study was designed to evaluate the clinical, endocrinological and histological characteristics of adrenal incidentalomas. METHODS: Eighty patients (41, males; 38, females; age range 17-80 years) who were diagnosed with adrenal incidentaloma at Korea University Hospital from 1992 to 2003 were studied retrospectively. RESULTS: Endocrinological investigation revealed 16 pheochromocytomas (20%), nine Cushing's syndromes (11%), eight primary aldosteronism (10%) and 46 non-functioning tumors (58%). Forty-four patients received operations, and biopsies were performed on two patients. Pathologic examination revealed 16 adrenocortical adenomas (20%), five carcinomas (6%), 13 pheochromocytomas (16%), three metastatic cancers (4%), and other tumors (10%). The diameter of the carcinomas (mean: 10.8 cm, range: 5-19 cm) were significantly larger than the diameter of benign adenomas (mean: 2.84 cm, range: 1-6 cm) (p=0.002). According to the receiver operating charactenstic (ROC) curve analysis, the cut-off value of tumor size for discriminate malignant tumor was 4.75 cm (sensitivity 90%, specificity 58%). Twenty-four patients with non-functioning tumors were followed up for a period of 3 to 72 months. During the follow up period, two patients showed an increase in tumor size of more than 1 cm, and one patient developed Cushing's syndrome. Changes in mass size and function were observed only between 10 and 26 months after the initial diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS: These data show that an endocrine evaluation should be performed in all adrenal incidentalomas, and an adrenalectomy is recommended for tumors 5 cm or greater or tumors with adrenocortical hyperfunction. In addition, these tumors should be monitored for changes in mass size and function for a follow up period of approximately 26 months.
Retrospective Studies ; Pheochromocytoma/diagnosis ; Middle Aged ; Male ; Korea ; *Incidental Findings ; Humans ; Female ; Carcinoma/diagnosis ; Aged, 80 and over ; Aged ; Adult ; Adrenocortical Adenoma/diagnosis ; Adrenal Gland Neoplasms/*diagnosis ; Adolescent