Formaldehyde is contained in various everyday products such as shampoos, detergents, leathers and papers, and is thought to be one of the important couses of clothing related contact dermatitis(ACD). The results about the minimum sensitizing concentrations of formaldehyde were different, and the concentration of 30 pg per gram of textiles was the least one. We measured the quantity of formaldehyde in 16 different types of textiles which are widely used in Korea to investigate whether the textiles contain an enough amount of formaldehyde to induce ACD and washing can reduce the amount of it. The results were as follows : 1. The quantity of formaldehyde ranged from 3 to 1246 pg per gram of textiles. 2. Three types textiles contained more than 100pg of formaldehyde per gram of textiles and 6 between 50 pg and 100pg. 3. 1.00% cotton, ramie and rayon contained the highest content of formaldehyde per gram fabric. 4. After washing, the average quantity of formaldehyde decreased to 60% of that, of pre-wash measure.
Boehmeria ; Clothing ; Detergents ; Formaldehyde* ; Korea ; Textiles*

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Dermatitis, Atopic*

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Lipomatosis, Multiple Symmetrical*

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging findings of cerebral venous angiomas, and to compare those findings with those of cerebral angiography. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed the findings of gadolinium-enhanced MR images of 11 cases with angiographically proved cerebral venous angiomas. We obtained Tl-and T2-weighted images with gadoliniumenhanced Tl-weighted images at a 0.5 T MR imager with a spin-echo technique. We analyzed the location and signal intensity of the lesion, pattern of contrast enhancement, the distribution of draining veins and medullary veins before and after contrast enhancement, and then compared with the findings of cerebral angiography. RESULTS: The characteristic central tubular signal void structure showed low signal intensity on Tl-weighted images and high signal intensity on T2-weighted images in all cases. After gadolinium enhancement, we could find a characteristic enhancement of all medullary and central veins in 7 cases. CONCLUSION: Gadolinium-enhanced MR image was useful in the diagnosis of venous angiomas especially in the detection of medullary veins. The invasive cerebral angiography could be replaced by this technique in this disease.
Central Nervous System Venous Angioma* ; Cerebral Angiography* ; Diagnosis ; Gadolinium ; Gadolinium DTPA* ; Hemangioma ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Veins

Pityriasis rosea is sometimes accompanied with considerable pruritus. Ultraviolet B irradiation is reported to be beneficial in relieving pruritus. The purpose was to evaluate the effect of UVB phototherapy on severe pruritus of pityriasis rosea. Nine patients with severe pruritus had UVB irradiation three times a week Five patients became symptom free and three showed a marked improvement. One dropped out. UVB phototherapy could be an effective modality for relieving pruritus in pityriasis rosea.
Humans ; Phototherapy* ; Pityriasis Rosea* ; Pityriasis* ; Pruritus*

Systemic tumor embolisms after pulmonary resections for malignancy are rare, but usually severe and sometimes fatal. Here, we report a case of a 70-year-old woman who underwent pulmonary resection for lung cancer and subsequently developed acute arterial occlusion of the lower extremities caused by a tumorous embolus.
Aged ; Embolectomy ; Embolism* ; Female ; Femoral Artery ; Humans ; Lower Extremity ; Lung Neoplasms* ; Lung* ; Neoplastic Cells, Circulating

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Incontinentia Pigmenti*

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Cystadenocarcinoma*

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Blister ; Humans ; Necrosis ; Rhabdomyolysis

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Alleles* ; Base Sequence* ; Clone Cells* ; Cloning, Organism* ; HLA-DR Antigens