Hypereosinophilir. dermatitis, which was first described in 1981, is a clinically distinet disease within the spectrum of the hypereosinophilic syndrome. It is characterized by a generalized polymorphous pruritic eruptions and blood eosinophilia with minimal or no extracutaneous involvement known cause hypereosinophilia, namely parasites, allergies and drug association are absent in these patients. We present a patient with hypereosinophilic dermatitis who did not show evidence of systemic disease. The patient was a 18-year old male who had pruritic erythematous brownish elevated plaque on both lower extremities for 5 months. A)though the patients skin lesions improved after treatment with steroids and dapsone, after discontinuing medication, hypereosinophilia recurred.
Adolescent ; Dapsone ; Dermatitis* ; Eosinophilia ; Humans ; Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ; Hypersensitivity ; Lower Extremity ; Male ; Parasites ; Skin ; Steroids

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Anemia, Iron-Deficiency* ; Blood Platelets* ; Child* ; Humans ; Iron* ; Platelet Count*

Leiomyosarcoma of small intestine is an uncommon tumor, comprising less than 20 percent of all primary malignant tumors of small intestine. Duodenal leiomyosarcoma is rare disease which amount to about 20 percent of all small bowel malignancy but potentially curable tumors often diagnosed at an advanced age, so its five-year survival following resection approximates 50% in reported series. Recently, several cases of leiomyosarcomas of duodenum were diagnosed by hypotonic duodenograhy in Korea. We experienced a woman with duodenal leiomyosarcoma that was diagnosed by endoscopic duodenal biopsy and received currative resection of the tumor(Whipple's operation). We report the case with review of the literatures.
Biopsy ; Duodenum ; Endoscopy ; Female ; Humans ; Intestine, Small ; Korea ; Leiomyosarcoma* ; Rare Diseases

A study was made on 1,302 cases of skin tumors which were obtained mainly from surgical pathology specimen during the period of 14 years from 1973 to 1986 at Department of Dermatology in Korea University Hospital. The results were summarized as follows : 1. Of the 1,302 cases of skin tumors, 1,143 cases(87.8%) were benigh tumor, 159 cases(12.2%) of malignant tumor and male to female ratio was 1.1: l. 2. Among the 1,143 cases of benign tumors, 301 cases of epidermal cyst, 183 cases of lipoma, 173 cases of pigmented nevi and 88 cases of hemangioma were noted. 3. Among the 159 cases of malignant tumors, 46 cases of squamous cell carcinoma, 27 cases of basal cell carcinoma, 26 cases of malignant melanoma, and 17 cases of metastatic carcinoma were observed. 4. The sites of predilection of the epidermal cysts were trunk (21.9%), face (20.9%), and neck (13.9%) and lipoma was trunk (48.6%). The sites of predilection of the suamous cell carcinomas were penis (11.1%), sclap (12.9%), face (18.5%), and leg (11.1%), basal cell carcinoma was face (55.6%) and malignant melanoma was sole (26.9%). 5. Among the 17 cases of cutaneous metastatic cancer, primary sites were breast (4 cases), pancreas (1 cases), lung (2 cases), stomach (1 cases) and unkown sites (9 cases).
Breast ; Carcinoma, Basal Cell ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; Dermatology ; Epidermal Cyst ; Female ; Hemangioma ; Humans ; Korea ; Leg ; Lipoma ; Lung ; Male ; Melanoma ; Neck ; Nevus, Pigmented ; Pancreas ; Pathology, Surgical ; Penis ; Skin* ; Stomach

BACKGROUND: Most studies of Mycoplasma pneumonia involve a group of admitted patients in hospital, usually with major medical illness. So we investigated the epidemiologic and radiologic features during the course of outbreak of pneumonia in Chunnam coastal area. METHODS: We retrospectively studied the epidemiologic and clinical feature of 105 patients with serologically proven Mycoplasma pneumonia treated at Kwang-Yang Hospital during a epidemic period of Jun. 1993 to Dec. 1993. All cases of pneumonia developed in this period were also reviewed and compared with serologically proven group. RESULTS: 1) There were 63 males and 42 females. 2) More than half(57%) of cases belonged to 5-9 years of age group, and mean age was 6.5 years old. Mean age was steadily decreased as prevalence of Mycoplasma pneumonia had been subsided. 3) A major determinant of the outbreak seemed to .to the population density rather than the population size. 4) The common radiologic features were interstitial in type, and 67 cases was restricted to one lobe. Lobar types are more common in late childhood, and interstitial or diffuse types in early childhood. CONCLUSION: These epidemiologic and radiographic characteristics would contribute to the diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumonia.
Diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Mycoplasma pneumoniae* ; Mycoplasma* ; Pneumonia* ; Pneumonia, Mycoplasma* ; Population Density ; Prevalence ; Retrospective Studies

Supersoft roentgen rays called grenz rays, generated in a tube at low voltages and having wave lengths of 1 to 3 angstroms(H.V.L. 0. 01 to 0. 035mm. Al. ), are employed in the treatment of superficial derrnatoses patients (112 cases) in the Department of Dermatology, Cho Sun University hospital from March 1, 1972 to April 30, 1974. Results of these Series are as Follows: 1) Among the ll2 patients, including 28 patients of neurodermatitis, 14 patients of nummular eczema and. 10 patients of atopic dermatitis showed therapeutic success. 2) Grenz ray irradiations were remarkably effective for 6 cases of capillary hemangioma, 2 cases of basal celI epithelioma and 3 cases of verruca plana juvenilis, and less effective for psoriasis vulgaris, tinea pedis, acne vulgaris, nevus verrucosus and alopecia areata. 3) Complications included 21 cases of hyperpigmentation and burning sensations in neurodermatitis and nummular eczema.
Acne Vulgaris ; Alopecia Areata ; Burns ; Carcinoma ; Dermatitis, Atopic ; Dermatology ; Eczema ; Hemangioma, Capillary ; Humans ; Hyperpigmentation ; Neurodermatitis ; Nevus ; Psoriasis ; Sensation ; Solar System ; Tinea Pedis ; Warts

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Malocclusion*

No abstract available.
Neck* ; Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction* ; Urinary Bladder*

Though many effort,s have been made to develop a safe and effective treatment to control osmidrosis, no such goal has been achieved yet. A subcutaneous shaving method, developed by Inaba, appeared to be a favorable choice because of minimal postoperative scar formation. The authors, with this method operated on 112 cases of osmidrosis and compared the results with those of conventianal surgical therapy performed earlier in our department. The results were as follows : 1. The. average age at the time of the operation was 22.0 years old, and the sex ratio between male and female was 37 to 75. 2. The age onset ranged from 11 to 36 years with average of 15.5 years. 3. Family history for osmidrosis was found in 84.8%. 4. General anesthesia were used in 13 cases, while 99 cases were operated under local anesthesia. 5. The mean duration for operation were 75 minutes. 6. Flematoma were observed in 4.5%, wound disruption in 1.3%, and skin necrosis in 3.1%. 7. The results of analysis in 72 follow up cases for more than 6 months showed: 1). Rate for successful reduction of the malodor was 91.7%. 2) The rate of suppression of sweating was 88.9%. 3) The rate of skin tensian with motion was 2.8%. 4 ) The, pstoperative scars were mild or invisible in 95.1%
Anesthesia, General ; Anesthesia, Local ; Cicatrix ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Male ; Necrosis ; Sex Ratio ; Skin ; Sweat ; Sweating ; Wounds and Injuries

A 62-year-old man presented with a tender, solitary nodule on the left upper arm. He had no specific family history of the lesion. A biopsy specimen showed various sized irregular vascular lumens in the upper dermis. The vascular walls consisted of an endothelial cell layer and rim of one to three layers of glomus cell nests outside the endothelial cells. The cell nests consisted of round shaped epitheloid cells with relatively uniform round or oval shaped nuclei and pale cytoplasm. These tumor cells were strongly positive for vimentin, and a-smooth muscle actin. On electron microscopic examination, the cytoplasm of these tumor cells contained fine filamentous components and many electron dense bodies were found at the plasma membrane and the cytoplasm. We report a case of a solitary glomus tumor(glomangioma) that showed the histological features of the multiple type of glomus tumor. In addition we describe the results of an immunohistochemical and electron microscopic study.
Actins ; Arm ; Biopsy ; Cell Membrane ; Cytoplasm ; Dermis ; Endothelial Cells ; Glomus Tumor ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Vimentin