No abstract available.
Humans ; Male* ; Smoke* ; Smoking*

No abstract available.
Occupational Diseases*

We performed case-control studies for the 1, 138 Korean adult men. According to the results of UGIS, we classified the gastritis into the erosive gastritis, superficial gastritis, and hypertrophic gastritis. And then, we selected controls among non-gastritis group after matching. Alcohol intake and smoking history was obtained by questionnaire. And we observed the effects of alcohol intake and smoking to the each gastritis. The results obtained were as follows; 1. Smokers had a risk of getting erosive gastritis more than twice (2.6) than non-smokers and there was dose-response relationships between smoking and erosive gastritis. Alcohol intake, however, had no significant relation with the erosive gastritis. 2. Both smoking and alcohol intake had no significant relations with superficial gastritis. 3. Smoking had no significant relation with hypertrophic gastritis, but dividing between those who drank more than 100gm of alcohol a week and those who drank less, we obtained the odds ratio of 3. 4 suggesting that there existed a significant relation between moderate or excessive alcohol intake and hypertrophic gastritis. 4. Among the gastritis patients, those who had erosive gastritis smoked most heavily, and those who had hypertrophic gastritis drank most excessively.
Adult* ; Case-Control Studies* ; Gastritis* ; Gastritis, Hypertrophic ; Humans ; Male ; Odds Ratio ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Smoke* ; Smoking*

Retroperitoneal fibrosis sometimes causes urological problem involving the ureter, but the mechanism is uncertain. An aortic aneurysm, including an iliac artery aneurysm, is thought to be one of the mechanisms of retroperitoneal fibrosis. However, cases caused by an isolated iliac artery aneurysm are very rare, and symptoms tend to be non-specific; therefore, no definitive treatment has been established. Herein, we report our recent experience of a patient with a left common iliac artery aneurysm involving the ureter, who underwent successful surgical therapy.
Aneurysm* ; Aortic Aneurysm ; Constriction, Pathologic* ; Humans ; Iliac Artery* ; Retroperitoneal Fibrosis* ; Ureter*

BACKGROUND: Vitiligo is a distressing skin condition in which acquired destruction of melanocytes causes depigmented patches of various shapes & sizes by as yet unclear mechanisms. Its classification is as varied and unresolved as the theories on its pathogenesis, the most plausible of which are autoimmune, neurohumoral and self-destruction theories. OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to devise a classification scheme which would correlate well with the disease course and prognosis. METHOD: We classified vitiligo into 3 types(symmetric: type 1, segmental; type 2, localized; type 3) based on different proposed pathogenetic mechanisms and analyzed the differences between these types in the clinical manifestations of 502 Korean cases. RESULTS: 1. There were 203 males(40.4% ) and 299 females(59.6%). 2. The most frequent clinical type was the symmetric type(49.8%), followed by the localized type(34.1%) and the segmental type(16.1%). 3, The male-to-female ratio was highest in type 2, but not significantly so. 4. Poliosis and halo nevus were associated in 22.3% and 3.8%, respectiuely. 5. The mean age at the first visit was 32.7 years(male, 29.2 years, female; 27.5 years), and there was a significant difference between the clinical types(type 1; 41.0 years, type 2; 20.5 years, type 3; 26.2 years). 6. The mean age of onset was 25.6 years(male; 23.0 years, female; 27.5 years), and there was a significant difference between the clinical types(type 1; 31.3 years, type 2; 15.7 years, type 3; 22.1 years). 7. A family history of vitiligo was observed in 11.2% of patients, whose sisters were most frequently affected, and there was no significant difference between the clinical types. 8. Associated diseases were seen in 12.1% of the patients, the frequency of which was significantly higher in type 1 vitiligo. 9. Abnormal laboratory findings were found in 14.7% and were significantly more common in type 1 vitiligo. CONCLUSIONS: The 3 types differ significantly in the mean age at the first visit, the mean age of onset, disease association and abnormal laboratory findings. Type 1 develops by autoimmune mechanisms, as shown by the continuous progression and the close association with other diseases and abnormal laboratory findings, Types 2 and 3 have a different disease course, becoming stationary after initial progression, Thus, the 3 clinical types classified by the authors are thought to be useful in predicting the course and prognosis of vitiligo and in determining the appropriate therapy. For a more optimal classification, further study on the pathogenesis of vitiligo seems to be in order.
Age of Onset ; Classification* ; Female ; Humans ; Melanocytes ; Nevus, Halo ; Prognosis ; Siblings ; Skin ; Vitiligo*

No abstract available.
Pregnancy*

BACKGROUND: There has been a change in the causes of aortic stenosis when comparence of rheumatioc aortic stenosis in recent year. Therefore, we studied the etiology factor of pure aortic stenosis. METHODS: The gross surgical pathologic features of the aortic valves were reviewed in 92 patients with pure aotic stenosis whom underwent aortic valve replacement at Yonsei University, Cardiovascular center between July 1989 and June 1994. RESULTS: The three most frequent causes were 1) calcification of congenital bicuspid valve in 30%, 2) degenerative calcification of aortic valve in 22%, 3) rheumatioc valvular change in 48%. The mean age at the time of aortic valve replacement for the entire series of patients was 54.4 years. The range of age was from 18 years to 77 years. Males predominated for degenerative disease and congenital bicuspid valves, but there were reversed rheumatic origin. One or more complications occured in 17% of patients undergoing operation. The surgical mortality was 3.3%. CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that more common cause of aortic stenosis is non-rheumatic disease rather than rheumatinc origin.
Adult* ; Aortic Valve ; Aortic Valve Stenosis ; Constriction, Pathologic* ; Humans ; Male ; Mitral Valve ; Mortality

No abstract available.
Ankle Fractures* ; Ankle*

No abstract available.
Krukenberg Tumor*

A 13-month-old boy had irregularly shaped, erythematous to dusky red, slightly raised patches and plaques on the left antecubital fossa and arm for 7 months. The lesions were firm and tender. Histopathologically the lesion consisted of small, circumscribed, angiomatous tufts and lobules with a cannonball appearance scattered throughout dermis, a characteristic feature of tufted angioma. For 15 weeks, interferon-a intralesional injections have been performed and the lesions showed an improvement.
Arm ; Dermis ; Hemangioma* ; Humans ; Infant ; Injections, Intralesional ; Interferon-alpha* ; Male