The number of skin graft operations following the soft tissue injuries has been increasing year after .year, as the number of industrial business is growing fast in Seoul district. We have performed one hundred and two cases of skin graft, mainly for the extremities injury in the orthopedic surgical department alone during last sixteen months (from January. l968 to Apri1, 1969) including two plastic operation for the penile skin which involves, very rarely because of an anatomical .stand point The plastic repair of penile skin was done by means of Goodwin's technic. The pedicle skin wag donated from the scrotum for the completely necrotized penile skin which was developed following the attempt of removal of the penile paraffinoma.
Commerce ; Extremities ; Orthopedics ; Plastics* ; Scrotum ; Seoul ; Skin* ; Soft Tissue Injuries ; Transplants*

Two cases of xeroderma pigmentosum in brothers without complicated by malignant changes were presented. The clinical and histopathological studies revealed characteristic features of the disease and literatures reviewed.
Humans ; Ichthyosis* ; Siblings* ; Xeroderma Pigmentosum*

Two cases of xeroderma pigmentosum in brothers without complicated by malignant changes were presented. The clinical and histopathological studies revealed characteristic features of the disease and literatures reviewed.
Humans ; Ichthyosis* ; Siblings* ; Xeroderma Pigmentosum*

A case of Lichen planus in 41 year old with predisposing emotional factor is reported here and reviewed therapeutic experiences and reveiwed of literatures. This patient who has been suffering from pruritic, dull erythematous maculo-papular eruptions of trunk and extremites which was preoccupied with imagination as if she were exposed sequela to atomic bomb explosion in Japan, World War II, is presented.
Adult ; Explosions ; Fibrinogen ; Humans ; Imagination ; Japan ; Lichen Planus* ; Lichens* ; Nuclear Weapons ; World War II

The one case of sparganosis is described, the patient, 45 years old male, had adult fist sized tumor mass on scrotum for 3 year's duration and removed 4 adults sparganum mansonoides by surgical operation. Attention is calIed to the importance of sparganosis in subcutaneous swelling or tumor because of to took lived snake or non-boiling water in customary at Korea.
Adult ; Humans ; Korea ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Scrotum ; Snakes ; Sparganosis ; Sparganum ; Water

The one case of sparganosis is described, the patient, 45 years old male, had adult fist sized tumor mass on scrotum for 3 year's duration and removed 4 adults sparganum mansonoides by surgical operation. Attention is calIed to the importance of sparganosis in subcutaneous swelling or tumor because of to took lived snake or non-boiling water in customary at Korea.
Adult ; Humans ; Korea ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Scrotum ; Snakes ; Sparganosis ; Sparganum ; Water

No abstract available.
Humans ; Quality of Life*

The anorectal anomaly is not rarely seen in the neonatal period. But, If it is not accompanied with a fairly large fistula, it presents an urgent problem, so should be managed with perianal anoplasty or colostomy. Neonatal peritonitis is very grave and is caused by various conditions listed in Table 1. In Korea, no case of neonatal peritonitis caused by anorectal has yet been reported in the literature. With brief review of the literature, we present a case of neonatal peritonitis which appeared 36 hours after birth by perforation of the colon due to anorectal stenosis.
Colon ; Colostomy ; Constriction, Pathologic* ; Fistula ; Korea ; Parturition ; Peritonitis*

Sclerema neonatorum is an uncommon and fatal disease which encountered in premature & debilitated newborn infants. Recently we experienced a case of sclerema neonatorum in premature infant with congenital heart disease which was confirmed by autopsy. We present a case with a brief review of literatures.
Autopsy ; Heart Defects, Congenital ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Infant, Premature ; Sclerema Neonatorum*

A case of pycnodysostosis in 12 years old girl was presented with a brief review ofliterature. This patient was admitted to our pediatric dept. of N.P.H. with chief complaints of loss of appetite and respiratory difficulty. She was characterized by a peculiar face with anterior bossing, exophthalmos, opened anterior fontanel and coronal suture and dwarfism. So bone series was performed and showed character of pycnodysostosis such as opened anterior fontanel and coronal suture, receding mandibular angle, inoreased bone density with narrowing bone marrow and acrcosteolytica on distal phalanx. But she died on the 25 th hospital day due to chronic renal failure.
Appetite ; Bone Density ; Bone Marrow ; Child ; Cranial Fontanelles ; Dwarfism ; Exophthalmos ; Female ; Humans ; Kidney Failure, Chronic ; Pycnodysostosis* ; Sutures