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PURPOSE: This study was to examine the relations of perception of physique with self-esteem, sociality and problematic behaviors in children. METHODS: Four hundred sixty five (231 boys and 234 girls) children were divided into three groups according to their height or body mass index according to the physical growth standard table had been presented in 2007 by the Korean Pediatric Society. The group 1, 2, and 3 was short, borderline and normal or obese, overweight and normal, respectively. Their perception and satisfaction of height and weight were investigated, and their self esteem and behavior styles were examined with Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI) and Korean Child Behavior Checklist (K-CBCL). We compared the numbers of appropriate perception, satisfaction, self-esteem and problematic behaviors in each group, and analyzed the relationship among perception of physique, self-esteem, sociality, and behavioral characteristics. The collected data were analyzed with chi-square test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient used with SPSS (ver. 12.0). RESULTS: There were significant mismatches among their real physique perception and satisfaction (P< 0.05). There were no significant differences of their self-esteem, sociality, and problematic behaviors according to their actual height and weight. There were significant differences of their self-esteem according to their perception or satisfaction of their height and weight (P< 0.01). CONCLUSION: The children who considered themselves have short stature or obesity had problematic behaviors or low self-esteem. Therefore, children should be educated to have the appropriate perception of their own body image.
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Child , Humans , Body Image , Body Mass Index , Checklist , Child Behavior , Obesity , Overweight , Self ConceptABSTRACT
We report herein a case of primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with multiple skin lesions in a Korean woman. A 56-year-old woman presented with rapidly growing multiple sub-cutaneous nodules in her right flank and right upper arm. Microscopic examination of skin biopsy specimen showed diffuse infiltrates of large atypical lymphocytes with vesicular nuclei, prominent nucleoli and moderate degree of mitotic figures in deep dermis and subcutis. Immunophenotypic studies revealed the lymphoid infiltrates reacted with CD45, CD20 and bcl-2 protein, but none of the sections expressed CD3, bcl-6 protein and CD30. In physical examination and staging work-up, we could not find any other extracutaneous or systemic involvement. She was treated with 2 cycles of high-dose multiagent chemotherapy with the Vanderbilt and the BEAM regimen combined with the autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. Until now, 10 months after termination of treatment, she has shown improvement of all skin lesions and no development of extracutaneous disease.
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Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Arm , B-Lymphocytes , Biopsy , Dermis , Drug Therapy , Lymphocytes , Lymphoma, B-Cell , Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation , Physical Examination , SkinABSTRACT
The vitamin D3 analogue calcipotriol ointment(Daivonex(R)) has now been used successfully in the treatment of psoriasis for several years. It is usually well tolerated and safe. The adverse effects are mainly lesional and perilesional irritations, facial irritations, hypercalcemia, etc. The nature of calcipotriol-induced dermatitis is usually considered to be of irritant nature but allergic contact reactions have also been reported. We report a case of allergic contact dermatitis from calcipotriol (Daivonex(R)).
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Cholecalciferol , Dermatitis , Dermatitis, Allergic Contact , Hypercalcemia , PsoriasisABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Angioleiomyoma of the skin is a rare smooth muscle tumor and may develop anywhere in the body. Comprehensive clinicopathological analysis of angioleiomyomas developed in Korean has not been reported in domestic dermatological journals. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical and pathological characteristics of angioleiomyoma and the relationship between the tumor and the nerve with immunohistochemical stains. METHODS: Fifty nine cases of angioleiomyoma were reappraised from the files of the pathology of Seoul National University, Green Cross Reference Laboratory Center and Korea Veterans Hospital. Brief clinical histories of all cases were examined and microscopic findings in 35 cases were classified according to subtypes. Paraffin blocks were recut and stained in 16 cases for desmin, smooth muscle actin and S-100 protein. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: 1. Male to female ratio was 1:1.27. 2. The age of the patients was mostly over 20 years and the mean age was 51 years in men and 40 years in women. 3. Tumors occurred most frequently in the lower extremity(38 cases), and followed by upper extremity(18 cases), head(2 cases), and trunk(1 case). Women had predominance of the legs in location site and men showed equal distribution in the lower and upper extremities.
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Female , Humans , Male , Actins , Angiomyoma , Coloring Agents , Desmin , Hospitals, Veterans , Korea , Leg , Muscle, Smooth , Paraffin , Pathology , S100 Proteins , Seoul , Skin , Smooth Muscle Tumor , Upper ExtremityABSTRACT
We report a case of Darier's disease with typical cutaneous and nail lesions in a 50-year-old male patient. He has brownish hyperkeratotic papules on the ant.chest, back, both axilla and groins and verrucous surfaced hypertrophic plaques on the scalp, forehead and both postauricular areas, which were accompanied by a severe itching sensation and malodor. Also he has finger nail lesions such as subungual hyperkeratotic papules, distal wedge shaped notching and multiple longitudinal red lines on the nail plates. Histopathologic features taken from the inguinal area revealed hyperkeratosis, suprabasal clefts and lacuna, protruded villi lined with one layer of basal cells into the cavity and dyskeratotic cells such as corps ronds in the epidermis. Hyperkeratotic papules on the ant.chest, back, both axilla and groins disappeared after systemic treatment withe a low dose of oral etretinate but hypertrophic plaques on the scalp and both postauricular areas still remained clinically and histopathologically. We then the treated postauricular hypertrophic plaques with CO2 laser vaporization and severe malodor with oral isotretinoin and it resulted in a marked improvement.
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Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Acitretin , Axilla , Darier Disease , Epidermis , Etretinate , Fingers , Forehead , Groin , Isotretinoin , Lasers, Gas , Pruritus , Scalp , Sensation , VolatilizationABSTRACT
Hailey-Hailey disease(benign familial chronic pemphigus) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by blisters at sites of friction such as the neck, axillae and groin which are caused by suprabasal epidermal acantholysis. We report two cases of Hailey-Hailey disease in the one family. One of the two cases has asymptomatic multiple longitudinal white bands in the fingernails associated with typical skin lesions. The nail lesions have not been described until reported by Burge in 1992 and it may be a characteristic finding in Hailey-Hailey disease.
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Humans , Acantholysis , Axilla , Blister , Friction , Groin , Nails , Neck , Pemphigus, Benign Familial , SkinABSTRACT
Kaposis sarcoma is a multicentric neoplastic vascular tumor involving the skin or internal organs. We report a case of classic Kaposis sarcoma in a 69-year-old male who had positive serum cytomegalovirus antibodies and disseminated multiple erythematous to purplish colored confluent papules and edema on both lower legs. The histopathological finding showed abnormally proliferated and dilated vessels, vascular spaces, spindle cells, and extravasated erythrocytes. He was treated with radiotherapy, but died due to ventricular tachycardia.
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Aged , Humans , Male , Antibodies , Cytomegalovirus , Edema , Erythrocytes , Leg , Radiotherapy , Sarcoma, Kaposi , Skin , Tachycardia, VentricularABSTRACT
The monoclonal antibody Ki-1(CD30) was first described in 1982 and was reported to react selectively with Reed-Sternberg cells in Hodgkins disease, highly activated B and T cells and large cell lymphomas of both T-and B-cell origin. Lymphomatoid papulosis(LyP) is characterized by recurrent erythematous papules or nodules that undergo spontaneous healing with hyperpigmentation and scarring. Histologically, two major types of LyP can be distinguished: type A is characterized by the presence of variable numbers of Ki-1+ large, atypical lymphocytes with some Reed-Sternberg like cells and type B is characterized by Ki-1- atypical cerebriform mononuclear cells similar to those in mycosis fungoides. We report a case of Ki-1+ lymphomatoid papulosis which was histopathologically recognized as a type B lesion but represented a Ki-1 positive reaction.
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B-Lymphocytes , Cicatrix , Hodgkin Disease , Hyperpigmentation , Lymphocytes , Lymphoma , Lymphomatoid Papulosis , Mycosis Fungoides , Reed-Sternberg Cells , T-LymphocytesABSTRACT
The term Proteus syndrome was coined in 1983 to describe a disorder of skeletal, hamartoinatous and other mesodermal malformations. The syndrome was named after the Greek god Proteus, whose name means "the Polymorphous". Major manifestations are hemihypertrophy, macrodactyly, exostoses, epidermal nevi, characteristic cerebriform masses involving the plantar or palmar surfaces, a variety of subcutaneous masses and scoliosis. We report a 12-year-old boy with Proteus syndrome who had the unique features of this syndrome.
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Child , Humans , Male , Exostoses , Mesoderm , Nevus , Numismatics , Proteus Syndrome , Proteus , ScoliosisABSTRACT
We report two cases of recurrent extramarnmary Pagets disease after wide local excision. Both cases involved the scrotum and the penoserotal junction, respectively. On histopathological examination, we could observed many Paget cells confined to the epidermis and the hair follicle, but not invading the underlying dermis in both cases. There was no evidence of internal malignancy. Both cases were treated with wide local reexcision.