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Mycosis Fungoides/pathology , Psoriasis/pathology , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: The oral tetracyclines, especially minocycline hydrochloride, are often used as an effective treatment for perioral dermatitis; however, they are sometimes difficult to use, especially in children, because of the side effects. OBJECTIVE: The effectiveness of ß-lactam antibiotics was evaluated in three cases of perioral dermatitis. METHODS: Three Japanese patients with perioral dermatitis were treated with cefcapene pivoxil hydrochloride hydrate per os 100-300 mg/day. They were one girl (aged 10 years) and two adult women (aged 32 and 37 years respectively). One of the adult patients had a past history of Meniere's disease and the other had had a side effect, vertigo, from minocycline hydrochloride treatment. The presence of fusobacteria before and after the treatment was examined using the tape-stripping toluidine blue method. RESULTS: These patients showed the improvement in 1-2 weeks and were much improved or cured after 2-5 weeks. No side effects were found during the treatment. Fusobacteria were positive before treatment but became negative after the treatment in all of them. CONCLUSION: The ß-lactam antibiotics might be a useful treatment for perioral dermatitis, especially in cases who cannot take tetracyclines.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents/adverse effects , Cephalosporins/adverse effects , Dermatitis, Perioral/drug therapy , Dermatitis, Perioral/etiology , Fusobacterium Infections/drug therapy , beta-Lactams/adverse effects , Administration, Oral , Adult , Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage , Cephalosporins/administration & dosage , Child , Dermatitis, Perioral/microbiology , Female , Humans , Treatment Outcome , beta-Lactams/administration & dosageABSTRACT
During a dissection of the forearm and hand, a duplicate palmaris longus muscle with an accessory palmaris longus muscle was observed on the right side of a 73-year-old Japanese male cadaver. Duplications of the palmaris longus muscle have been reported by many authors. Humphry (1872) suggested the presence of radial, intermediate, and ulnar sectors in the superficial layers of the forearm flexor muscular angulus, based on a comparison of fore- and hind limbs and comparative anatomical theory. The palmaris longus muscle usually differentiates from the intermediate sector but differentiation from the other two sectors may also be possible. Some authors have asserted that a common innervation trunk is critical for determining an ontogenetic relation between the muscles (Fuchino, 1960; Honma, 1980; Yamada, 1986). We examined the nerve supply in addition to scrutinize these anomalous palmaris longus muscles. In our case, the ramification of the innervating nerves was specific. The branches to the second palmaris longus muscle and the flexor carpi radialis arose as a common trunk from the median nerve. The branches to the first palmaris longus muscle and the accessory palmaris longus muscle originated as another common trunk from the median nerve. From these observations, we speculated that the second palmaris longus muscle has differentiated from the flexor carpi radialis, while the accessory palmaris longus muscle has differentiated from the first palmaris longus muscle, based on Humphry's suggestion.
