OBJECTIVE To report a previously unrecognized benign bilateral widespread conjunctival and corneal proliferative condition with a potential to affect vision. METHODS A gradually progressive diffuse conjunctival proliferation extending on the cornea was noted in 14 patients (28 eyes). These patients were followed up for a mean of 6 years for the site, extent, and progression of the condition. ...

The authors report the case of a 47-year-old female patient with dispersed ulcerated skin lesions that appeared 7 years before medical follow-up. Histopathological and endoscopic findings of such lesions led to the diagnosis of a rare disorder: metastatic Crohn's disease. This diagnosis is even more relevant because there is no case report in the literature of Crohn's disease restricted to cuta...

We aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of patients with herpes esophagitis (HE) based on endoscopic typing.Herpes simplex virus infection in the gastrointestinal tract primarily affects the esophagus. However, little is known about the presentation, endoscopic findings, and outcomes of HE.From 2003 to 2013, 47 patients with HE were identified histologically from among 1843 patient...

Between 1996 and 2002, 162 cases of pulmonary melioidosis were reported from Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen, northeast Thailand, 90 acute vs 72 subacute/chronic. Patients averaged 50 years of age and half worked as farmers. The male to female ratio was between 2 and 3 to 1 depending on the subgrouping. Burkholderia pseudomallei was confirmed by a culture or a four-fold rise in titer in the maj...

Diastematomyelia is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by a division of the spinal cord or the filum terminale into two parts. In Korea, only one case has been reported. The authors have operated on 5 cases of diastematomyelia with septum since July, 1978. The ages ranged from 1 to 44 years (median; 11 years). There were 2 boys, 2 girls and an adult man. The disease manifested by cutaneous...

BACKGROUND Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a disease with a wide spectrum of symptoms and severity. In this study we analysed the predictive value of clinical signs and symptoms and the contribution of D-dimer measurements for diagnosis. METHODS We evaluated consecutive patients admitted with suspected CVT receiving non-invasive imaging. Symptoms and symptom combination as well as D-dimer...

Purpose Timely antibiotic therapy in selected cases of diarrhea associated with bacterial infections can reduce the duration and severity of illness and prevent complications. The availability of a predictive index before identification of causative bacteria would aid in the choice of a therapeutic agent. Methods The study included patients admitted to the pediatrics unit at Konyang Universit...

Sporotrichosis associated with exposure to domestic cats is hyperendemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A review of the clinical records at our institute revealed four patients with clinical signs of dacryocystitis and a positive conjunctival culture for Sporothrix who were diagnosed with Sporothrix dacryocystitis. Three patients were children (< 13 years of age) and one patient was an adult. Two p...

An increase in the number of patients with sarcoidosis in Japan has been recognized noticed in Japan since the 1960's. Sarcoidosis is a systemic disorder, the lesion of which is characterized as an epithelioid cell granuloma formation stimulated by unknown agents. In Japan, the majority of the patients show thoracic involvement which can easily be detected by annual check-up even when they are ...

Intra-abdominal infection can be caused by various sources. Primary peritonitis or spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is an ascetic infection. Peritonitis has been categorized as primary, secondary, tertiary or in patients with continuous dialysis. Frequent symptoms include fever, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, and fever, abdominal pain with altered mental status in patien...