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Pyogenic granuloma is a benign, rapidly growing hemorrhagic lesion of unknown origin. This disorder, however, is obscure to many rhinologists, because the nose is a relatively rare location for the lesion. In the practice of otorhinolaryngology, nasal packing is a very common procedure for nasal bleeding and postoperative hemostasis. However, few pyogenic granulomas occurring from nasal packing have been reported in the literature. A 56-year-old man underwent nasal packing with vaseline gauze because of nasal bleeding. Two months later, a dark brown nasal tumor was found in his nasal cavity. He underwent endoscopic endonasal removal of the tumor. The pathology result showed a pyogenic granuloma. This is the third case recorded in the literature of a confirmed pyogenic granuloma occuring as a complication of nasal packing. This uncommon lesion should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a rapidly growing hemorrhagic lesion within the nasal fossa.

Chromatographic comparisons were made between radioactive adducts derived from the DNA of cells treated with [3H]7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene and adducts derived from calf thymus DNA or nucleotides which had been treated in vitro with the synthetic syn 3,4-dihydrodiol 1,2-epoxide of this same carcinogen. This confirmed that three of the adducts formed in cells were derived from reaction of this particular dihydrodiol epoxide with deoxyadenosine while a fourth adduct was derived from its reaction with deoxyguanosine. After reaction of the dihydrodiol epoxide with polyadenylic acid, two ribonucleoside adducts were characterized by spectroscopic methods and were shown to have arisen from the cis opening of the epoxide ring at C1 by the amino group of adenine residues.

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Traces of long-lived fallout-derived radioisotopes ((134)Cs and (137)Cs) were found in wet and dry deposition samples collected from the west and east coasts of South Korea from March to May 2011 following the release of radionuclides from the damaged nuclear power plants in Fukushima, Japan. The analysis of air mass back trajectory and atmospheric pressure systems indicated that the Fukushima-derived radiocaesium had predominantly reached South Korea from the west by surface westerlies from 11 March to 5 April; however, after 6 April, air masses arrived from Japan directly due to a high pressure system that developed to the east of Japan. Spatial variation of deposition fluxes of radiocaesium in South Korea was partly attributed to the presence of local longitudinal orography.

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