• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.133-137
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• 1987

Myopathy in primary aldosteronism is relatively rare disease in Korea. A 42-year-lod woman with hypokalemic periodic paralysis, proximal muscle weakness and hypertension was found to have myopathy associated with adenoma in the right adrenal gland. She showed marked elevation of muscle enzymes and myopathic pattern in EMG.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics and Logopedics
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.16-20
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• 2015

Post-thyroidectomy dysphonia occurs very frequently. Causes of dysphonia include recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) or external branch of superior laryngeal nerve (EBSL) injury, intubation, laryngotracheal fixation and other causes. Patients commonly characterized hoarseness or their voice impairment inability to short or sing and loss of loudness. Although complete recovery can be expected mostly in 3 months without obvious nerve injury, dysphonia lowers patients quality of life. The present review discuss the very kinds of causes of post-thyroidectomy dysphonia.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• v.61 no.3
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• pp.279-284
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• 2006

A multiple primary malignant tumor is a disease mainly encountered in the of the older age groups. Attempts should be made to rule out a second primary malignant neoplasm in the elderly patients with unusual signs and symptoms. We encountered a case of a 67-year-old male with triple primary malignant tumors of the stomach, larynx, and lung. The patient had been treated with a subtotal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer in 1991 and a Laser laryngectomy for the laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma in 2003. In 2005, lung cancer was found with the biopsy revealing an adenosquamous carcinoma. Systemic chemotherapy was performed.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.576-581
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• 2021

In the post-epidemic era, COVID-19 has not yet been fully controlled. Wearing masks is still the main means of epidemic prevention, and the negative effects brought by masks continue to continue. Wearing a mask for a long time can cause two problems. The first problem is hypoxia, and the other is an increase in psychological stress. To reduce the negative impact of masks, this paper proposes a new breathing mode. It is the "Umm~" vocal breathing mode, which simultaneously solves the two problems of hypoxia and increased stress. This paper explores the reasons why new breathing patterns can relieve stress. Explains the relationship between HRV and stress index and uses SDNN as an indicator to detect stress index to confirm the effectiveness of this breathing pattern. Experimental results prove that the "Umm~" vocal breathing mode can not only relieve the stress induced by wearing a mask. And when not wearing a mask, it can also be used to relieve daily stress. This method that anyone can easily implement should be more popularized.

• The Journal of the Korean bone and joint tumor society
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.112-117
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• 2006

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate on primary bone tumors of fibula. Materials and Methods: Patients who received operative treatment from January 1993 to December 2005 for primary bone tumors of fibula were analyzed for clinical outcomes. Results: There were 17 patients(10 males, 7 females) who were diagnosed for primary bone tumors of fibula. Osteochondroma was the most common diagnosis and others were osteosarcoma, fibrous dysplasia. The malignant bone tumors were 10.5% of all fibula tumors. There were 12 cases on proximal, 4 cases on mid shaft, and 1 cases on distal part of fibula. At the final follow up, 14 patients reported patient satisfaction of either excellent or good. Conclusion: Bone tumor of fibula doesn't need reconstruction after the resection unless it invades tibia or its site distal, which enables easy surgical resection. However, generally it is rare and accompany with vague symptoms, so careful approach to diagnosis is necessary because late diagnosis can mean the needs for amputation.

• Journal of Pharmacopuncture
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.13-13
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• 2003

1. 도입 및 배경 Lou Gehrig 병이라고 알려져 있는 근위축성 측삭경화증은 중추신경계 중 운동신경의 퇴행성 변화에 의한 진행성 질환이다. 이 병은 근육의 마비와 약화, 강직의 진행과 더불어 언어장애, 연화장애, 호흡장애가 동반된다. ALS는 환자나 가족들에게 엄청난 고통을 주는 질환으로 이병은 발병 후 3-5년 내에 약 $75\%$가 사망한다. 그리고 연하장애가 주된 증상이거나 고령에서 발병하였을 때에는 생존기간이 더욱 단축되는 경향을 나타낸다. 그리고 치명적인 호흡장애로 인해 대부분 사망하게 된다. 현재 의학계에서는 이 병의 원인도 알고 있지 못하고, 증상에 대한 아무런 치료방법도 제시하지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 2. 역학 원발성 운동신경원성 질환의 발생률은 100,000당 약 7명이고, ALS는 이 중 약 $65-85\%$를 차지한다. 전 세계적으로 1년에 약 2-4명/100,000이 발생하고 있으며 시간이 경과할수록 점차 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 3. 연구방법 EMG나 Biopsy 등을 통해 신경과 전문의가 ALS로 진단한 환자 중 상지대학교 부속한방병원에서 3개월 이상 입원치료를 받은 환자 18명을 대상으로 임상연구를 진행하였고, 설문조사는 외래에 내원한 환자 중 설문에 응답한 환자 28명을 포함한 총 46명의 환자들을 대상으로 시행하였다. 치료방법은 침, 약침, 봉약침, 한약 등을 환자의 체질을 고려하여 변증에 따라 적용하였고, 환자의 상태 변화는 ALSFRS(ALS Functional Rate Scale)를 사용하여 관찰하였다. 4. 결과 본 연구결과 ALS의 치료에 한의학적 치료방법은 유효한 것으로 나타났다. 특히 본 질환이 시간이 경과하면서 $100\%$ 악화되는 질환임을 감안한다면 한의학적 치료를 통해 약 $40\%$의 환자에서 몸의 상태나 언어장애, 만성적 피로 등이 호전되었고, 근력도 증가되는 결과를 나타내었다.

• Anxiety and mood
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.29-35
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• 2009

Background : In spite of the worldwide relevance of obsessive-compulsive disorder Ed-highlight : Unclear. Perhaps consider changing word choice. (OCD), there are considerable differences in prevalence, sex ratio, comorbidity patterns, and sociodemographic correlates. Data on subclinical OCD have been sparse to date. Methods : Data stemmed from the Korea Epidemiologic Catchment Area (KECA) study which had been carried out from April to December 2001. Korean versions of DSM-IV adapted Composite International Diagnostic Interview were administered to a representative sample of 6275 persons aged 18-64 living in the community. DSM-IV based criteria for subclinical OCD were applied. Results : The lifetime prevalence rates for OCD and subclinical OCD were 0.8% and 6.6%, respectively. In both OCD and subclinical OCD, the rates for males and females were not statistically different. OCD was demonstrated to be associated with depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, and alcohol and nicotine dependence. Additionally, subclinical OCD was associated with posttraumatic stress and somatoform disorders. Comorbidity rates in subclinical OCD were lower than those in OCD. Conclusions : The lifetime prevalence rate for OCD was less than 1% in the Korean general population. Age distribution and comorbidity patterns suggest that subclinical OCD represents a broad and heterogeneous syndrome and not simply a milder form of OCD.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.31 no.11
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• pp.1106-1109
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• 1998

Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus(PMME) is an uncommon neoplasm. And the world literature reports only about 200 cases. A case of primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus is presented, and followed by review of the literature. In our patient, the walnut-sized melanoma was located at the midportion of esophagus and there were two small satellite lesions at the esophagogastric junction. The main mass was diagnosed as primary malignant melanoma histologically and immunohistologically. The tumor was curatively resected by the transthoracic subtotal esophagectomy and the 2 fields node dissection. Post- operative immunotherapy was performed but the tumor recurred 7 months later at the stomach.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.111-115
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• 2005

Primary malignant melanoma of the vagina is an extremely rare genital neoplasm occurring mainly on postmenopausal women. It has a worse prognosis than cutaneous melanomas, because of the high rate of loco-regional recurrences and rapid systemic dissemination. In the past, radical surgical extirpation as the primary management had been recommended to improve loco-regional control, and possibly overall survival. However, the prognosis was poor In spite of such a radical approache. Recently, more conservative treatment such as wide local excision combined with adjuvant high-dose fraction radiotherapy seems to have premising results. Primary radiation therapy could be served as an alternative to surgery for patients with lesion less than 3 cm in diameter. We report 2 cases of primary vaginal malignant melanoma treated with radiotherapy.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.82 no.3
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• pp.729-736
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• 2021

Multiple primary malignant neoplasms refer to two or more malignancies in an individual that are not related. We report a case of a 78-year-old male with concurrent breast mucinous carcinoma and extramammary lymphoma. The patient initially presented with palpable masses in the left breast and the right groin, which were pathologically confirmed after a surgical biopsy as breast mucinous carcinoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, respectively. He underwent whole-body 18-fluorine deoxyglucose PET/CT before surgery, and an enhancing nodular lesion in the left lingual tonsil was found incidentally. It was later confirmed as a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, a pathology of the same type as the right inguinal mass. Unspecified lymphadenopathies in breast cancer patients may easily be considered as metastatic lesions. However, this case suggests that lymphomas should be included in the differential diagnoses to avoid misdiagnosis and treatment delay, especially in older adult patients.