• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.434-436
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• 2001

식도의 양성 종양은 흔하지 않았으며 이중 신경초종은 아주 드문 식도 양성종양이다. 봉원에서는 점점 심해지는 연하곤란을 주소로 내워한 52세 여자환자에서 식도에 생긴 신경초종을 우측 개흉술을 통한 종양 적출술로 성공적으로 제거 하였기에 이에 문헌 고찰과 더불어 증례 보고하는 바이다.

• Proceedings of the KTCVS Conference
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• 1995.10a
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• pp.113-113
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• 1995

• Proceedings of the KTCVS Conference
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• 1995.10a
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• pp.132-132
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• 1995

• Proceedings of the KTCVS Conference
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• 1993.04a
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• pp.36-37
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• 1993

• Proceedings of the KTCVS Conference
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• 1993.06a
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• pp.106-106
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• 1993

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.467-470
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• 2002

The most common primary heart tumor in infants is the rhabdomyoma. It is known that tuberous sclerosis is found in half of the patients with cardiac rhabdomyoma. Because the prognosis of this tumor associated with subaortic stenosis is poor, the surgical intervention is indicated. We report one case of left ventricular rhabdomyoma with tuberous sclerosis.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.81-85
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• 2010

Metastases to the heart are rarely diagnosed before the patient dies. A 26-year-old man was admitted with multiple metastasis of a testicular embryonal carcinoma and he was found to have intracardiac metastasis. Echocardiography showed that he had a mass rising from the interventricular septum and it was floating through the right ventricular outflow tract. The histology of the mass we removed from the right ventricle was consistent with testicular embryonal carcinoma. The patient made a smooth recovery after surgical intervention and chemotherapy. We believe this is the first reported case of testicular embryonal carcinoma that metastasized to the heart and that was successfully removed via surgery in Korea.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.31 no.8
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• pp.811-815
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• 1998

Primar99y cardiac tumors are rare and about 25% of primary cardiac tumors are malignant. A primary undifferentiated cardiac sarcoma, which very rare, is presented as follows: A 28-year old woman at the 32th week of pregnancy was admitted to the hospital because of dyspnea. A large intracardiac (left atrium) tumor was found with cardiac echocardiography and MRI. Emergency operation was performed under the diagnosis of left atrial myxoma. After Cesarean section, LA-tomy was done under the cardiopulmonary bypass. Tumor removal including endocardium of left atrium was done and final pathologic diagnosis was primary undifferentiated laft atrial sarcoma. After adjuvant radiotherapy, she has been followed up in out patient bases without problems up to now.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.368-372
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• 2001

장막내의 고립성 섬유성 종양은 드물며 대부분 장측 또는 벽측 흉막에서 발생하지만 종격동, 심막, 복막, 폐실질 , 안과 그리고 뇌척수막에서도 발생하기도 한다. 이 종양은 다양성으로 인하여 진단하는데 어려움이 있으며, 특히 종격동이나 흉부 외의 장소에서 발생하는 경우에는 더욱 그러하다. 이 종양의 임상적 양상을 예측하기 어려우며 조직학적으로 양성의 소견을 보이면서, 임상적으로는 악성의 양상을 띠기도 한다. 악성의 임상양상을 보이는 경우는 약 13∼23% 정도로 보고되고 있다. 저자는 53세의 여자 환자에서 종격동의 고립성 섬유성 조양을 수술한 후, 4차례 재발한 드문 증례를 수술 치험하였기에, 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.43 no.4
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• pp.375-380
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• 2010

Background: Primary cardiac tumors are extremely rare. The most common type are benign myxomas, and these are almost completely curable with early surgery. Malignant tumors, however, such as sarcomas, are difficult to remove surgically, and their prognosis is known to be poor. In this study, data on patients who had undergone surgical treatment of cardiac tumor in the authors' hospital were collected and analyzed. Material and Method: The subjects included 28 patients who had undergone surgical treatment of cardiac tumor from August 1993 to December 2008. Their medical records were reviewed and retrospectively analyzed. Result: The patients were aged from 20 to 76 years (mean age: $54.2{\pm}15.6$), and 11 were male (39%) and 17 female (61%). Fifteen of them (54%) underwent emergency surgery to improve heart failure symptoms. The most common preoperative symptom was dyspnea (15 cases, 54%). Preoperative echocardiography was performed on all the patients. The average size of the tumor as measured during the operation was $7.0{\pm}6.9cm$ (the average length of the long axis was 2∼40 cm), and the sites of tumor attachment were the interatrial septum (18 cases, 64%), the left atrium (9 cases, 32%), the mitral valve annulus (2 cases, 7%), and the left ventricle (2 cases, 7%). The operation was performed with an incision through both atria in all the patients, and a complete excision was made in 25 cases (89%). According to the biopsy results, there were 4 cases of sarcoma (14%), 1 case of lipoma (4%), and 23 cases of myxoma (82%). The three cases in which the tumors were not completely excised were sarcomas. No operative deaths occurred after the operations. Outpatient follow-up was possible for 24 cases (86%), with a mean follow-up period of $46.8{\pm}42.7$ months. Late death occurred in 3 of the 24 patients; each of these patients had sarcomas. Of these patients, the first had undergone two repeat surgeries, the second had metastatic sites removed, and the last had only chemotherapy. The average recurrence time was $12.7{\pm}10.8$ months, and the average metastasis time was $20.5{\pm}16.8$ months. Conclusion: Most cardiac tumors are benign myxomas. In principle, they should be surgically treated because they can create risks such as embolism, and can be radically treated when surgically removed. In most cases, however, malignant sarcomas are already considerably advanced with severe infiltration into the neighboring tissues at the time of diagnosis. The surgical removal of malignant sarcomas is known to be difficult because of the advanced stage and degree of infiltration. We suggest that excision of the removable portion of the tumor sites to alleviate symptoms such as heart failure can improve quality of life.