• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.450-452
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• 2010

A 4-year-old male Yorkshire terrier was referred to us with signs of vomiting and unconsciousness due to a blunt head trauma. Gross examinations detected facial edema, subcutaneous hemorrhage and hypersalivation. A survey radiograph located an occipital fragment which was displaced caudally. A three-dimensional computed tomographic reconstruction demonstrated that the ventral portion of the fragment was attached incompletely. Because of the instability of the fragment, it was decided to perform an esquillectomy. After removing the fragment, the defect was reinforced with a muscular flap originating from the splenius muscle. The patient's condition gradually improved except for a slightly ataxic gait. At 20 months follow-up, there was no evidence of ataxia. The neurological status did not deteriorate before starting surgical intervention, although the patient sustained a skull fracture with severe intracranial hemorrhage. It is likely that the fragment being displaced outwardly played an important role in preventing an increase in intracranial pressure which could have led to neurological deterioration.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.1533-1537
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• 2004

This study shows that oriental medical treatment affected a patient with headache, dizziness, dim eyes, facial palsy and hard-of-hearing caused by traumatic temporal and occipital bone fracture. Traumatic facial palsy mainly occures by temporal bone fracture. Facial palsy caused by traumatic temporal bone fracture corresponds to gu-an-wa-sha (口眼?斜)of oriental medicine. Functional disorder of an auditory organ corresponds to yi-rong(耳聾) and hyun-hoon(眩暈) of oriental medicine. In general, everyone consider surgical operation first of all, in the case of having traumatic facial nerve paralysis. But, this case shows that oriental medical treatments(acupuncture and herbal medicine) have a good effect on a patient with traumatic temporal and occipital bone fracture.

• Proceedings of the KOR-BRONCHOESO Conference
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• 1991.06a
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• pp.30-30
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• 1991

성대마비 이비인후과 영역에서는 비교적 빈번하게 관찰되는 질환으로 대부분은 미주신경과 그 분지인 반회신경이 경정맥공에서 후두까지의 주행중에 생긴 질환에 의하여 이차적으로 발생하거나, 드물게는 윤상갑상연골 관절의 고정에 의사여 발생하게 된다. 임상적인 진단은 간접후두경이나 화이버옵틱후두경 검사법에 의하여 간단하게 내려질 수 있으나, 그 발생원인은 다양하며, 임상적인 양상 및 그에 따른 치료 원칙도 다르게 나타난다. 이에 연자들은 1986년 1월 1일부터 1990년 12월 31일까지 5년간 국립의료원 이비인후과에 내원한 환자중 성대마비로 진단된 환자 61례에 대한 후향적 기록 분석에 의해 성별, 원인별, 측별, 성대의 위치, 및 그에 따른 치료방향에 대하여 비교 검토하여 다음과 같은 결과를 보였다. 1)성별은 남녀비가 3:2로 남자가 많았으며, 연령별 분포는 20대에서 70대까지 비교적 균등하였으나 50대(23.0%)에서 가장 많은 분포를 보였다. 2)원인으로는 원인불명이 16례(26.2%), 갑상선수술 8례(13.1%), 폐결핵과 기관내삽관후 각각 6례(9.8%), 폐암 5례(8.2%) 순이었다. 3)마비된 성대의 측별 분포는 편측성이 51례(83.6%), 양측성이 10례(16.4%)이며, 편측성중 좌측이 37례(60.6%)로 가장 많았다. 마비된 성대의 위치는 부정주위가 33례(54%)로 가장 많았다. 4)즉 증상은 단지 애성만 있었던 례가 31례(50.8%), 호흡곤란 혹은 기도흡인등을 동반한 애성이나, 애성을 동반하지 않은 례도 있었다(3례). 증상 발현후 병원 내원까지 기간은 2개월이내가 가장 많았다. 5)16례에서 수술적 처치가 시행되었거나(9례), 혹은 자연치유가 관찰되었는데(7례) 편측성마비때 갑상연골성형술 2례, 양측 마비때 후두외접근법에 의한 피열연골절제술 4례, 레이저를 이용한 피열연골절제술 2례, 승모판 협착증에 의한 편측성 성대마비에서 개심술후 성대마비 회복 1례, 자연 치유는 7례에서 관찰되었으며 6례에서는 증상발현후 6개월이내에 회복되었다.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.579-583
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• 2010

An 18-month-old intact male Pomeranian dog was presented because of traumatic head injury from a fall. Based on physical and neurological examination, brain injury was suspected. On plain skull radiographs, bony fragment following fracture was identified in the region of the right occipital bone. On computed tomography (CT) images, there were specific findings associated with an intracranial hemorrhage. The patient expired few hours after diagnosis, and performed necropsy. On gross findings, intracerebral hemorrhage and edema was detected and those were consistent with CT images. This report describes the clinical findings, CT imaging characteristics, necropsy findings, and histopathologic features of severe traumatic brain injury in a dog.