• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.174-180
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• 2011

Purpose: To evaluate the radiotherapy treatment outcome of patients in stage IE and IIE nasal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma. Materials and Methods: From August 1999 to August 2009, 46 patients with stage IE and IIE nasal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma were treated by definitive radiotherapy and chemotherapy. 33 patients were treated with chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy (CT + RT) and they received 50.4 Gy in 28 fractions. 13 patients were treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) and they received 40 Gy in 20 fractions. Results: The median follow-up period was 4.6-137.6 months (median, 50.2 months) for all patients. The 4-year overall survival was 68.6% and 4-year disease free survival (DFS) was 61.9%. The 4-year locoregional recurrence free survival was 65.0%, and 4-year distant metastasis free survival (DMFS) was 66.2%. For patients treated with CT + RT, 15 patients (45.5%) achieved complete response after chemotherapy, and 13 patients (39.4%) achieved partial response. 13 patients (81.8%) achieved complete response after radiotherapy, and 6 patients (18.2%) achieved partial response. For patients treated with CCRT, 11 patients (84.6%) achieved complete response, and one patient (7.7%) achieved partial response. In univariate analysis, presence of cervical lymph node metastasis was only significant prognostic factor for DFS and DMFS. Conclusion: This study did not show satisfactory overall survival rate and disease free survival rate of definitive radiotherapy and chemotherapy for stage IE and IIE nasal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma. For patients with cervical lymph node metastasis, further investigation of new chemotherapy regimens is necessary to reduce the distant metastasis.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.82-86
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• 2000

심장의 원발성 림프종은 아주 드문 질환이며 예후가 나빠 진단후 2-3주 내에 사망하는 경우가 대부분이다. 저자등은 흔치 않는 심장의 원발성 림프종을 경험하면서 심장에서 종양이 발견되었을 때 신속한 진단을 위해 노력해야 하며, 또한 치료 시기가 예후에 많은 영향을 미치는 림프종을 염두에 두어야 한다고 생각된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제61권2호
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• pp.171-177
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• 2006

MALT림프종은 질병의 진행이 느리고, 진단 당시 국소적인 병변이 대부분이며, 폐와 위장관을 동시에 침범하는 경우는 매우 드물다. 저자들은 흉부 단순촬영에서 고립성 폐결절이 발견된 73세 남자 환자에서 위, 폐, 골수를 침범한 파종성 MALT림프종 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.141-143
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• 2018

A 6-year-old spayed female Turkish Angora cat presented with sneezing, nasal discharge, and decreased appetite lasting for 21 days. Skull radiography revealed slightly increased density of soft tissue in the left nasal cavity. Computed tomography (CT) scan revealed an extensive mass with nasal septum destruction and moderate contrast enhancement in the left nasal cavity. After surgical biopsy, histopathological examination confirmed that the mass was an infiltrative round cell neoplasm, composed of sheets of large neoplastic cells. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that most of the neoplastic cells were strongly positive for CD79a and weakly positive for PAX5. Additionally, numerous mature lymphocytes were found to be positive for CD3. This is the first reported case of nasal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in a Turkish Angora cat in Korea.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.193-197
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• 2016

A 12-years-old Maltese (castrated male) dog with jaundice and purulent discharge from the shoulder was referred to the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of Chungnam National University. A physical and laboratory examination revealed that the mucosa of the conjunctiva and the sclera were icteric, and the liver functional enzyme level and the total bilirubin level were increased. Duodenal caudal deviation caused by suspected masses in diameter of about 2 cm was shown by radiographic and ultrasonographic examinations. Using fine needle aspiration (FNA) and computed tomography (CT), the dog was diagnosed with alimentary lymphoma. The dog was treated with chemotherapy. Hematuria was discovered and dysuria occurred because of sterile hemorrhagic cystitis, which is a unique complication resulting from the use of cyclophosphamide.

• Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.101-105
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• 2011

Neurolymphomatosis, an uncommon manifestation of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, is lymphomatous infiltration of peripheral nerves. We confirmed the diagnosis of neurolymphomatosis in a 75-year old woman with a history of complete remission of diffuse large B cell type lymphoma on the nasal cavity seven years ago. She complained of painful weakness of left leg and took the electrophysiologic study, extremity ultrasonography, fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT, and extremity MRI serially. She was diagnosed as neurolymphomatosis by targeted posterior tibial nerve mass biopsy.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2009

많은 암 환자들 중 특히 미만성 거대 B 세포 림프종 환자의 추적 검사에서 PET/CT 검사는 기타 다른 검사들과 견주어 볼 때 매우 중요하다는 것은 이미 알려져 있다. 이들 환자의 치료는 대부분 환자의 장기 한 곳에 국한된 경우가 없으므로, 방사선 치료나 항암 화학 요법 치료로 시행한다. 이러한 항암 화학 요법 치료는 골수의 활동을 억제하는 치료이기 때문에 환자에게서 호중구감소증과 같은 백혈구의 감소가 나타날 수 있다. 이러한 증상을 개선하기 위하여 과립구 자극요소(Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor)인 Filgrastim 성분의 골수촉진제를 사용하는 경우가 일반적이며, 이 약제가 투여된 환자에게서 단기간에 PET/CT 검사를 진행하게 되면, 검사에 사용되는 $^{18}F$-FDG의 섭취가 조혈 세포가 모여 있는 골수의 활성화로 그 곳에 섭취가 가중되어 정확한 영상의 정보를 얻는데 한계가 있다. 이 연구의 목적은 Filgrastim의 약제 투여 1일 후의 영상과 어느 정도 시간이 지난 후 영상의 SUV를 각각 비교하여 수치화하고, 대략 어느 정도 시간이 지난후에 정확한 영상의 정보를 줄 수 있는 $^{18}F$-FDG의 섭취가 일어나는지를 유추해 보고자 한다. 환자대상은 2007년 1월~2009년 1월까지 미만성 거대 B 세포 림프종을 진단받고 추적 검사 중인 환자 10명을 대상으로 하였다. 남자 4명, 여자 6명이고, 평균나이는 53.8세 평균 체중은 57.3 kg이다. PET/CT (Discovery STe; GE Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI, USA) 검사를 위해 환자에게 $^{18}F$-FDG 정맥주사 후 1시간 가량 안정시키고, PET/CT 영상을 획득하였다. 영상 분석은 ROI ($12\;mm^2$)를 $C_6$ (6 번 경추), $L_4$ (4 번 요추), 간, 비장, 폐에 각각 그린 후 표준화 섭취 계수(SUV)를 측정하였다. 같은 환자를 골수촉진제 주사 1일 후 영상과 5~7일 후 영상을 각각 분석하였으며, 통계 프로그램으로는 SPSS version 12. Wilcoxon signed rank test를 사용하여 두 집단 간의 유의성을 확인하였다. 검사를 시행한 10명의 환자의 SUV를 분석한 결과, 골수촉진제를 투여하고 1일 후의 SUV가 5~7일 후에 비해 $C_6$ (6 번경추), L4 (4 번 요추), 비장에서 현저하게 높게 나타났고, 간과 폐에서는 비슷하게 나타났다. SUV의 차이와 더불어, 5~7일 후의 영상에서는 뼈의 섭취가 거의 없어진 정상 섭취 영상을 얻을 수 있었다. 위의 연구에서도 보여진 것과 같이 과립구 자극요소 약제투여 후 1일째 환자의 영상과 5~7일 후의 영상에서 SUV의 현저한 차이가 있었으며, 약제를 투여한 환자의 영상에 뼈의 $^{18}F$-FDG 섭취가 집중되었으며, 평균 5~7일 후에 검사에서는 뼈의 섭취가 현저하게 줄어든 정상적이 영상을 얻을 수 있었다. 본 연구를 통하여 SUV를 측정하고, 통계분석 함으로서 기존의 사실을 수치화 하였으며, 정상 섭취가 가능한 기간을 유추 할 수 있었다. 추후에 과립구 자극요소인 Filgrastim 이 외에 Pegfilgrastim, Lenograstim등 기타약제와의 유사성과 차이점에 대한 유사 연구에도 기여할 수 있으리라 사료된다.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.951-958
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• 2021

Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of virtual monochromatic images (VMIs) obtained using dual-layer dual-energy CT (DL-DECT) for evaluating brain tumors. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study included 32 patients with brain tumors who had undergone non-contrast head CT using DL-DECT. Among them, 15 had glioblastoma (GBM), 7 had malignant lymphoma, 5 had high-grade glioma other than GBM, 3 had low-grade glioma, and 2 had metastatic tumors. Conventional polychromatic images and VMIs (40-200 keV at 10 keV intervals) were generated. We compared CT attenuation, image noise, contrast, and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) between tumor and white matter (WM) or grey matter (GM) between VMIs showing the highest CNR (optimized VMI) and conventional CT images using the paired t test. Two radiologists subjectively assessed the contrast, margin, noise, artifact, and diagnostic confidence of optimized VMIs and conventional images on a 4-point scale. Results: The image noise of VMIs at all energy levels tested was significantly lower than that of conventional CT images (p < 0.05). The 40-keV VMIs yielded the best CNR. Furthermore, both contrast and CNR between the tumor and WM were significantly higher in the 40 keV images than in the conventional CT images (p < 0.001); however, the contrast and CNR between tumor and GM were not significantly different (p = 0.47 and p = 0.31, respectively). The subjective scores assigned to contrast, margin, and diagnostic confidence were significantly higher for 40 keV images than for conventional CT images (p < 0.01). Conclusion: In head CT for patients with brain tumors, compared with conventional CT images, 40 keV VMIs from DL-DECT yielded superior tumor contrast and diagnostic confidence, especially for brain tumors located in the WM.

• 치과방사선
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.137-147
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• 1989

CT findings of proven 25 malignant tumors of the maxillary sinus were retrospectively analyzed to be of help in the diagnosis and treatment. The results were follows: 1. Average age was 54 years old, and eighteen were males and seven were females with a ratio of 2.6:1 2. The most common histopathologic feature was squamous cell carcinoma (19 cases) and others were two cases of adenoid cystic carcinoma, one case of malignant fibrous histiocytoma, mucoepidermoid tumor, histiocytic lymphoma, unidentified malignant tumor. 3. CT findings were sinus opacificaqtion (4%), soft tissue mass (92%), low densities within soft tissue mass (44.%), air densities within soft tissue mass (24%), osteosclerosis (4%), bone destruction (92%), bone displacement (32%), fat plane obliteration (76%). 4. CT in the malignant maxillary sinus tumors approved the value in evaluation of tumor extension to nasal cavity, ethmoid sinus, orbit, infratemporal fossa, pterygopalatine fossa, pterygoid fossa, pterygoid muscle, cheek skin and intracranial cavity. 5. Twenty four cases (96%) were stage Ⅲ, stage Ⅳ according to AJCC TNM classification. 6. Bone findings were destruction, displacement, sclerosis and most frequent site of bone destruction was the medial wall of the antrum(92%). 7. Tumor growth pattern showed destructive pattern in 18 cases(72%), and squamous cell carcinoma showed destructive pattern. (P<0.05)

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.139-148
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• 1984

The CT findings of 46 cases of nasopharyngeal cancer were analyzed and compared with clinical tumor staging. They are composed of 28 cases $(61\%)$ of squamous cell carcinoma, 13cases $(28\%)$ of undifferentiated carcinoma, 4 cases $(9\%)$of lymphoma and 1 case $(2\%)$ of adenoid cystic carcinoma. The results were as follows : 1. The most common CT findings of nasopharyngeal cancers are air·way asymmetry including obliteration of Rosenmuller fossa, orifice of Eustachian tube and asymmetric obliteration of parapharyngeal fat. 2. Other involved anatomic sites are carotid sheath area, oropharynx, paranasal sinuses especially sphenoid sinus, cervical lymph nodes, nasal cavity and skull base or middle cranial fossa. 3. CT does significantly influence on the tumor staging of the nasopharynx cancers, but has a definite value in evaluating deep tissue invasion of the cancers especially to parapharyngeal space or carotid sheath area. 4. CT seems to be essential for staging work-up, estimating the prognosis, and assessing the effect of radiotherapy of the nasopharyngeal cancer because it clearly shows the whole extent of the tumors including deep tissue invasion.