• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.344-346
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• 2004

A 69-year-old woman was presented with progressed dysphagia, gastric soreness and weight loss during 2 months. She was performed abdomen x-ray, EGDS and abdomen CT. Abdomen x-ray demonstrated punctuate calcification on LUQ. EGDS showed an ulceroinfiltrative mass with bleeding on cardia to antrum of stomach. And CT showed diffuse gastric wall thickness with multiple calcifications. Biopsy of the stomach and esophagus during EGDS examination revealed an adenocarcinoma, with signet ring cell type, infiltrating the wall of the stomach and the distal esophagus. Then acne scan was performed a few days later. It revealed intense uptake in LUQ, corresponding to the calcium containing neoplasm seen on the abdomen x-ray, EGDS and abdomen CT. And there was no evidence of any metastatic lesion and thyroid uptake on the bone scan. There are many reports about accumulation of the tracer in extraosseous lesion, but only a few literatures were reported about gastric calcification in stomach cancer. More over, no reports showed CT images. We are performed many diagnostic examinations and found well correlation between them. The reason of gastric calcification is considered with calcium deposition within extracellular space due to hemorrhage or necrosis. Other possibility offered to explain gastric calcification have been increased blood flow and/or increased neovascularity with capillary leaks of tracer, and specific enzymatic (phosphatases) receptor binding of tracer. So, it was happened ion exchange between intracellular calcium and phosphate groups of tracer.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.260-263
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• 2000

A uremic patient on hemodialysis, who had concurrent cardiomyopathy showed intense myocardial uptake of $^{99m}Tc$-methylene diphosphonate (MDP). The presumed cause of uptake in the myocardium is metastatic calcification due to hypercalcemia secondary to the renal failure. However, supplementary mechanism caused by cardiomyopathy should be considered. We describe a case with bone tracer uptake in the myocardium in the absence of infarction in a patient with chronic renal failure.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.87-92
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• 2000

저자들은 영남대학교 의과대학 부속병원에서 간엽성 연골육종으로 진단받은 3례를 대상으로 임상 병리학적 특징을 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 환장의 연령은 25세에서 32세였고 평균연령은 28세였다. 종양의 평균 크기는 7.3cm였다. 조직학적으로 종괴는 이형성의 소세포로 구성된 고밀도의 부분과 분화가 좋은 초자양의 연골 조직이 섞여 있었다. 3례에서 종양 세포들은 S-100단백과 NSE에 양성이었고 desmin에 모두 음성이었다.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.191-197
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• 1987

39 patients with focal hepatic lesions were evaluated by $^{99m}Tc-RBC$ liver scan. The diagnosis of focal hepatic lesions were made by percutaneous needle biopsy, angiography, surgery, or clinical courses. Thses diagnoses included 24 cases of hemangioma, 7 hepatomas, 6 metastatic disease, 1 abscess, and 1 cyst. 19 hemangiomas showed focal hot activity on delayed static planar images. 3 small deep seated hemangiomas were diagnosed by SPECT that would have been missed by planar images alone. 2 large hemangiomas had no radioisotope uptake within the lesions on delayed images and at surgery cavernous hemangioma with thrombosis, calcification, and fibrosis were found. For hepatic hemangiomas in our series, the sensitivity was 91.7% and the specificity was 100%. The remaining 15 patients including hepatomas, metastatic lesions, cyst and abscess showed cold defect on delayed blood pool images. It is concluded that $^{99m}Tc-RBC$ liver scan should be the choice of primary diagnostic procecure for clinically suspected hepatic hemangioma since it's inexpensive, non-invasive, and readly available.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.425-435
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• 1989

The solitary pulmonary nodule is considered as a round or ovoid lesion with sharp, circumscribed borders, surrounded by normal appearing lung parenchyme on all sides, and found on a simple chest X-ray without any particular symptoms or signs. There is a wide spectrum of pathologic conditions in the solitary pulmonary nodules prove to be malignant tumors, either primary or metastatic. Most Benign granulomas and other benign conditions can also be seen as solitary nodules. The resection of solitary malignant nodules results in a surprisingly high 5-year survival rate. On the contrary, most benign nodules do not need to be resected and a period of prolonged observation and nonsurgical management is usually indicated. Therefore, the best approach to the controversial management of solitary pulmonary nodules depends on finding factors affecting the probability of malignancy. In this article, clinical records and chest roentgenographies of 60 patients operated on over the past 8 years at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital were reviewed. There were 15 malignant nodules and 45 benign nodules and the prevalence of malignancy was 25%. The most common pathologic entity was tuberculoma [21 cases]. The mean age was 55.5*9.6 years in the malignant group, 45.8>12.5 years in the benign group and there was a significant statistical difference between the two groups [P < 0.05]. The malignant ratio in each age group increased with advancing age. The average smoking amount was 35.6*12.9 cigarettes per day in malignant smokers, 20.9* 12.0 cigarettes per day in benign smokers, and there was a significant statistical difference between the two groups [p< 0.05]. The malignant ratio also increased with the increasing smoking amount. Comparing the appearance of the nodule on chest films, 6 calcifications and 7 cavitations were found only in benign nodules, not in malignant nodules. Therefore, calcification and cavitation can be considered as preferential findings for benignity. Previous cancer history was also a significant factor deciding the prognosis of the nodule [p< 0.05]. The average diameter on chest X-ray was 3.07*0.82 cm in malignant nodules, 3.25*1.04 cm in benign nodules and there was no significant statistical difference between the two groups [p< 0.05]. The author used Bayes theorem to develop a simple method for combining individual clinical or radiological factors of patients with solitary nodules into an overall estimate of the probability that the nodule is malignant. In conclusion, patient age, smoking amount, appearance of nodule on chest film such as calcification and cavitation, and previous cancer history were found to be strongly associated with malignancy, but size of nodule was not associated with malignancy. Since these prognostic factors have been found retrospectively, prospective controlled studies are needed to determine whether these factors have really prognostic significance.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.503-527
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• 1993

This paper describes a new method to create an animal model for TMJ internal derangement in the New Zealand white rabbits and the light and electron microscopical changes of posterior attachment of them. Twenty six rabbits(2.5-3.0kg), four normal and twenty two experimental, were used. The right disc of experimental animal was displaced anteriorly without sectioning the posterior attachment and tied to the zygomatic arch with nylon not to be reduced to the original position. The left TMJ was sham-operated to be compared with its right experimental one. Normal animals were sacrificed one day and eight weeks after experiment. Experimental animals were sacrificed one day, ten days, three weeks, five weeks and eight weeks after surgery respectively. They were fixed intravenously with $2\%$ glutaldehyde under general anesthesia and the samples of them were processed for light and electron microscopic examination. The purpose of this experiment is to make a suitable animal model of disc displacement without reduction for studying and understanding the cellular and morphologic events in posterior attachment of TMJ including early changes which were difficult to be observed in human TMJs. The results of this investigation suggest the following conclusions : 1. Authors induced anterior disc displacement surgically in rabbits with new method to examine histologic changes of posterior attachment. Tissue reactions of this model seem to be similar to those observed in human disc displacement. We think this animal model for anterior disc displacement may be used to explore and evaluate objectively the effects of many treatment modalities in disc displacements. 2. The animal disease model showed inflammation at early stage(one and ten days). At this stage there were mild-to-severe mononuclear inflammatory cell infiltration, numerous newly formed vessels, vessel dilatation and engormement and many fibroblasts. 3. At middle stage(three weeks), fibrosis occurred, where fibroblasts decreased in number, but their cytoplasm was profuse indicating high activity. Collagen fibers increased in number and the tissue looked more dense. 4. At late stage(five weeks and eight weeks) showed degenerative changes including perforation of posterior attachment, disintegration of collagen fiber bundles, degeneration of fibroblasts, metastatic ossification, and dystrophic calcification.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.228-235
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• 1998

Objectives: Papillary microcarcinoma of the thyroid was evaluated as to the effectiveness of diagnostic modalities, lymphatic spread pattern, and therapeutic decision according to tumor size. Material and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed a clinicopathologic findings of 72 papillary microcarcinoma patients who were treated at the over 11 years between 1985 and 1995. The authors divided papillary microcarcinoma of the thyroid into two subgroups according to tumor size: $0{\leqq}5mm$ and $5<0{\leqq}10mm$. An analysis including age and gender distribution, diagnostic tools(thyroid sonogram, thyroid scan, thyroid function test, fine needle aspiration cytology, frozen section), pathological examination of lymphnode, and surgical procedures was carried out in each subgroups. Results: The carcinoma of smaller than 5mm were found in 32 patients, and of 6 -10mm were in 40 patients. The average age of patients was 45years and all of them were female. Cold nodules on thyroid scan were noticed in 53 patientss and normal findings were in 15 patients. Suspicious malignant lesions(fine calcification, solid mass, irregular margin) on thyroid sonography were detected in 23 patients and the sonography was more useful in detecting $0{\leqq}5mm$ small sized lesions than other diagnostic methods. FNAC were performed in 17 patients, and 7 patients were diagnosed as having thyroid papillary cancer. But diagnotic rate in $0{\leqq}5mm$ small sized lesions was very low(one of eights).Frozen section were performed in all patients, among these 15 patients were diagnosed as being benign diseases and false negative rates were higher in $0{\leqq}5mm$ small sized lesions than in $5<0{\leqq}10mm$ sized lesions(p-value<0.006). Only thyroidectomies were performed in 24 patients and thyroidectomy with node dissections in 48 patients. The lymphnode metastatic rates were much higher in multifocal lesions(61.5%) than in single lesion. The incidence of cervical lymphnode metastasis was 19.4% in $0{\leqq}5mm$ sized lesions and 47.9% in $5<0{\leqq}10mm$ sized lesions. Postoperative management were performed with TSH suppression therapy(T4, synthroid) in all patients and RI therapy in 29 patients. Conclusion: On the basis of our study, improved preoperative diagnostic tools for papillary microcarcinoma of the thyroid was helpful in the choice of surgical treatment. As a result of techninological progress(ultrasonography, FNAC), the pencentage of the discovery of papillary microcarcinoma has been increased. The thyroid ultrasonography was useful in detecting small sized lesions($0{\leqq}5mm$), but FNAC may not be beneficial in detecting small sized lesions($0{\leqq}5mm$). In the surgical procedure, thyroid lobectomy alone should be avoided because of the high rate of bilaterality and multifocality.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제40권11호
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• pp.765-769
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• 2007

배경: 농흉의 근치적 치료 방법은 흉막박피술이 우선적으로 시도된다. 그러나 근치적 치료가 힘든 고 위험군 환자의 경우는 위험성이 높다. 과거에는 만성 농흉 치료의 최종 단계로서 개방식 배농술을 선택했으나, 일차적인 근치적 치료가 힘든 경우 개방식 배농술과 근육이식술(일시적 혹은 단계적)시행 후, 최종적으로 개방창 폐쇄술을 시도함으로써 비교적 안전하게 농흉의 치료를 꾀할 수 있다. 대상 및 방법: 1995년 1월 1일부터 2004년 12월 31일까지 농흉으로 개방식 배농술을 시행한 21명의 환자를 대상으로 원인 질환과 치료 경과 및 최종 결과를 후향적으로 조사 분석하였다. 결과: 평균연령은 $57.5{\pm}15.5$세($25{\sim}78$세)였으며, 남자 16명(76.2%), 여자 5명(23.8%)이었다. 폐기능 검사결과는 평균 FEV1이 $1.58{\pm}0.49 L$였다. 농흉의 원인으로는 결핵성 농흉이 13예(61.9%), 폐국균증이 3예(14.3%), 폐렴성 농흉이 3예(14.3%), 폐절제 후 농흉이 2예(10%)이었다. 이들 중 14예에서 기관지 흉막루가 있었고, 8예에서 흉막의 석회화가 동반되어 있었다. 기관지 흉막루가 존재한 환자들 중에서 4예는 첫 수술시 전거근으로 기관지 흉막루를 덮었다. 절제된 늑골의 개수는 평균 $4{\pm}1$개였다. 12예에서 개방창 폐쇄가 가능하였으며 개방식 배농술 후 개방창 폐쇄까지 평균적으로 걸린 기간은 $10.22{\pm}3.11$개월이었고, 최종 수술 전 남아 있는 흉막강 결손의 평균은 $330{\pm}110 cc$였다. 12예 중 자연적으로 개방창 폐쇄가 이루어진 경우가 2예, 술 중 접어 두었던 피부만으로 폐쇄 가능했던 경우가 2예, 근육피판치환술 시행이 7예(광배근 4예, 대흉근 3예), 연조직 이용이 1예였다. 합병증으로는 연조직만으로 개방창폐쇄를 꾀했던 1예에서 조직 괴사가 생겨 폐쇄에 실패하였고, 복직근을 사용한 환자에서 복부 탈장이 생긴 경우가 1예 있었으며, 수술 후 30일내 사망한 예가 1예였고 다른 1예는 전이성 암으로 사망하였다. 걸론: 근치적 방법으로 치료가 힘든 경우의 만성 농흉 환자들에게 있어 개방식 배농술과 근육이식술, 근육피판을 이용한 최종적인 개방창 폐쇄술까지의 단계적인 접근 방법이 안전하고 효과적인 대안이 될 수 있을 것으로 생각한다.