• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제72권3호
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• pp.323-327
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• 2012

5-Aminosalicylate agents are the main therapeutic agents for ulcerative colitis. Balsalazide is a prodrug of 5-aminosalicylate and has fewer side effects than the other 5-aminosalicylate agents. Pulmonary complications resembling granulomatosis with polyangiitis in ulcerative colitis are extremely rare. Here, we report a patient with ulcerative colitis on balsalazide presenting respiratory symptoms and multiple pulmonary nodules from a chest radiography that was pathologically diagnosed with a limited form of granulomatosis with polyangiitis with bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia-like variant. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a balsalazide-induced limited form of granulomatosis with polyangiitis with bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia-like variant.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.79-82
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• 1992

임신성 융모상피암은 임신으로 생성되는 영양아 세포에서 기원하는 악성도가 높은 암이다. 이 암은 초기에 폐 전이를 일으키며, 폐 전이는 경계가 명확한 수개의 결절형태로 나타나는 것이 가장 흔하다. 그러나 간혹 고립성 폐전이를 일으켜 진단이 어려울 때가 있다. 저자들은 각각 일측폐의 전체, 동전양 병변, 괴사성 종양의 소견을 보인 세유형을 보고하며 융모성 질환의 발생빈도가 높은 지역에서는 여성의 고립성 폐병변의 감별에서 산부인과 병력과 융모성 성선자극 호르몬 측정의 중요성을 강조한다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.856-860
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• 1999

Diffuse pulmonary ossification is rare disease of unknown etiology. Since the first description by Luschka in 1856, about 140 cases have been reported worldwide, but no such case has been reported in Korea yet. We report 40-year-old woman who was diagnosed as diffuse nodular pulmonary ossification on open lung biopsy. She has no respiratory symptoms & physical findings and no previous disease history. She was incidentally found to have multiple pulmonary nodules on roentgenographic examination. Open lung biopsy was done for above lesion and She was proven to have diffuse nodular pulmonary ossification. She was followed by roentgenographic examination and showed no progression.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제72권5호
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• pp.448-451
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• 2012

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) has emerged as a severe infection in patients with immunocompromised hosts. However, recently, several IPA cases, without an apparent predisposition to immunodeficiency, has been reported. A 72-year-old woman was admitted for evaluation of general weakness and poor oral intake. She reported no medical history, except for intraarticular injection of a corticosteroid for joint pain for the duration of two months. A chest radiography revealed multiple cavitary nodules in both lungs. Examination of specimens, obtained by percutaneous needle biopsy, led to a diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis. Brain magnetic resonance imagining revealed numerous peripheral thin enhancing cystic nodules in both cerebral hemispheres. We initiated intravenous administration of amphotercin B. However, the patient died after nine days. Here, we report an invasive aspergillosis case, which involves the lungs and brain after a short period of steroid injection.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.292-296
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• 2004

효모균은 전 세계적으로 도처에 분포하고 있는 곰팡이로서, 특히 비둘기 배설물에 의해 오염된 토양에 존재한다. 폐의 효모균증은 건강한 사람에게는 잘 발생하지 않으며 면역이 저하된 환자 특히 후천성 면역결핍증 환자에게서 호발한다. 일반적으로 증상이 없이 흉부엑스선상 고립성 또는 다발성 폐결절이 관찰되며, 절제된 조직에서의 병리학적 소견으로 진단된다. 기침이나 객담, 발열 및 무력감 등의 급성폐렴의 증상을 보일 수 있으나 질병특유의 증상은 아니다. 효모균증은 대부분의 곰팡이 염색에 의해 진단되며, 증상이 없는 고립성 폐결절을 포함하여 진단된 모든 효모균증에 있어서 약물치료를 시행한다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.802-807
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• 2000

본 증례는 갑상선암이 폐전이를 일으킨 예로 처음에 목에 작은 림프절이 있었으나 속립성 결핵으로 진단 후 치료한 경우로 갑상선암보다 먼저 폐전이 양상이 뚜렷하게 나타났고 폐결절이 매우 천천히 진행하는 형태를 보여 더욱 진단이 늦어졌다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제78권3호
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• pp.267-271
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• 2015

Desmoid tumors are rare soft tissue tumors considered to have locally infiltrative features without distant metastasis until now. Although they are most commonly intraabdominal, very few cases have extra-abdominal locations. The origin of intrathoracic desmoid tumors is predominantly the chest wall with occasional involvement of pleura. True intrathoracic primary desmoid tumors with no involvement of the chest wall or pleura are extremely rare. We recently experienced a case of true intrathoracic desmoid tumor presenting as multiple lung nodules at 13 years after resection of a previous intraabdominal desmoid tumor.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.445-451
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• 2023

An 8-year-old female pet rabbit presented at the veterinary clinic for mammary gland palpation due to the presence of a mass. Upon physical examination, a mass was identified in the left fourth mammary gland. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed a 3 × 2 cm mass in the right uterus and general thickening of the endometrium, suggesting uterine sinusitis. Multiple pulmonary nodules suspected to be metastatic lesions were identified on chest radiography. Surgery was performed to mastectomy and ovariohysterectomy (OHE). The histopathological examination of the tumor revealed mammary gland adenocarcinoma (simple-type) with multiple nodules consisting of the proliferation of tumor cells forming tubules containing secretory materials, cellular debris, and solid nests with a central area of necrosis. Metronomic chemotherapy was performed with cyclophosphamide and lomustine (CCNU) based on the histopathological findings. The quality of life has been well maintained, with no specific clinical symptoms observed for 8 months after metronomic chemotherapy. To the best of authors' knowledge, this study is the first to examine the effects of metronomic chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide and lomustine in a pet rabbit.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제78권4호
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• pp.356-359
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• 2015

Pneumothorax is an extremely rare complication of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection. A 52-year-old man presenting with difficulty breathing and chest pain was admitted to our hospital. A right-sided pneumothorax was observed on chest radiography and chest computed tomography showed multiple cavitating and non-cavitating nodules with consolidation in the upper to middle lung zones bilaterally. Serial sputum cultures were positive for Mycobacterium kansasii, and he was diagnosed with pulmonary M. kansasii disease complicated by tension pneumothorax. After initiation of treatment including decortications and pleurodesis, the patient made a full recovery. We herein describe this patient's course in detail and review the current relevant literature.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.91-94
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• 1983

비교적 건강하게 사육되어 오던 성숙한 숫컷 원숭이 (Macaca mulata)가 약 1주일간 식욕감퇴, 무력, 침울, 기침, 체온상승 등의 임상증세를 보이다가 돌연히 호흡곤란과 경련증세를 보이면서 폐사하였다. 이 원숭이는 체중 18.3kg으로 검안시에 신체조건이 양호하였으며 유일한 육안적병변은 다수의 소결절을 형성하고 있는 급성폐염 소견이었다. 병리조직학적인 관찰에서도 급성, 원발성 폐장 blastomycosis의 병소 소견을 보였기에 문헌과 비교 검토하여 증예 보고 하는 바 이다.