• 구강회복응용과학지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.34-41
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• 2017

치은비대와 연관된 대표적인 3가지 약물은 항경련제, 칼슘 길항제, 면역 억제재 등이다. 약물성 치은 비대를 위한 치료에서 근본적인 원인인 약물 대체가 선행되면 재발의 위험 등은 훨씬 낮아지는 이점이 있으나, 대체가 어려울 때는 치주치료와 철저한 유지관리가 병행되어야만 한다. 본 연구에서는 약물성 치은비대로 병적인 치아 이동이 일어난 경우, 약물 교체 없이 치주 치료로 염증이 해소 되면서 자발적으로 치아 이동이 함께 일어난 증례를 보고하고자 한다. 본 증례의 환자들도 치주치료 이후 적극적인 정기 점검을 통해 안정적으로 유지될 수 있었다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.935-941
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• 1997

저자들은 흉통을 주소로 내원한 53세 남자 환자에서 특발성 종격동 섬유증 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• 대한골관절종양학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.106-111
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• 2000

국소적 섬유연골성 이형성증(FFCD)은 소아에서 일측성 경골 내반 소견을 보이는 드문 양성 질환이다. FFCD는 근위 경골 내측 골간단과 골간의 이행부에 오목한 방사선 투과 음영 소견을 보이는 전형적인 방사선 소견을 지니고 있다. 경골 내반이 병변 부위에서 발생한다. 내반의 교정과 골결손의 치유가 흔히 자발적으로 일어나기도 하지만 골교정술을 요하기도 한다. 저자들은 절제 조직 생검술로 진단하고 절골술 및 골이식술을 시행함으로써 치유한 FFCD에 의한 일측성 경골 내반 1예를 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.891-898
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• 2000

Objective : It is difficult to differentiate intramedullary spinal cord tumors preoperatively from non-neoplastic pathologies in patients presenting as non-compressive myelopathies in magnetic resonance imaging(MRI). In this report, the authors reviewed nonneoplastic intramedullary spinal cord lesions preoperatively diagnosed as tumors and discussed their clinical and radiological characteristics and usefulness of surgical intervention. Methods : From January, 1985 to January, 1999, authors experienced eight non-neoplastic pathologies mimicking intramedullary spinal cord tumors and analysed their medical records, radiological findings and histopathological specimens retrospectively. Results : There were five males and three females and the duration of symptoms were from two to 20 months(mean, 9.8 months). The location of lesions were four cervical, one cervicothoracic and three thoracic. All patients manifested sensory abnormality, seven motor weakness, and six bladder symptom. All cases had swollen spinal cords and increased signal intensities in spin-echo sequences. Six cases showed contrast enhancement : four cases were focal and two diffuse. Under the impression of intramedullary tumors, the patients were operated upon. Final diagnoses on the base of clinical and pathologic finding were : three subacute necrotizing myelopathies, two multiple scleroses, two myelopathy of unknown etiology. One case showed no gross abnormality in surgical field in spite of adequate exposure of the lesion, so biopsy was not performed. In that case, postoperative MRI revealed spontaneous resolution of the lesion. Conclusion : MRI is invaluable diagnostic tool in screening myelopathies. However, its high sensitivity and lack of specificity make difficulty in preoperative differential diagnosis of non-compressive myelopathies. Although no surgical morbidity occurred in our series, we sometimes failed to confirm definite diagnosis even with biopsy. In such a circumstance, long-term follow up is needed.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.211-219
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• 2013

Objective : The objectives of the present study were to characterize the natural course of initially non-operated traumatic acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) and to identify the risk factors of hematoma progression. Methods : Retrospective analysis was performed using sequential computed tomography (CT) images maintained in a prospective observational database containing 177 ASDH cases treated from 2005 to 2011. Patients were allocated to four groups as followings; 136 (76.8%) patients to the spontaneous resolution group, 12 (6.8%) who underwent operation between 4 hours and 7 days to the rapid worsening group (RWG), 24 (13.6%) who experienced an increase of hematoma and that underwent operation between 7 and 28 days to the subacute worsening group (SWG), and 5 (2.8%) who developed delayed aggravation requiring surgery from one month after onset to the delayed worsening group (DWG). Groups were compared with respect to various factors. Results : No significant intergroup difference was found with respect to age, mechanism of injury, or initial Glasgow Coma Scale. The presence of combined cerebral contusion or subarachnoid hemorrhage was found to be a significant prognostic factor. Regarding CT findings, mixed density was common in the RWG and the SWG. Midline shifting, hematoma thickness, and numbers of CT slices containing hematoma were significant prognostic factors of the RWG and the SWG. Brain atrophy was more severe in the SWG and the DWG. Conclusion : A large proportion of initially non-operated ASDHs worsen in the acute or subacute phase. Patients with risk factors should be monitored carefully for progression by repeat CT imaging.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.107-111
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• 2004

Recently, the incidence of perinatally detected asymptomatic adrenal gland masses has increased because of widespread use of radiological diagnostic tools. However, optimal treatment of these masses has not been determined. The aim of this study is to elucidate the treatment guideline of perinatally diagnosed adrenal gland masses. The authors retrospectively reviewed the medical records of the 11 patients with asymptomatic adrenal gland mass, detected perinatally, between 1999 and 2004. Six cases were detected by prenatal ultrasound and 5 cases were incidentally detected by postnatal ultrasound. Six patients (surgery group) underwent mass excision. The pathologic diagnoses were neuroblastoma (n=4), adrenocortical adenoma (n=1) and adrenal pseudocyst (n=1). The indications for operation were suspicion of neuroblastoma (n=5) or absence of size decrease during observation (n=1). Three of the 5 suspicious cases of neuroblastoma and one case under observation were proven to be neuroblastoma. There was no surgical complication in the urgery group. All neuroblastoma patients have been well during the follow up period ($24.4{\pm}14.4$ month) without evidence of recurrence. Five cases (observation group) were closely observed because of the benign possibility or size decrease in follow up ultrasound. During the observation period ($39{\pm}21$ week), 4 cases showed complete spontaneous resolution and 1 case showed markedly decreased size of the mass but could not be followed up completely. Surgical resection of the perinatally diagnosed asymptomatic adrenal gland mass is a safe treatment method especially in case of suspicion of neuroblastoma, but closed observation can be applied.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.180-186
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• 2015

Purpose: Bile duct dilatation is a relatively common sonographic finding; nevertheless, its clinical significance in children is controversial because little research has been done in the area. Therefore, we investigated the natural course and clinical significance of biliary duct dilatation in children. Methods: We performed a retrospective study of 181 children (range, 1-day-old to 17-year-old) in whom dilatation of the intrahepatic duct and/or common hepatic duct and/or common bile duct was detected by abdominal ultrasonography at the Severance Children's Hospital between November 2005 and March 2014. We reviewed and analyzed laboratory test results, clinical manifestations, and clinical course in these patients. Results: Pediatric patients (n=181) were enrolled in the study and divided into two groups. The first group included 59 subjects, without definitive cause of bile duct dilatation, who did not require treatment; the second group included 122 subjects, with definitive cause of bile duct dilatation or underlying biliary disease, who did require treatment. In the first group, 24 patients (40.7%) showed spontaneous resolution of bile duct dilatation, 20 patients (33.9%) showed no change, and 15 patients (25.4%) were lost to follow-up. In the second group, 31 patients were diagnosed with choledochal cysts, and 91 patients presented with biliary tract dilatations due to secondary causes, such as gallbladder or liver disease, post-operative complications, or malignancy. Conclusion: Biliary dilatation in pediatric patients without symptoms, and without laboratory and other sonographic abnormalities, showed a benign clinical course. No pathologic conditions were noted on follow-up ultrasonography.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.34-37
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• 2015

Developing Magnetoencephalography (MEG) based on Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) facilitates to observe the human brain functions in non-invasively and high temporal and high spatial resolution. By using this MEG, we studied alpha rhythm (8-13 Hz) that is one of the most predominant spontaneous rhythm in human brain. The 8-13 Hz rhythm is observed in several sensory region in the brain. In visual related region of occipital, we call to alpha rhythm, and auditory related region of temporal call to tau rhythm, sensorimotor related region of parietal call to mu rhythm. These rhythms are decreased in task related region and increased in task irrelevant regions. This means that these rhythms play a pivotal role of inhibition in task irrelevant region. It may be helpful to attention to the task. In several literature about the alpha-band inhibition in multi-sensory modality experiment, they observed this effect in the occipital and somatosensory region. In this study, we hypothesized that we can also observe the alpha-band inhibition in the auditory cortex, mediated by the tau rhythm. Before that, we first investigated the existence of the alpha and tau rhythm in occipital and temporal region, respectively. To see these rhythms, we applied the visual and auditory stimulation, in turns, suppressed in task relevant regions, respectively.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2010

전자해도시스템(ECDIS)에서 사용되는 공인 디지털해도인 전자해도는, 최근 2018년까지 국제해사인명안전협약(SOLAS) 선박에 대한 의무탑재가 결정됨에 따라 많은 선박에서 사용되고 있다. 또한, 전자해도는 국제수로기구(IHO)의 간행규정에 따라 각국 수로국이나 공인된 기관에서 간행되므로 공인된 해양지리정보로서 항해목적 이외에도 해양의 다양한 분야에서 사용되고 있다. 그러나, 기본적으로 전자해도는 공인된 ECDIS 장비에서 사용되도록 공급체계가 제시되어 있으며, 또한, IHO의 전자해도 보안표준인 S-63을 적용하여 제공되는 경우가 많으므로 비 항해용 목적의 전자해도 수요에는 효과적으로 대응하지 못하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 ECDIS에서 사용되는 항해목적의 수요와 비 항해용 수요를 통합적으로 대응할 수 있는 전자해도 통합공급서비스체계에 대한 방안을 제시하며, 제시된 방안을 검증할 수 있는 통합공급시스템의 구현결과를 제시한다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.380-384
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• 2021

Theca lutein cysts are rare, benign lesions responsible for gross cystic enlargement of both ovaries during pregnancy. This condition is also termed hyperreactio luteinalis. Elevated human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels or states of hCG hypersensitivity seem to promote these changes, which in up to 30% of patients produce clinical signs of hyperandrogenism. Given the self-limiting course of theca lutein cysts, which are subject to spontaneous postpartum resolution, conservative treatment is the mainstay of patient management. Described herein is a rare case of theca lutein cysts with maternal virilization that failed to regress by 9 months after childbirth. Surgical intervention was eventually undertaken, necessitated by adnexal torsion.