• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.664-673
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• 2022

Objective: To evaluate the performance of baseline clinical characteristics and pretherapeutic histogram parameters derived from T2 mapping of the extraocular muscles (EOMs) in the prediction of treatment response to intravenous glucocorticoid (IVGC) therapy for active and moderate-to-severe thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) and to investigate the effect of fat-suppression (FS) in T2 mapping in this prediction. Materials and Methods: A total of 79 patients clinically diagnosed with active, moderate-to-severe TAO (47 female, 32 male; mean age ± standard deviation, 46.1 ± 10 years), including 43 patients with a total of 86 orbits in the responsive group and 36 patients with a total of 72 orbits in the unresponsive group, were enrolled. Baseline clinical characteristics and pretherapeutic histogram parameters derived from T2 mapping with FS (i.e., FS T2 mapping) or without FS (i.e., conventional T2 mapping) of EOMs were compared between the two groups. Independent predictors of treatment response to IVGC were identified using multivariable analysis. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to evaluate the predictive performance of the prediction models. Differences between the models were examined using the DeLong test. Results: Compared to the unresponsive group, the responsive group had a shorter disease duration, lower kurtosis (FS-kurtosis), lower standard deviation, larger 75th, 90th, and 95th (FS-95th) T2 relaxation times in FS mapping and lower kurtosis in conventional T2 mapping. Multivariable analysis revealed that disease duration, FS-95th percentile, and FS-kurtosis were independent predictors of treatment response. The combined model, integrating all identified predictors, had an optimized area under the ROC curve of 0.797, 88.4% sensitivity, and 62.5% specificity, which were significantly superior to those of the imaging model (p = 0.013). Conclusion: An integrated combination of disease duration, FS-95th percentile, and FS-kurtosis was a potential predictor of treatment response to IVGC in patients with active and moderate-to-severe TAO. FS T2 mapping was superior to conventional T2 mapping in terms of prediction.

• International journal of thyroidology
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.50-55
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• 2017

Sweet's syndrome, or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, occurs in association with autoimmune diseases such as Hashimoto's thyroiditis but is rare in Graves' disease, in which all cases are induced by propylthiouracil (PTU). We report a case of Sweet's syndrome in a patient with Graves' disease treated with methimazole (MMI) during three weeks. A 34-year-old man presented with the acute onset of high fever, skin rashes on the whole body, arthralgia, and acroparesthesia. Laboratory results showed leukocytosis and elevated C-reactive protein. MMI first stopped and antibiotics and antihistamine therapy started, but his symptoms dramatically improved after oral prednisolone. Graves' disease has again been treated by MMI because of his aggravated ophthalmopathy. After one year of retreatment with MMI, there has been no recurrence of Sweet's syndrome, supporting that Sweet's syndrome in this case was not related to MMI exposure. To our knowledge, this is the first report of Sweet's syndrome associated with Graves' disease per se but not PTU or MMI use.

• 대한안과학회지
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• 제58권8호
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• pp.960-967
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• 2017

목적: 갑상샘눈병증과 정상안, 정상안압녹내장 환자의 황반하 맥락막 두께를 비교해 보고자 한다. 대상과 방법: 정상군 70안, 갑상샘눈병증군 74안, 정상안압녹내장군 60안을 대상으로 하였다. 모든 환자는 스펙트럼영역 빛간섭단층촬영의 Enhanced Depth Imaging 방법으로 중심와 맥락막두께를 측정하였다. 평균 중심와 맥락막 두께는 중심와아래, 중심와 아래에서 각각 1.5 mm 비측 및 이측의 세 지점의 평균으로 정의하였다. 일반화 추정 방정식을 통하여 맥락막 두께에 미치는 변수를 알아보았다. 결과: 평균 중심와 맥락막 두께는 정상 $252.07{\pm}55.05{\mu}m$, 갑상샘눈병증 $281.01{\pm}60.06{\mu}m$, 정상안압녹내장 $241.66{\pm}55.00{\mu}m$로 유의한 차이를 보였다(p=0.013). 중심와아래, 비측, 이측 중심와 맥락막 모두 정상안압녹내장에서 갑상샘눈병증에 비해 얇았다(p=0.014, 0.012, and 0.034). 갑상샘눈병증에서 나이, 성별, 굴절률, 안압을 보정한 후에도 정상안압녹내장군에 비해 맥락막 두께가 유의하게 두꺼웠다(${\beta}=32.61$, p=0.017). 결론: 갑상샘눈병증군에서 정상안압녹내장군과 정상군보다 유의하게 두꺼운 맥락막을 보였고 평균 망막신경섬유층 두께는 정상안압녹내장군이 갑상샘눈병증군보다 유의하게 얇았다. 갑상샘눈병증 환자에서의 두꺼운 맥락막이 녹내장 진행에 있어 어떠한 효과를 가지는지 향후 추가적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 보인다.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.53-57
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• 2015

Background: Surgical outcomes after orbital wall decompression have focused on the degree of exophthalmos and intraocular pressure. The aim of this research was to evaluate intraorbital volume using computed tomography (CT) images following two-wall decompression using a combined subcilliary and endoscopic approaches. Methods: A retrospective review was performed for all patients who had undergone the two-wall decompression method. The pre/postoperative CT images were used to evaluate changes in intraocular volume. Intraocular pressure was evaluated using applanation tonometry. Surgical details are discussed within the body of text. Results: Two-wall decompression thru the medial wall and floor was associated with an average intraorbital volume change of $7.3cm^3$, with maximal accommodation up to $13cm^3$. Changes in intraocular pressures were not statistically significant. Conclusion: Two-wall decompression was effective in accommodation of up to $13cm^3$ of soft tissue herniation. There was no statistically significant association between changes in volume to pressure.