• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.136-144
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• 2024

Background: Early non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that abuts adjacent structures requires careful evaluation due to its potential impact on postoperative outcomes and prognosis. We examined stage I NSCLC with invasion into adjacent structures, focusing on the prognostic implications after curative surgical resection. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the records of 796 patients who underwent curative surgical resection for pathologic stage IA/IB NSCLC (i.e., visceral pleural invasion only) at a single center from 2008 to 2017. Patients were classified based on tumor abutment and then reclassified by the presence of visceral pleural invasion. Clinical characteristics, pathological features, and survival rates were compared. Results: The study included 181 patients with abutting NSCLC (22.7% of all participants) and 615 with non-abutting tumors (77.3%). Those with tumor abutment exhibited higher rates of non-adenocarcinoma (26.5% vs. 9.9%, p<0.01) and visceral/lymphatic/vascular invasion (30.4%/33.1%/12.7% vs. 8.5%/22.4%/5.7%, respectively; p<0.01) compared to those without abutment. Multivariable analysis identified lymphatic invasion and male sex as risk factors for overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) in stage I NSCLC measuring 3 cm or smaller. Age, smoking history, vascular invasion, and recurrence emerged as risk factors for OS, whereas the presence of non-pure ground-glass opacity was a risk factor for DFS. Conclusion: NSCLC lesions 3 cm or smaller that abut adjacent structures present higher rates of various risk factors than non-abutting lesions, necessitating evaluation of tumor invasion into adjacent structures and lymph node metastasis. In isolation, however, the presence of tumor abutment without visceral pleural invasion does not constitute a risk factor.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2000

Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of a new liquid embolic material, Embol, in embolization of the renal artery. Materials and Methods: Embol is a new embolic material obtained by partial hydrolysis of polyvinyl acetate mixed in absolute ethanol and Iopromide 370 and manufactured by Schering Korea, Kyonggido, Korea. Six patients who underwent embolization of the renal artery using Embol were evaluated. Four were male and two were female and their ages ranged from 11 to 70 (mean, 53) years. Clinical and radiologic diagnoses referred for renal artery embolization were renal cell carcinoma (n = 3), renal angiomyolipoma (n = 2) and pseudoaneurysm of the renal artery (n = 1). After selective renal angiography, Embol was injected through various catheters, either with or without a balloon occlusion catheter. Changes in symptoms and blood chemistry which may have been related to renal artery embolization with Embol were analyzed. Results: The six patients showed immediate total occlusion of their renal vascular lesions. One of the three in whom renal cell carcinoma was embolized with Embol underwent radical nephrectomy, and the specimen thus obtained revealed 40% tumor necrosis. In the two patients with angiomyolipomas, the tumors decreased in size and abdominal pain subsided. Bleeding from pseudoaneurysm of the renal artery was successfully controlled. Four patients showed symptoms of post-embolization syndrome, and one of these also showed increased levels of blood urea nitrogen and creatinine. One patient experienced transient hypertension. Conclusion: Embol is easy to use, its radiopacity is adequate and it is a safe and effective embolic material which provides immediate and total occlusion of renal vascular lesions.

• 대한골관절종양학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.131-139
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• 2008

목적: 지방종성 종양은 수부에서 발생하는 경우는 드문 것으로 알려져 있다. 저자들은 수부에 발생한 지방종성 종양 11예를 수술적으로 치료하였기에 그 임상적 특성을 보고하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 1992년부터 2008년까지 수부종양으로 수술받았던 환자 중 조직학적으로 지방종성 종양으로 진단받은 환자를 선별하였으며 후향적으로 그 특성을 조사하였다. 의무기록 및 방사선학적 검사 그리고 수술전후 사진기록을 조사하였다. 재발여부는 전화면담을 통해 확인하였다. 결과: 11예 중 8예가 지방종이었으며 비전형 지방종(atypical lipoma)가 1예, 조갑하 혈관 지방종(subungal angiolipoma)가 1예, 섬유지방종(fibrolipoma)이 1예이었다. 발생부위로 수지에 발생한 경우가 4예이었으며 무지구근부 2예, 소지구근부 2예, 수장부 1예, 손목 2예이었다. 전례에서 수장부에 발생하였다. 증상으로 대부분 종물감을 호소하였으며, 통증이 동반된 경우는 2예, 감각이상을 호소한 경우가 1예 있었다. 통증이 있었던 2예 중 1예는 조갑하 혈관지방종이었고 1예는 수장부에 발생한 단순 지방종이었다. 비전형 지방종은 2 cm 가량의 주위조직을 포함한 광범위 절제를 시행하였고, 나머지 10예에서는 단순 절제를 시행하였다. 술 후 합병증으로 지방종의 크기가 5 cm이상으로 수술 후 수술부의 원위부에 감각저하 및 수술 절개부에 과감각을 호소하는 경우가 1예 있었고 기타 다른 합병증은 없었다. 전화면담이 가능했던 10예 중 재발은 없었다. 결론: 수부에 발생하는 지방종성 종양은 대개 종물감외에는 증상이 없으나 드물게 통증이 나타나는 경우가 있었다. 육안 소견은 비슷하나 조직의 성상은 다양하였다. 수술을 할 경우 합병증의 위험은 적으나 종괴가 클 경우 수술 중 신경손상의 위험이 있으므로 세심한 수술을 해야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.1715-1720
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• 2013

Background: The discovery that microRNAs (miRNAs) regulate proliferation, invasion and metastasis provides a principal molecular basis of tumor heterogeneity. Microvessel distribution is an important characteristic of solid tumors, with significant hypoxia occurring in the center of tumors with low blood flow. The distribution of miR-374a in breast tumors was examined as a factor likely to be important in breast cancer progression. Methods: Breast tissue samples from 40 patients with breast cancer were classified into two groups: a highly invasive and metastatic group (HIMG) and a low-invasive and metastatic Group (LIMG). Samples were collected from the center and edge of each tumor. In each group, six specimens were examined by microRNA array, and the remaining 14 specimens were used for real-time RT-qPCR, Western blot and immunohistochemical analyses. Correlation analysis was performed for the miRNAs and target proteins. Follow-up was carried out during 28 months to 68 months after surgery, and survival data were analyzed. Results: In the LIMG, the relative content of miR-374a was lower in the center of the tumor than at its edge; in the HIMG, it was lower at the edge of the tumor, and miR-374a levels were lower in breast cancer tissues than in normal tissues. There was no difference between VEGF-A and VCAM-1 mRNA levels at the edge and center of the tumor; however, we observed a significant difference between VEGF-A and VCAM-1 protein expression levels in these two regions. There was a negative correlation between miR-374a and target protein levels. The microvessel density (MVD) was lower in the center of the tumor than at its edge in HIMG, but the LIMG vessels were uniformly distributed. There was a significant positive correlation between MVD and the number of lymph node metastases (Pearson correlation, r=0.912, P<0.01). The median follow-up time was 48.5 months. LIMG had higher rate of disease-free survival (100%, P=0.013) and longer median survival time (66 months) than HIMG, which had a lower rate of 75% and shorter median survival time (54 months). Conclusions: Our data demonstrated miR-374a to be differentially distributed in breast cancer; VEGF-A and VCAM-1 mRNA had coincident distribution, and the distribution of teh respective proteins was uneven and opposite to that for the miR-374a. These data might explain the differences in the distribution of MVD in breast cancer and variation in breast cancer prognosis.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.359-370
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• 1998

1987년부터 1998년까지 영남대학교 의과대학 부속병원에서 연골모세포종으로 진단받은 8례를 대상으로 임상병리학적 특정의 분석과 면역조직화학적 검색을 시행하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 환자의 연령은 17세에서 38세 사이였고 평균연령은 22.7세였다. 종양의 크기는 1.5cm에서 8.0cm 사이이며 평균 크기는 4.0cm였다. 종양은 대퇴골(3례), 슬개골(2례), 경골(1례), 비골(1례) 및 척골(1례)에서 각각 발생하였다. 육안적으로 종괴는 회백색의 고형성 부위, 암갈색의 출혈, 괴사 및 낭성 변화가 다양한 비율로 섞여 있었고, 조직학적으로 연골성 분화는 8례중 7례 (87.5%)에서 나타났으며, 유사분열은 5례(62.5%), 혈철소 침착은 5례 (62.5%) 그리고 괴사는 3례 (37.5%)에서 각각 발견되었다. 석회화는 3례 (37.5%)에서 관찰되었고, 4례 (50%)에서는 이차성 동맥류성 골낭을 보였으며 1례(12.5%)에서는 혈관침범이 관찰되었다. S-100 단백은 7례 (87.5%)에서 종양세포의 세포질에 양성 반응을 나타내었고, 모든 예에서 cytokeratin에 대하여 음성 반응을 보였다.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.144-150
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• 2014

목적: 척수 원추부에 국한된 척수내 병변은 현재까지 보고된 바가 드물다. 이 논문에서는 척수 원추부에 국한된 척추내 병변인 상의세포종, 혈관모세포종, 유피낭종, 종말 뇌실, 척추 동정맥류 등 6 증례의 자기공명영상의 다양한 소견을 보고하고 감별점을 논의해 보고자 한다. 대상과 방법: 2004년부터 2010년까지 본원의 자료를 바탕으로 하여 총 6명의 환자 (남:여 = 4:2, 평균연령 = 44.3세)가 대상이 되었으며 이들의 방사선학적소견과 임상증상 등을 각각 검토하였다. 모든 환자들은 수술 전 후 가돌리늄 조영증강 자기공명영상을 시행하였다. 그리고 종양 크기, 위치, 자기공명 신호강도, 혈관성 유동공백의 유무, 관 혹은 낭의 존재 유무, 부종의 존재 유무, 조영증강 양상에 따라 영상을 비교하였다. 결과: 조영 증강은 모든 척수내 병변에 나타났다. 2 증례의 혈관모세포종에서 편심적 조영증강 결절이 보였으며 종말 뇌실 증례에서 흔치 않은 테두리 조영증강과 격막이 보였다. 척추 동정맥류에서는 반점형 조영증강이 관찰되었다. 3개의 증례에서 척수내 병변에 근접하여 광범위한 척수 부종과 수관이 보였다. 2 증례의 혈관모세포종과 1 증례의 척추 동정맥류에서 혈관성 유동공백이 관찰되었다. 결론: 척수 원추부에 있는 척수내 질환을 평가하는데 있어 이러한 드문 자기공명영상의 특징과 다양한 병리를 신중하게 고려해야 할 필요가 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.649-652
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• 2008

Osteoblastoma is a relatively rare benign bone tumor representing less than 1% of all bone tumors. The tumor usually involves the spine and sacrum of young individuals, less than 10% being localized to the skull, and nearly half of these affect the mandible, especially the posterior segments. In clinical finding, osteoblastoma present mainly with pain, swelling, and expansion of bone cortex. Radiographic appearances are variable, but frequently a well-delineated radiolucent lesion containing varying amounts of mineral deposits is seen. Histologically, ostoeblastoma is consists of irregular trabeculeae of osteoid and immature bone present within highly vascular connective tissue matrix. Osteoblastoma must be differentiated from a number of bone-producing lesions, including osteoid osteoma, fibrous dysplasia, ossifying fibroma, fibrous dysplasia, and osteosarcoma. If diagnosis may be mistaken for osteosarcoma, there are risks of more aggressive and irreversible treatment. Differential diagnosis of osteoblastoma is important. The preferred treatment of osteoblastoma is conservative approach and surgical excision. Recurrence following surgical intervention is rare. We treated osteoblastoma located in premolar area of mandible by excision with preservation of vital structure, such as nerves and teeth. So we report our clinical treatment with literature review

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권16호
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• pp.7149-7153
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• 2015

Background: Inflammation plays a major role in the development and progression of gastric and other gastrointestinal tumors. The IL-17 family of cytokines has been under investigation as targets of immunotherapy. Materials and Methods: We investigated the levels of IL-17A inflammatory cytokine in the sera of 57 patients with gastric cancer (GC) and 90 healthy age/sex matched controls using ELISA methods. Results: In only 5 (8.8%) of the patients' sera was IL-17A detectable. No IL-17A was apparent in the sera of healthy controls. The maximum concentration of IL-17A in patients was 7.004 pg/ml. Vascular and lymphatic invasions were only seen in one of the 5 positive cases. Although all of them were in the age group >60 years, no correlation was seen between age and IL-17A level. These results are somewhat different from our findings for colorectal cancer (CRC) in the same population. Conclusions: It is possible that the inflammopathology of CRC and GC are rather different, at least in Fars, a southern province of Iran.

• 동국한의학연구소논문집
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• 제9권
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• pp.25-33
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• 2000

임상적으로 흔히 접할 수 있는 현훈의 원인은 크게 말초성과 중추성으로 구분되는데, 말초성 현훈의 경우는 전정기관 장애가 많은 반면, 중추성 현훈의 경우는 소뇌와 뇌간 부위의 혈관인성 질환, 종양 질환 등이 대부분을 차지한다. 이에 필자는 소뇌경색으로 인한 중추성 현훈 환자가 한방치료를 통해 호전된 증례가 있어 보고하고자 한다. 61세의 남환으로 인후통, 해수 등의 상기도 감염증세가 있어 가료하던 중, 현훈 두통 발생하여 뇌전산화단층촬영 및 자기공명영상촬영에서 소뇌경색 진단받은 후 상초풍열 열담으로 진단하여 청인이격탕을 투여한 결과 제반증상 호전을 확인하여 이를 보고하고자 한다.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.63-66
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• 2007

The differential diagnosis of lesions in buccal area include lipoma, neurofibromas, epidermoid cyst, salivary ducts calculus, hemangioma, lymphadenopathy. Accessory parotid glands is defined as salivary gland tissue adjacent to the parotid duct, but separated from the body of parotid and it may be found in approximately 20% of human parotid glands. The appearance of an accessory parotid tumor is rare, with a reported frequency of 7.7% of all parotid neoplasm. Angiomyoma, which is also termed angioleiomyoma, is a rare solitary subcutaneous tumors arising from the vascular smooth muscle. It often occur in the extremities and is rarely found in buccal area. We present 2 cases of rare tumor in buccal mass and resected surgically without facial nerve palsy.