• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제62권5호
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• pp.526-535
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• 2019

Objective : While the risk of aneurysmal rebleeding induced by catheter cerebral angiography is a serious concern and can delay angiography for a few hours after a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), current angiographic technology and techniques have been much improved. Therefore, this study investigated the risk of aneurysmal rebleeding when using a recent angiographic technique immediately after SAH. Methods : Patients with acute SAH underwent immediate catheter angiography on admission. A four-vessel examination was conducted using a biplane digital subtraction angiography (DSA) system that applied a low injection rate and small volume of a diluted contrast, along with appropriate control of hypertension. Intra-angiographic aneurysmal rebleeding was diagnosed in cases of extravasation of the contrast medium during angiography or increased intracranial bleeding evident in flat-panel detector computed tomography scans. Results : In-hospital recurrent hemorrhages before definitive treatment to obliterate the ruptured aneurysm occurred in 11 of 266 patients (4.1%). Following a univariate analysis, a multivariate analysis using a logistic regression analysis revealed that modified Fisher grade 4 was a statistically significant risk factor for an in-hospital recurrent hemorrhage (p=0.032). Cerebral angiography after SAH was performed on 88 patients ${\leq}3$ hours, 74 patients between 3-6 hours, and 104 patients >6 hours. None of the time intervals showed any cases of intra-angiographic rebleeding. Moreover, even though the DSA ${\leq}3$ hours group included more patients with a poor clinical grade and modified Fisher grade 4, no case of aneurysmal rebleeding occurred during erebral angiography. Conclusion : Despite the high risk of aneurysmal rebleeding within a few hours after SAH, emergency cerebral angiography after SAH can be acceptable without increasing the risk of intra-angiographic rebleeding when using current angiographic techniques and equipment.

• 대한신경과학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.337-340
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• 2018

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection can result in ischemic stroke via several mechanisms, including opportunistic infection, vasculopathy, cardioembolism, and coagulopathy. HIV-vasculopathy is related to endothelial dysfunction, stenosis and aneurysm formation, infectious vasculitis, dissection and accelerated atherosclerosis during highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). We represent a case of HIV infection manifested as an acute ischemic stroke attack. After 4 months during HAART, our patient experienced a recurrent ischemic stroke with progression of middle cerebral artery stenosis.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제83권3호
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• pp.680-686
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• 2022

관강내 십이지장 게실은 드문 선천성 이상으로, 십이지장 점막으로 구성된 낭성 병변이며, 위장 출혈, 십이지장 폐색 또는 췌장염과 함께 나타날 수 있다. 이 논문에서는 25세 성인 여성에서 십이지장-십이지장 장중첩증과 재발성 췌장염의 합병증을 일으킨 드문 관강내 십이지장 게실의 사례를 보고하는 바이다. CT, MRI, 상부위장관조영술등의 영상 검사에서 십이지장의 중복낭을 의심하였으나, 수술로 절제된 조직에서 병리학적으로 고유근육층이 없는 관강내 십이지장 게실로 확진되었다.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제82권6호
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• pp.1413-1440
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• 2021

MRI에서 추간판의 이상 신호와 위, 아래 척추체 종판의 파괴, 종판 주변의 골수부종 등은 감염성 척추염의 전형적인 소견으로 여겨지나 퇴행성 척추질환, acute Schmorl's node, 척추관절병증, synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis (SAPHO)/chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis, 척추신경관절병증, calcium pyrophosphate dehydrate 결절침착질환 등 다양한 비감염성 척추질환에서도 나타날 수 있다. MRI에서 이러한 비감염성 척추질환과 감별되는 감염성 척추염의 영상 소견은 추간판의 고신호와 농양, 척추 연부조직의의 농양, 그리고 T1 강조영상에서 저신호로 보이는 종판의 경계가 불명확해지는 점 등이다. 그러나 이러한 감별점이 항상 적용되는 것은 아니며 감염성, 비감염성 질환의 영상 소견에 유사점이 많기 때문에 정확한 진단을 위해서는 감염성 척추염뿐만 아니라 감염과 감별해야 하는 다양한 질환의 병태생리와 연관된 영상학적 특징을 아는 것이 중요하다.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.133-140
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• 2010

목 적: 방사선 치료 후에 방사선조사범위내에서 재발한 골반암 환자들을 대상으로 나선형 토모테라피를 이용한 재 치료를 시행한 후 그 효과 및 안전성에 대하여 후향적 분석을 시도하였다. 대상 및 방법: 총 14명의 환자를 대상으로 하였으며, 남녀 비는 1 : 1이었고, 평균연령은 51세였다. 직장암이 8명, 자궁경부암이 5명, 원발부위를 알 수 없는 경우가 1명이었다. 13명의 환자들이 재발 전에 수술을 받은 적이 있고, 환자들의 골반부위에 조사된 방사선량의 중앙값은 50.4 Gy였다. 재발 당시 종양크기의 중앙값은 3.5 cm (2.0~7.5cm)였으며, 재발이 발견된 후 항암화학요법을 먼저 받은 경우가 9명, 고강도초음파치료를 받은 경우가 1명이었다. 나머지 4명은 재발 후에 다른 치료는 시행하지 않은 상태에서 토모테라피를 이용한 재치료를 받았다. 재치료 당시 종양으로 인한 통증을 호소한 환자는 7명이었으며, 종양 표지자가 증가해있던 경우는 8명이었다. 최초 방사선 치료와 재치료의 간격은 중앙값 19.9개월(5.0~75.4개월)이었다. 토모테라피를 이용한 재치료시 육안적종양체적, 임상적표적체적 및 계획용표적체적에 총4~5주간 20~25회에 걸쳐, 각각 중앙값 50 Gy, 47.8 Gy 그리고 45 Gy의 방사선이 조사되었다. 치료 전 매일 초고압전산화단층촬영(megavoltage computed tomography)을 통하여 X, Y, Z축 및 회전각도에 대한 online correction을 시행하였다. 치료 후 반응평가는 Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors ver. 1.0을 이용하였으며, 국소종양조절기간은 치료 종료 후 Kaplan-Meyer법으로 계산하였고, 치료 후 합병증의 평가는 Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Event ver. 3.0을 이용하였다. 결 과: 추적기간의 중앙값은 17.3개월(3.0~38.3개월)이었으며, 영상학적반응율은 64.3%(완전관해, 7.1%; 부분관해, 57.2%)였다. 치료 전 통증이 있었던 7명의 환자 중 6명에서 통증이 완화되어 85.7%의 통증완화율을 보였으며, 종양 표지자가 증가되어 있던 8명 중 5명(62.5%)에서 감소가 일어났다. 국소종양조절기간은 중앙값 25.8개월(95% 신뢰구간, 6.12~45.5개월)이었으며, 치료 후 국소재발이 8명(57.1%), 원격전이가 3명(21.4%) 그리고 국소재발과 원격전이가 동시에 일어난 경우가 1명(7.1%)이었다. 합병증으로는 대부분 grade I 혹은 II의 급성 피부염, 직장염, 방광염 등이 나타났지만, 만성 합병증이나 grade IV 이상의 급성 합병증은 나타나지 않았다. 결 론: 방사선치료 후 방사선조사 범위 내에서 재발한 골반암에서 나선형 토모테라피를 이용한 재치료는 비교적 안전하고 효과적인 고식적 치료법이라고 생각된다. 그러나 치료 효과를 좀 더 높이기 위해서 혹은 적은 환자수, 다양한 질환 그리고 후향적 분석이라는 본 연구의 문제점을 극복하기 위해서는 많은 환자들을 대상으로 한 전향적 임상연구가 필요할 것이다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.220-229
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• 2016

Objectives: The association between educational status and 10-year risk for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and all-cause mortality was evaluated. Methods: From October 2003 to September 2004, 2172 consecutive ACS patients from six Greek hospitals were enrolled. In 2013 to 2014, a 10-year follow-up (2004-2014) assessment was performed for 1918 participants (participation rate, 88%). Each patient's educational status was classified as low (<9 years of school), intermediate (9 to 14 years), or high (>14 years). Results: Overall all-cause mortality was almost twofold higher in the low-education group than in the intermediate-education and high-education groups (40% vs. 22% and 19%, respectively, p<0.001). Additionally, 10-year recurrent ACS events (fatal and non-fatal) were more common in the low-education group than in the intermediate-education and high-education groups (42% vs. 30% and 35%, p<0.001), and no interactions between sex and education on the investigated outcomes were observed. Moreover, patients in the high-education group were more physically active, had a better financial status, and were less likely to have hypertension, diabetes, or ACS than the participants with the least education (p<0.001); however, when those characteristics and lifestyle habits were accounted for, no moderating effects regarding the relationship of educational status with all-cause mortality and ACS events were observed. Conclusions: A U-shaped association may be proposed for the relationship between ACS prognosis and educational status, with participants in the low-education and high-education groups being negatively affected by other factors (e.g., job stress, depression, or loneliness). Public health policies should be aimed at specific social groups to reduce the overall burden of cardiovascular disease morbidity.

• 대한관절경학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.183-187
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• 2002

목적 : 재발된 슬개골전 점액낭염의 관절경적 절제술의 수기 및 그 결과를 보고하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법 : 2001년 3월부터 2002년 5월까지 본원에서 치료받은 4례에 대하여 조사하였으며, 추시 기간은 6개월에서 20개월로 평균 14 개월이었다. 원인으로는 급성외상이 3예, 반복적인 경미한 외상에 의한 것이 1예이었다. 모두 타 병원에서 천자 흡입, 스테로이드 주입, 압박 붕대 처치 등의 보존적 치료를 시행 후 일부 호전을 보이다가 재발한 경우이었으며, 1례는 수술적 치료를 받은후 재발한 예이었다. 수술 방법은 생리식염수를 주입하여 점액낭을 팽창시킨후 4 mm 직경의 관절경을 위한 삽입구를 점액낭에서 약 1 cm 떨어진 곳에 피부 천자를 가하여 위치하게 한다. 점액낭의 절제는 피하부위를 먼저 절제하고, 깊은 부위를 나중에 절제하였다. 점액낭 상층 피부와 점액낭의 심부 조직간을 같이 묶는 몇 개의 경피적 연차봉합(percutaneous mattress suture)을 하고, 압박 처치를 술 후 2주까지 유지하였다. 결과 : 종창의 재발과 동통 및 압통의 종상 없이 4례 모두 양호한 결과를 얻었다. 합병증으로는 2례에서 피부-점액낭 하부조직의 봉합 부위에서 경미한 유착에 의한 피부 함몰이 관찰되었다. 결론 : 슬개골전 점액낭염의 관절경적 절제술은 재발성 슬개골전 점액낭염의 치료에 새로운 수술 수기로 사료되며 재발에 대한 장기간의 추시가 요구된다.

• Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.16-20
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• 2002

Background and Objective : Epileptic seizures are frequent complication of lobar hemorrhage. We investigated the factors affecting development of epilepsy following spontaneous lobar ICH. Methods : From January 1986 to July 1999, 114 patients were admitted to Chungnam National University Hospital with spontaneous lobar ICH. We analyzed 75 patients. Excluded were no follow-up(8 patients) and patients died within few days(31 patients). All the patient was followed up at least two years aside from two patients who underwent epileptic seizure and died five and eight months later each. Medical history was obtained through medical record and by telephone interview. Statistical analyses were performed using Chi-square test, Student's t - test, Fisher's exact test. Results : Seizure occurred in 19 patients. As three patients had previous history of seizures, 16 patients(22.2%) showed first onset early- and late-seizures. Early seizure occurred in 14 patients(19.4%). Three out of 14 were heavy alcoholics. Five patients developed late recurrent seizure 61 days to 800 days after the early seizure. Late seizure with no acute seizure occurred in two patients. The types of seizure were diverse as generalized tonic clonic seizure(10), partial seizure with secondary generalization(5), and complex partial seizure(1). The common risk factors for lobar ICH were hypertension(HT), arteriovenous malformation(AVM), and excessive use of alcohol. We could not find any causes in 23 patients. Although size of hematoma, age of onset, sex, incidence of HT or AVM were not different between patients with seizure and without seizure, the history of excessive alcohol drinking was more frequent in patients with seizure. Five patients with late recurrent seizure had ICH involving temporal area. Conclusions : This study suggests that the risk of seizure in patients with lobar ICH was increase in chronic alcoholics and patient with late recurrent seizure had ICH frequently involving temporal area.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권16호
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• pp.7343-7350
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• 2015

Genetic changes associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) provide very important diagnostic and prognostic information with a direct impact on patient management. Detection of chromosome abnormalities by conventional cytogenetics combined with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) play a very significant role in assessing risk stratification. Identification of specific chromosome abnormalities has led to the recognition of genetic subgroups based on reciprocal translocations, deletions and modal number in B or T-cell ALL. In the last twelve years 102 newly diagnosed childhood/adult ALL bone marrow samples were analysed for chromosomal abnormalities with conventional G-banding, and FISH (selected cases) using specific probes in our hospital. G-banded karyotype analysis found clonal numerical and/or structural chromosomal aberrations in 74.2% of cases. Patients with pseudodiploidy represented the most frequent group (38.7%) followed by high hyperdiploidy group (12.9%), low hyperdiploidy group (9.7%), hypodiploidy (<46) group (9.7%) and high hypertriploidy group (3.2%). The highest observed numerical chromosomal alteration was high hyperdiploidy (12.9%) with abnormal karyotypes while abnormal 12p (7.5%) was the highest observed structural abnormality followed by t(12;21)(p13.3;q22) resulting in ETV6/RUNX1 fusion (5.4%) and t(9;22)(q34.1;q11.2) resulting in BCR/ABL1 fusion (4.3%). Interestingly, we identified 16 cases with rare and complex structural aberrations. Application of the FISH technique produced major improvements in the sensitivity and accuracy of cytogenetic analysis with ALL patients. In conclusion it confirmed heterogeneity of ALL by identifying various recurrent chromosomal aberrations along with non-specific rearrangements and their association with specific immunophenotypes. This study pool is representative of paediatric/adult ALL patients in Oman.

• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2007

Objectives : Atopic dermatitis is a recurrent or chronic eczematous skin disease with severe pruritus. Although the pathogenic mechanisms of atopic dermatitis are yet unknown, recently hyperresponsive Th2 cells in the acute phase are reported as the important mechanisms. Cheonggisan(CGS) is used in oriental clinics for curing acute skin lesions of eczema, atopic dermatitis or urticaria. There have been no studies on the therapeutic mechanism of CGS for curing atopic dermatitis. We aimed to find out the therapeutic mechanism of CGS on atopic dermatitis, so we observed Th2 cell differentiation in EL 4 cells and $NF-kB$ p65 activation in RAW 264.7 cells. Materials and Methods : EL 4 cells were induced the increase of IL-4 mRNA expression by phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate(PMA) and 4-tert-Octylphenol(OP) and treated with CGS extract. RAW 264.7 cells were induced the increase of cyclooxygenase(COX)-2 mRNA expression by lipopolysaccharide(LPS) and treated with CGS extract. Results : The PMA and OP induced IL-4 mRNA expression was dose-dependantly decreased in CGS treated EL 4 cells. The LPS-induced COX-2 mRNA expression was dose-dependantly decreased in CGS treated RAW 264.7 cells. Conclusion : The results may suggest that the CGS inhibits Th2 cell differentiation in EL 4 cells and inhibits $NF-kB$ p65 activation in RAW 264.7 cells.