• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.47-50
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• 2003

Pulmonary carcinoid tumors are thought to Originate from neuroendocrine Kulchitsky's cells in the bronchial epithelium. The majority of typical carcinoid tumors arc located centrally. However, atypical carcinoids are frequently situated peripherally and display malignant histologic features with aggressive behavior. Few reports arc discribing carcinoid tumors originating from the pleura. We report a typical carcinoid tumor located mainly in the parietal pleura invading the chest wall wilhout evidence of pulmonary parenchymal invasion.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• v.59 no.5
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• pp.556-560
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• 2005

지방종은 아주 흔한 양성종양이지만 흉막에서 발생한 지방종은 드물다. 대부분 무증상이며 우연히 발견되는 경우가 많다. 단순 흉부 X-선 사진상 양성종괴의 모습을 보이며, 전산화 단층촬영에서 특징적인 균질한 지방으로 구성된 종양의 모습을 보인다. 흉막의 지방종의 경우 다른 종양이나 악성 종양을 배제하기 위하여 개흉술을 통한 종양의 제거를 해왔으나 수술 후 통증이 적고 회복이 빠른 흉강경으로 지방종을 제거한 53세 여자환자 1례를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.494-498
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• 2001

Primary cardiac tumors are rare, and primary malignant cardiac tumors are even rarer. Of these, angiosarcoma was uncommon, Surgical resection of the tumor was very difficult because symptoms were nonspecific and did not become present until the tumor had advanced. A 15-year-old male patient was diagnosed with primary cardiac angiosarcoma by microscopic examination under surgery and underwent resection of the tumor, which compressed and obstructed the right atrium. He was discharged from the hospital after 15 days without any problems.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.35 no.12
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• pp.906-908
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• 2002

A 60-year-old male was admitted to our hospital complaining of general weakness. Chest radiography showed lung mass on left lower lobe. After left lower lobectomy and mediastinal lymph node dissection, The mass was pathologically diagnosed as large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma. Pulmonary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma is rare. Herein we report a case of large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma in lung.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.82-85
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• 2002

Cavernous hemangiomas of the mediastinum are rare tumors. A 3 year and 8 month-old female patient was referred because of an abnormal chest radiograph. Chest X-ray revealed abnormal shadow occupying nearly the entire left thoracic cavity Surgical excision was performed and pathologic diagnosis was confirmed as 15 $\times$ 10 cm sized cavernous hemangioma. On the eighth postoperative day, the patient was discharged without any complications and has been followed up without any problems.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.29 no.8
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• pp.923-926
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• 1996

Small cell carcinoma of esophagus is a rare malignant tumor Recently we experienced one case of small cell carcinoma in mid thoracic esophagus. The patient was a 68 year old male patient. On preoperative endoscopic biopsy, neuroendocrine carcinoma was suspected. Esophagectomy and esophagogastrostomy was performed. Postoperative course was uneventful and patient was discharged without specific complicalion.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.180-183
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• 2001

Oncocytic carcinoid는 매우 드문 종양으로 단지 몇 례만이 문헌상 보고되고 있다. 본 저자들은 좌폐 상엽에 발생한 oncocytic carcinoid 1례를 치험하였는데 환자는 56세된 여자환로 특이한 증상은 없었다. 흉부 전산화 단층촬영상 좌폐상엽에 3$\times$3.5 cm 크기의 동종의 종괴를 보이고 있었다. 수술전 검사후 외과적절제술을 시행하였는데 육안적소견상 4$\times$3cm 크기의 경계가 명확한 황갈색의 종괴였으며, 병리조직학적 검사상 괴립성 호산성 세포질이 풍부한 양상을 보였으며 면역조직학적 검사에서는 cytokeratin에 양성반응을 보였으며 EMA와 chromograin에 국소적인 양성반응을 보여, 폐에 발생한 oncocytic carcinoid로 진단하였다. 수술후 환자의 상태는 양호하였으며, 현재 외래추적관찰중이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.315-318
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• 1998

Primary hemangioperiycytoma is quite rare tumor of the lung and arising from pericyte in external layer of capillaries. Most cases are developed in 4th and 5th decade, are asymptomatic, and have malignant otential. On chest radiography, primary pulmonary hemangiopericytoma shows lobulated, well demarcated, homogeneous soft tissue density. Microscopically, it consisits of numerous vascular spaces of variable size and shape separated by aggregates of tightly packed oval to spindle-shaped cells. Treatment of choice is surgical excision. We report a case of primary pulmonary hemangiopericytoma in a 16-year-old man who had well demarcated homogeneous mass in the superior segment of left lower lobe, but had no symptom. He had undergone left lower lobectomy. He has been followed up for 8 months but has no sign of relapse or metastasis yet.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.208-211
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• 2010

An occurrence of hemangioma in the mediastinum is a very rare, accounting for less than 0.5% of mediastinal tumors. Capillary hemangiomas and cavernous hemangiomas consists of over 90% of mediastinal hemangiomas. However, venous hemangioma has never been reported in South Korea and has also very rarely been reported worldwide. We found mediastinal solid mass, as an incidental finding during a follow-up chest CT scan of a 44-year-old female patient who had undergone colon cancer surgery. We performed a mediastinoscopic biopsy. We did a thoracotomy to remove this mass because hemorrhage and found a totally resected venous hemangioma.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.33 no.12
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• pp.971-973
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• 2000

원발성 심장 림프종은 드문 질환으로 원발성 심장종양의 1.3%를 차지하며 절외성 림프종의 0.5%에서 발생한다. 그러나 악성 림프종에 의한 이차성 심장 전이는 비교적 빈번해서 약 8.7-27.2%로 보고 되고 있다. 66세남자 환자는 호흡곤란을 주소로 내원하였다. 경흉부 심초음파에서 우심방내에 종괴가 관찰되었다. 종양의 수술적 제거를 시행하였고 조직학적 검사에서 우심방을 침범한 악성 임파종으로 진단되었다. 환자는 급성 종격동염이 발생하였고 술후 9일째 패혈증과 수술부위 출혈로 사망하였다.