• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2024

The current standard of treatment for differentiated thyroid cancer is surgical resection followed by radioactive iodine therapy according to the recurrence risk. However, external beam radiotherapy may be recommended in limited cases where surgical resection is impossible or residual gross lesion remains or the aforementioned standard therapy is deemed insufficient in achieving local control. We report a case of 59 year old patient who presented with advanced papillary thyroid carcinoma of right neck but was unable to receive surgical resection due to underlying Eisenmenger syndrome. He received radiation therapy of 67.5 Gy in 30 fractions with palliative aim with no further treatment and has been maintaining long-term stable disease state for 38 months. Herein, we report a rare case of palliative aim radiation therapy alone for advanced papillary thyroid carcinoma with literature review.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.215-219
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• 2014

Distant metastasis from papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), particularly from papillary thyroid microcarcinoma, is rare. We present a case of perigastric lymph node metastasis from PTC in a patient with early gastric cancer and breast cancer. During post-surgical follow-up for breast cancer, a 56-year-old woman was diagnosed incidentally with early gastric cancer and synchronous left thyroid cancer. Therefore, laparoscopic distal gastrectomy with lymph node dissection and left thyroidectomy were performed. On the basis of the pathologic findings of the surgical specimens, the patient was diagnosed to have papillary thyroid microcarcinoma with perigastric lymph node metastasis and early gastric cancer with mucosal invasion. Finally, on the basis of immunohistochemical staining with galectin-3, the diagnosis of perigastric lymph node metastasis from PTC was made. When a patient has multiple primary malignancies with lymph node metastasis, careful pathologic examination of the surgical specimen is necessary; immunohistochemical staining may be helpful in determining the primary origin of lymph node metastasis.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제85권4호
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• pp.795-800
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• 2024

췌관내 유두상 점액성 종양(intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm; 이하 IPMN)은 췌관 상피세포에서 발생하는 종양으로, 과량의 점액을 분비하고 그에 따라 췌관이 확장되는 소견을 보인다. 또한 IPMN은 병리학적으로 저등급 이형성증(low grade dysplasia)부터 침윤성 암종(invasive carcinoma)에 이르기까지 광범위한 이형성증을 나타내지만, 주변 장기로의 침범은 드물다. 특히 비장으로의 침범은 매우 드물고 국내 학술지에 보고된 바가 없으며 세계적으로 두 건이 보고되었다. 저자들은 췌장 미부에 생긴 IPMN이 비장 내로 침범한 드문 증례를 경험하였기에 이를 보고하고자 한다.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.43-51
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• 2014

목적 : 유방암을 진단 받은 환자의 자기공명영상에서 추가적으로 발견된 유두상 병변의 자기공명영상 소견과 수술적 절제 후 상향화 비율을 알아보고자 한다. 대상 및 방법 : 본원에서 유방암 진단된 환자의 수술 전 자기공명영상 1729건에서 지표 종양 외에 악성 의심 조영증강을 보인 병변 중 초음파 유도하 핵생검에서 유두 종양으로 진단된 21명의 환자의 22개 병변을 대상으로 하였다. 이 중 수술적 절제를 시행한 병변은 핵생검 결과와 절제 생검 결과를 비교하였다. 또한 이 병변들의 자기공명영상 소견을 BI-RADS MRI lexicon에 따라 후향적으로 분석하여 특징을 알아보았다. 결과 : 자기공명영상에서는 종괴 8예, 비종괴 7예, 초점 7예로 관찰되었고 초점으로 나타난 병변은 병리 조직에서 모두 (100%) 양성 병변으로 진단되었고, 역동적 조영증강 검사에서 고원형과 세척형 양상을 보였다. 양성 유두종 1예 (11.1%), 비정형요소를 가진 유두 종양 3예 (100%), 유두 종양 3예 (60%)가 수술적 절제 후 관상피내암, 침윤성 관상피암, 침윤성 소엽암 등으로 상향화되었다. 결론 : 초음파 유도하 핵생검에서 유두상 병변으로 진단된 병변들의 자기공명영상 소견은 양성과 악성을 예측하기에 특징적인 차이점을 보이지 않아 영상소견만으로 양성과 악성을 구분할 수 없으며 다수에서 수술적 절제 후 조직학적 상향화를 보여 (41.2%, 7/17) 반드시 수술적 절제를 통한 확진이 필요할 것이다.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.87-89
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• 2002

A 30 year-old female patient with papillary thyroid carcinoma received her fifth radioiodine ablation therapy after the subtotal thyroidectomy. The scan, which was peformed one week after the last therapy, revealed residual uptake in the thyroid bed and uptake in the anterior mediastinum suggesting metastasis. However, further evaluation of the thorax with chest CT and camera-based FDG PET confirmed normal thymus without metastatic focus. Occasionally thymus remains intact in adult and has avidity for I-131 and FDG. Therefore, normal thymus (instead of metastasis) should be considered in patients with well differentiated thyroid carcinoma and anterior mediastinal radioiodine uptake.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.393-397
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• 2001

Surgery, radioiodine therapy, and thyroxine treatment represent established therapeutic measures of proven efficacy for the treatment of well-differentiated thyroid cancer. However, in some cases, dedifferentiation is noted and it makes tumors refractory to conventional treatment. Recently, retinoic acid redifferentiation therapy was evaluated in several in vitro and in vivo studios. We report a patient with papillary carcinoma in whom metastatic lesions became radioiodine negative on high-dose therapy. Redifferentiation therapy with retinoic acid induced radioiodine uptake in some of metastatic tissues. Side effects such as xerostomia and cheilosis were mild. We recommend retinoic acid redifferentiation therapy as an option for the treatment of thyroid cancer with negative radioiodine uptake after high-dose radioiodine therapy.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.2801-2804
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• 2016

It is conventionally accepted that renal cell carcinoma (RCC) occurs in older patients and the clear cell type is the most common histology. However, ethnic variations exist and this study was carried out to determine the epidemiological pattern of RCC in Oman. Ninety RCC patients who presented to a tertiary care center in the Sultanate of Oman from 2010 to 2014 were studied. The main findings were that the median age of presentation was low, more patients presented with localized stage, and there was a higher incidence of non-clear (especially papillary) histology. Data from other Gulf countries and possible reasons for the different profile are discussed.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.1267-1272
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• 2012

Background and Objective: The optimal resection extent for clinically unilateral papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) remains controversial. The objective was to investigate risk factors associated with occult contralateral carcinoma, and put emphasis on the predictive value of preoperative BRAF mutation. Materials and Methods: 100 clinically unilateral PTMC patients all newly diagnosed, previously untreated were analyzed in a prospective cohort study. We assessed the T1799A BRAF mutation status in FNAB specimens obtained from all PTMC patients before undergoing total thyroidectomy (TT) and central lymph node dissection (CLND) for PTMC. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to reveal the incidence of contralateral occult cancer, difference of risk factors and predictive value, with respect to the following variables: preoperative BRAF mutation status, age, gender, tumor size, multifocality of primary tumor, capsular invasion, presence of Hashimoto thyroiditis and central lymph node metastasis. Results: 20 of 100 patients (20%) had occult contralateral lobe carcinoma. On multi-variate analysis, preoperative BRAF mutation (p = 0.030, OR = 3.439) and multifocality of the primary tumor (p = 0.004, OR = 9.570) were independent predictive factors for occult contralateral PTMC presence. However, there were no significant differences between the presence of occult contralateral carcinomas and age, gender, tumor size, capsular invasion, Hashimoto thyroiditis and central lymph node metastasis. Conclusions: Total thyroidectomy, including the contralateral lobe, should be considered for the treatment of unilateral PTMC if preoperative BRAF mutation is positive and/or if the observed lesion presents as a multifocal tumor in the unilateral lobe.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.59-65
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• 1986

Clinical features of 406 patients with histologically verified thyroid carcinomas were investigated from May, 1978 to April, 1985 at the Seoul National University Hospital with the following results. 1) The incidence of thyroid cancer according to their histological classification was 79.8% of papillary carcinoma, 14.5% of follicular carcinoma, 1.5% of medullary carcinoma, 2.2% of anaplastic carcinoma, 2 cases of squamous carcinoma and 3 cases of lymphoma. 2) The age distribution showed the peak incidence in the fourth decade (25.1%), followed by the fifth and the third decade. 3) The ratio of male to female patients was 1 : 6.1. The ratio is 1 : 5.9 in papillary carcinoma and 1 : 8.8 in follicular carcinoma. 4) The mean age was 40.2 year in papillary carcinoma, 37.4 year in follicular carcinoma. 36.5 year in medullary carcinoma, 60.3 year in anaplastic carcinoma, 62.0 year in squamous carcinoma, 59.7 year in lymphoma. 5) The diameter of the thyroid masses was smaller than 1.5cm in 19.9% of the patients, from 1.5cm to 5cm in 50.5%, from 5cm to 10cm in 25.4% and larger than 10cm in 25.4%. 6) Metastasis to the regional lymph nodes at diagnosis was noted in 44.2% of total patients, and distant metastasis was 5%, and local infiltration was 44.2%. 7) The clinical staging was revealed 42.1% of the patients in stage I, 9.1% in stage II, 35.7% in stage III, 5.2% in stage IV, and 7.9% in undetermined stage.

• 대한두경부종양학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한두경부종양학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.259-259
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• 2008