• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.65-67
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• 2005

Intracranial chloroma may occur in leukemia, although they are rare. A 23-year-old female complained diplopia. Brain magnetic resonance MR imaging showed tumors in the both cavernous sinus, both tentorial and anterior falx. Gamma-Knife radiosurgery was performed with maximal dose; 20Gy, marginal dose; 10Gy. Peripheral blood smear revealed leukemia, and bone marrow aspiration biopsy showed acute lymphocytic leukemia. Two weeks later, MR image for the stereotactic biopsy noticed markedly decreased tumor size. Biopsy result was lymphocytic leukemia. She received conventional radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and bone marrow transplantation. Brain involvement by acute lymphocytic leukemia is very rare. Even though chloroma are sensitive to radiation therapy, prognosis is poor because of the gravity of the underlying disease and association with impending blast transformation. The authors reports a intracranial chloroma by acute lymphocytic leukemia.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.400-406
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• 2019

We report a 12-month-old female infant who had a history of neonatal sepsis with liver micro-abscesses that resolved with intravenous antibiotics during neonatal period. During her neonatal admission period, no umbilical vein catheter was inserted. Also, she did not undergo any abdominal surgeries or had a postnatal history of necrotizing enterocolitis. However, the child developed upper gastrointestinal bleeding in form of hematemesis and melena secondary to esophageal varices at the age of 12 months with an extra-hepatic portal vein obstruction with cavernous transformation and portal hypertension subsequently. The child underwent a successful endoscopic injection sclerotherapy. She is now 20-month-old and has portal hypertension but otherwise asymptomatic. We are proposing the possibility of a delayed-onset portal hypertension as a complication of liver abscess and neonatal sepsis.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.680-684
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• 2004

혈관종은 혈관의 증식에 의해 발생하는 양성 종양으로 유아와 어린이에서 호발한다. 대부분 진성종양으로 보다는 과오종(hamartoma)으로 보며 구강내 호발부위는 입술 혀, 협점막, 구개부 등이다. 임상소견은 편평하거나 융기된 적청색 병소로 보통 단발성이다. 조직학적 소견을 통해 모세혈관성(capillary), 해면상(cavernous), 혼합성(mixed), 경화성(sclerosing) 등으로 분류되며 확진된다. 본 증례는 6세 남자 환아가 치은에 뭐가 났다는 것을 주소로 전남대학교 병원 소아치과에 내원하였다. 임상검사 결과 #62, 63 부위의 부착치은에 딸기모양 종물(mass)이 관찰되었다. 조직검사 시행 결과 모세혈관종으로 확진되었으며 외과적 절제로 양호한 결과를 얻었기에 보고하는 바이다. 혈관종은 재발이 드물며 악성전환이 없지만 출혈 경향이 높으므로 임상적 시술시 주의가 요구된다.

• 한국간담췌외과학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.307-312
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• 2023

Hepatic arterioportal fistulae are abnormal communications between the hepatic artery and portal vein. They are reported to be congenital or acquired secondary to trauma, iatrogenic procedures, hepatic cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma, but less likely to occur spontaneously. Extrahepatic portal venous obstruction (EHPVO) can lead to pre-hepatic portal hypertension. A spontaneous superimposed hepatic arterioportal fistula can lead to pre-sinusoidal portal hypertension, further exacerbating its physiology. This report describes a young woman with long-standing EHPVO presenting with repeated upper gastrointestinal variceal bleeding and symptomatic hypersplenism. Computed tomography scan demonstrated a cavernous transformation of the portal vein and a macroscopic hepatic arterioportal fistula between the left hepatic artery and portal vein collateral in the central liver. The hepatic arterioportal fistula was associated with a flow-related left hepatic artery aneurysm and a portal venous collateral aneurysm proximal and distal to the fistula, respectively. Endovascular coiling was performed for the hepatic arterioportal fistula, followed by proximal splenorenal shunt procedure. This case illustrates an uncommon association of a spontaneous hepatic arterioportal fistula with EHPVO and the utility of a combined endovascular and surgical approach for managing multifactorial non-cirrhotic portal hypertension in such patients.