• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.188-193
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• 2016

목적: 경부 림프절 종대를 먼저 보인 가와사키병(node-first presented Kawasaki disease [NFKD])에 대한 임상 연구를 통해 세균 경부 림프절염(bacterial cervical lymphadenitis [BCL]), 전형적인 가와사키병(Kawasaki disease [KD])과 구별되는 특징을 찾고자 하였다. 방법: 2007년부터 2015년까지 BCL, NFKD, 전형적인 KD로 입원한 환자들의 의무기록을 검토하여 인구학적 특성, 임상 양상, 혈액검사 및 영상의학적 검사 결과를 후향적으로 비교 분석하였다. 결과: 22명의 BCL, 37명의 NFKD, 132명의 전형적인 KD 환자가 연구에 포함되었다. BCL과 NFKD의 비교에서 BCL군의 입원 기간이 더 길었고 NFKD군은 양측, 다발형 림프절 비대를 보이면서 혈소판 수가 적고 호중구 백분율과 CRP 수치가 높았다. NFKD와 전형적인 KD의 비교에서 NFKD군의 나이가 더 많았고 백혈구 수, 호중구 백분율, 호중구 수, CRP 수치가 높고 혈소판 수와 ALT 수치가 낮았다. 결론: 발열과 경부 림프절 종대가 있는 환자에서 호중구 백분율과 CRP 수치가 높고 혈소판 수치가 높지 않으면서 양측, 다발형 경부 림프절 비대를 보인다면, KD의 진단 및 치료가 지연되지 않도록 NFKD 진단을 신속하게 고려하여야 한다.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.194-199
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• 1996

Cryptococcosis is a rare in normal child and the majority of cases usually occur in patients with defective cell-mediated immunity. Infection is acquired by inhalation of organisms from the environment and disseminated via the blood stream to any organ of the body. We experienced a 7 year old girl who presented with fever, both cervical lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly under the impression of lymphoma. However lymph node biopsy revealed cryptococcal budding and culture of lymph nodes yielded cryptococcus neoformans. The radiologic finding showed huge, multiple cervical lymph node enlargement spreading to mediastinum and abdomen. The immune fuction in term of T cell, B cell, serum immunoglobulin, complement and neutrophil function tests was normal. The patient was treated with amphotericin B and flucytosine for 6 weeks and responded to the treatment well. We report this case with brief review of the related literatures.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.274-282
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• 2003

연구배경 : 결핵성 경부 임파선염은 가장 흔한 폐외 결핵의 하나로 최근 국외에서 시행된 6개월과 9개월 치료간의 성적을 비교한 소수의 연구에서 그 차이를 보이지 않아 6개월 단기요법의 가능성을 보여주고 있다. 결핵 치료기간의 단축은 환자의 불편 및 경제적 부담을 줄일 뿐만 아니라 순응도를 높일 수 있으며 약제에 대한 부작용의 기회를 줄일 수 있게 된다. 그러나 지금까지 국내에서와 같은 항 결핵 표준처방으로 결핵성 임파선염에 대한 치료기간에 따른 전향적 비교 연구가 없었다. 이에 결핵성 임파선염의 초치료 환자에서 국내에서 사용되고 있는 폐결핵에서와 같은 표준처방으로 6개월과 9개월 치료성적을 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 1997년 1월부터 2002년 2월까지 경북대학병원에 내원하여 결핵성 경부 임파선염으로 진단된 15세 이상의 환자 92명을 대상으로 무작위 두 군으로 나누어 46명은 2HERZ/4HER요법으로 6개월간, 나머지 46명은 2HERZ/7HER요법으로 9개월간 치료를 시행하였다. 두 군간의 치료과정 중 발생한 합병증, 치료결과 그리고 이후 추적 기간동안의 임상적 변화에 대해 비교 조사하였다. 결 과 : 치료기간 6개월 및 9개월 과정을 완료한 두 군에서 결절의 크기가 5mm이상 잔존하는 예가 각각 5명과 9명으로 두 군간의 차이는 없었다. 평균 21개월의 추적기간 중 잔존 결절이 커지거나 새로운 임파선 종대가 발생된 예가 각각 3명과 8명이었으며 이들 발생 시간의 중앙값이 각각 45개월과 42개월로 두 군간의 차이가 없었다. 결 론 : 이상의 성적으로 폐결핵에서 초회 내성의 우려로 4제 2HERZ/4HER 항 결핵요법이 처방되는 지역에서 이들 약제에 의한 6개월간의 항 결핵요법이 결핵성 경부 임파선염의 치료에 있어서도 표준요법으로 적용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.212-215
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• 2000

Background and Objective: Kikuchi's disease(KD) is an idiopathic, self-limited lymphadenopathy that was described as a distinctive type of necrotizing lymphadenitis affecting primarily cervical lymph nodes of young adults independently by Kikuchi and Fujimoto et al at first in 1972. The purpose of this study is a knowledge about clinicopathologic findings, many laboratory tests and differentiation of KD from other lymphadenitis due to lymphoma, systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE) and many viral disease. Materials and Methods: Thirty-four case of KD collected at Chonnam University Hospital in Kwang-Ju from 1992 through 2000 were evaluated with retrospective chart review. Results: The patients were consisted of 11 men and 23 women. All patients had tender or nontender cervical mass and fever was the most common associated symptom. The others was pain, weight loss, chills, cold sweating and headache et al. Multiple bilateral involvement of cervical lymphnodes was 25 cases(74%) and solitary involvement was 9 cases(26%). In laboratory tests, leukopenia was 12 cases(75%), elevated ESR 5 cases (34%) and elevated LDH 11 cases(69%). Conclusion: KD is necessary to differentiate from lymphoma and SLE, because of the different of therapeutic modality and prognosis. The diagnosis is established on the basis of histopathologic studies with excisional biopsy of lymph node.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.45-52
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• 1991

Clinical analysis was performed on 306 patients with cervical lymphadenopathy who were diagnosed histologically by fine needle aspiration biopsy cytology (FNABC) and/or excisional biopsy from Jan 1986 to Jan 1990 at Hanyang University hospital. The results obtained were as follows: 1) Of 306 patients with cervical lymphadenopathy, 216 (70.6%) were inflammatory lesions, and 90 (29.4%) malignant lesions. Tuberculous lymphadenitis of inflammatory lesions was most common (134 cass: 62%). Of malignant lesions, metastatic cancer was more frequent (75 cases: 83.3%). 2) The sex ratio were as follows: inflammatory lesion; M:F=1 : 1.8 (tuberculous lymphadenitis;M : F=1:2.3) malignant lesion; M : F=1.5 : 1 (metastatic cancer; M : F=2.6 : 1) 3) The peak age of inflammatory lymphadenopathy was 20-29 years old (38.9%), and that of malignant lesion 50-59 years old (46.7%). 4) In more than half of tuberculous lymphadenitis and metastatic cancer, the location of enlarged lymph nodes was one side of the neck and the number was more than one. 5) The common primary sites of metastatic cancer were lung and stomach. In 11 cases (14.7%), the primary site could not be found. 6) The sensitivity and the specificity of fine needle aspiration biopsy cytology (FNABC) was 0.83 & 1.0 in metastatic cancer respectively.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.217-221
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• 1999

Background and Objectives: Subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis or Kikuchi's disease has now become recognized in many parts of the world as a well-defined clinicopathologic entity. It typically affects cervical lymph nodes of young women, and subsides spontaneously within a few months without recurrences. The purpose of this study is to report the clinicopathologic finding, radiologic finding and many laboratory tests to elaborate the criteria that are useful in distinguishing this entity from inflammatory disease, granulomatous disease, lymphoma, malignant disease. Material and Methods: Authors evaluated 22 patients, who were diagnosed as subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis on excisional biopsy or fine needle aspiration cytology with retrospective chart review. Results: The patient population consisted of 21 women and 1 men. The mean age was 25 years old(range 17 to 42 years). All patient had palpable neck mass and associated fever, headache, weight loss, otalgia, diarrhea, night sweating. and associated disorder is dermatitis, hepatitis B, SLE, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, albinism et al. The multiple bilateral involvement of cervical lymph node was 20 cases(91%) and multiple unilateral 18 cases(82%), multiple bilateral 2 cases(9%). Solitary involvement was 2 cases(9%), mean size of involved lymph node was 2.0cm. In laboratory tests, leukopenia 17 cases(72%), elevated ESR 12 cases(54%), elevated GOT, GPT 3 cases(13%). In CT finding, lymph nodes enhanced in homogeneous fashion, and there was no evidence of central necrosis. Conclusion: Subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis, Kikuchi's disease may be easily confused clinically, pathologically, radiologically with malignant lymphoma, inflammatory disease, granulomatous disease. We should consider open biopsy of lymph node in the patient which had unilateral multiple cervical lymph node and in laboratory tests, were leukopenia, elevated ESR, especially in young women. otherwise, result of fine needle aspiration biopsy is nonspecific, excisional biopsy is recommended in order to differentiate other disease.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.118-122
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• 2001

저자들은 이전의 보고와 달리 알레르기의 과거력이 없으면서 ANA 양성을 보인 6세된 여아에서 아급성 괴사성 림프절염 1례를 경험하였기에 주로 자가 면역 질환과의 관련성에 대한 최근의 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• 대한세포병리학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.113-119
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• 1994

Thirty cases of Kikuchi's lymphadenitis, diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology, were reviewed to determine the main cytologic features helpful in reaching a diagnosis. The patients(mean age 26.6 years, male: female = 1:3.8) presented with lymphadenopathy (cervical 24, submandibular 3, and axillary 1) with or without fever and local tenderness. Excisional biopsy was done for confirmation in 5 cases and the remaining 25 cases showed the similar cytologic and clinical features. In the aspiration smears of all cases, there was a heterogenous celluar mixture including frequent extracellular karyorrhectic nuclear debris, phagocytic histiocytes, plasmacytoid monocytes, and a variable number of polymorphous lymphocytes such as immunoblasts, activated large lymphocytes, and small mature lymphocytes. The characteristic cytologic features of Kikuchi's lymphadenitis were the following: (1) frequent extracelluar karyorrhectic nuclear debris in the background : (2) phagocytic histiocytes with eccentrically placed crescentic nuclei and abundant pale cytoplasm containing phagocytized karyorrhectic debris : (3) plasmacytoid monocytes, which were medium-sized cells with eccentrically placed round nuclei and amphophilic cytoplasm : (4) no neutrophilic background.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.705-707
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• 2010

Purpose: Tuberculous lymphadenitis constitutes about 30% of all types of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Cervical lymphadenitis is the commonest form (70%), followed by axillary and inguinal. But inguinal tuberculous lymphadenitis is rare form. Especially isolated inguinal tuberculous lymphadenitis was seldom reported. In Korea, that case was not reported. This case emphasizes the need for awareness of tuberculosis as a possible cause of isolated inguinal adenitis. Methods: We experienced one case of isolated inguinal tuberculous lymphadenitis. We analyzed clinical features, preoperative assessments and method of treatments. Results: A 37-year-old female patient presented with a painless swelling in the left inguinal region of 12 month's duration. There was no history of urethral discharge, dysuria, genital sores, unprotected sexual contacts or trauma. Examination revealed enlarged left inguinal lymph nodes, $2{\times}1\;cm$, non-tender and firm mass. The external iliac, popliteal, right inguinal and other groups of lymph nodes were normal. Serologic tests, urinary tests and chest radiologic test were normal. The excision of mass was performed under the general anesthesia. A excisional biopsy showed chronic granulomatous inflammation with caseous necrosis, consistent with tuberculosis. After excision, the primary repair was done and completely healed on postoperative 25 days. Conclusion: The isolated inguinal tuberculous lymphadenitis was rare form of inguinal suppurative mass. Although medical management is the principal mode of therapy of tuberculous adenitis and surgery is rarely necessary, we didn't consider the possibility of tuberculous lymphadenitis in our case. A high index of suspicion is essential for a diagnosis of isolated inguinal tuberculous lymphadenitis. Our case emphasizes this importance and illustrates the need for awareness of tuberculosis as a possible cause of isolated inguinal adenitis.

• 대한세포병리학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2001

Tuberculous lymphadenitis is not uncommon in Korea. Therefore, an inexpensive, safe and rapid method is needed to diagnose the tuberculous lymphadenitis. Flne needle aspiration cytology Is a good method for this purpose, but has several limitations in the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis, especially when the presence of acid-fast bacilli is not proved. To evaluation the usefulness of the polymerase chain reaction with enzyme immunoassay technique in the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) In the cervical Iymph node asplrates, the authors performed fine needle aspiration cytology and M. tuberculosis PCR with enzyme immunoassay for mycobacterial DNA sequences from 15 cases of the fine needle aspirates. Cytomorphologically, the cases were categorized into three types: predominantly necrotic materials; typical epithelioid cell granulomas with or without slant cells and caseous necrosis; and non-tuberculous lesions, such as reactive lymphadenitis, abscess, metastatic carcinoma and malignant lymphoma. M. tuberculosis DNA was found in 8 of 15 cases by PCR with enzyme immunoassay. Negative findings on PCR were achieved in 7 cases, which revealed non-tuberculous tymphadenopathy. In conclusion, we suggest that M. tuberculosis PCR with enzyme immunoassay using the fine needle aspirates is a very useful tool for the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis.