• 대한세포병리학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.214-218
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• 1995

Cytopathologic findings of two cases of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea are reported. The carcinomas grew as an intratracheal mass. By bronchial washing, brushing and/or post-bronchoscopic sputum cytology, large cohesive sheets, lobulated clusters, or three dimensional ball-like structures were obtained. They had numerous cyst-like spaces containing characteristic globular basophilic material. The tumor cells were uniform and had a small amount of cytoplasm. Nuclei were small and hyperchromatic, Nucleoli were occasionally observed. The cytological diagnosis was confirmed by bronchoscopic biopsies. Since the cytomorphology of adenoid cystic carcinoma is characteristic, review of these cytologic features will enhance the diagnostic accuracy in exfoliative cytology of the respiratory tract.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.96-101
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• 1999

For many years it has been reported that seemingly benign neck cysts may contain carcinoma. Cystic metastases have often mistaken for either branchial cleft cysts or benign mass. Authors experienced two cases which presents cystic cervical metastatic cancer One was a tonsillar carcinoma and the other was a tongue carcinoma. Patients with a cystic squamous carcinoma in the neck likely have a primary in upper aero-digestive system and It is known that the tonsil is most common site. Radiologic examination and fine needle aspiration biopsy of the cyst proved to be non-diagnostic. The development of cervical lymph node metastases before clinical signs of carcinoma of the tonsil is also well recognized. So, in old patients, thorough head If neck examination, panendoscopy and ipsilateral tonsillectomy is mandatory to identify a primary carcinoma prior to cyst excision.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제36권8호
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• pp.606-609
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• 2003

혈전성 뇌경색에 의한 실어증으로 70세 남자 환자가 입원하여 혈전에 대한 원인을 조사하던 중 경식도 초음파검사와 흉부 자기공명영상에서 혈류가 없는 우심방의 낭성종양으로 진단되었다. 종양은 균질성으로 혈전보다는 종양(점액종)으로 의심되었다. 종양은 심방중격의 일부와 함께 정상 체온 체외순환 상태에서 제거되었고 조직학적으로 피가 고여 있는 폐쇄성 심방중격류로 판명되었다. 이에 문헌 고찰과 함께 한 드문 증례를 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.286-289
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• 2023

A 58-year-old woman presented with an incidental asymptomatic mass occupying the entire right lower thorax. A radiologic study demonstrated a huge cystic mass, initially suggestive of an exophytic echinococcal cyst. After unsuccessful catheter drainage, the patient was referred for surgery, and curative resection of the lung-, heart-, and diaphragm-compressing mass was performed under video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Culture studies revealed no growth of parasitic, bacterial, or fungal infections, and the final pathological result confirmed a primary pleural cyst. Thoracic cystic masses mostly manifest as bronchogenic or pericardial cysts, while primary pleural cysts have rarely been reported. We present a rare case of a huge pleural cyst that initially mimicked an echinococcal cyst.

• Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.131-135
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• 2024

Cubital tunnel syndrome refers to compression neuropathy caused by pressure on the ulnar nerve pathway around the elbow. A 63-year-old male patient visited the clinic complaining of decreased sensation and weakness in his left ring finger and little finger, stating that the symptoms first began 6 months prior. He had undergone surgery to remove a ganglion cyst from his left elbow joint about 5 years prior in Mongolia. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a cystic mass located at the previous surgical site, which was compressing the ulnar nerve within the cubital tunnel. Ulnar nerve decompression and anterior transposition were performed, and the cystic mass was excised. Upon pathological examination, the mass was diagnosed as a ganglion cyst. The patient's symptoms including sensory dysfunction and weakness improved over the 1-year follow-up period. This report describes a rare case of ganglion cyst recurrence compressing the ulnar nerve in the cubital tunnel after previous ganglion cyst excision.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.291-293
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• 2010

We report a case of pseudoaneurysm of the parietal division of the superficial temporal artery (STA) secondary to iatrogenic head injury due to Gardner traction. A 54-year-old man presented with a pulsatile, cystic, and painless mass in the right anterior temporal region which developed three weeks after head fixation via Gardner traction. At the time of discovery, the mass was 10 mm in diameter, compressible and disappeared after manual compression of the proximal STA. A bruit was audible over the mass, which was thought to be a pseudoaneurysm. A computed tomography angiogram (CTA) showed a pseudoaneurysm of the parietal division of the right ST A. The tip of the pseudoaneurysm was thrombosed and was both red and tender. The pseudoaneurysm was thought to be filled with infected thrombus, and the mass was resected with ligation of the proximal and distal ends of the STA. A pseudoaneurysm of the STA should be suspected when there is a history of possible vessel injury, such as a history of head-pin fixation, and when a patient presents with a pulsatile, cystic mass near the temple. Pseudoaneurysms can be successfully treated by excision.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.133-136
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• 2011

Fetus-in-fetu (FIF) is a rare congenital condition in which a fetiform mass is detected in the host abdomen and also in other sites such as the intracranium, thorax, head, and neck. This condition has been rarely reported in the literature. Herein, we report the case of a fetus presenting with abdominal cystic mass and ascites and prenatally diagnosed as meconium pseudocyst. Explorative laparotomy revealed an irregular fetiform mass in the retroperitoneum within a fluid-filled cyst. The mass contained intestinal tract, liver, pancreas, and finger. Fetal abdominal cystic mass has been identified in a broad spectrum of diseases. However, as in our case, FIF is often overlooked during differential diagnosis. FIF should also be differentiated from other conditions associated with fetal abdominal masses.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제62권4호
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• pp.331-335
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• 2007

전종격동 하부에 심장과 연접한 이소성 흉선종은 폐암뿐 아니라 흉선종, 생식세포암, 림프종, 전이성 종양 등의 여러 질환과 감별이 필요하다. 병리조직상으로는 이소성 흉선종에 대한 주의가 없는 경우, 미분화상피암, 암성병변의 림프절 전이, 또는 림프구가 우세하게 관찰되는 경우 림프종 등으로 오진될 수도 있으므로 감별진단에 있어 주의가 필요하다. 또한 낭성 흉선종은 이러한 감별진단을 더욱 어렵게 한다. 저자들은 하부 종격동에 심장 우측과 연접하여 발생한 이소성 낭성 흉선종 환자 1예를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.930-937
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• 1994

Pulmonary sequestration, congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation[CCAM], infantile lobar emphysema[ILE], and bronchogenic cysts are four congenital lesions that show abnormal cystic areas within the lung field in early life. They share similar embryologic and clinical characteristics, Therefore they are sometimes difficult to make differential diagnosis each other, and all require surgical treatment. From 1984 to 1993, 20 patients underwent surgical corrections under these diagnostic categories[10 bronchogenic cyst, 4 pulmonary sequestration, 4 CCAM, and 2 ILE] in the department of thoracic & cardiovascular surgery, Inje University, Pusan Paik Hospital. There were 9 females and 11 males, Ages ranged from 26 days after birth to 69 years. Among them 5 cases of bronchogenic cyst were found out incidentally, but remained all 15 cases were noted as symptomatic cases. Recurrent pulmonary infections, respiratory distress and cough with cystic lesions in chest film were the main characteristics of them. Computed tomography and aortography were available for diagnostic conformation. For all the cases surgical resection were performed: 1 pneumonectomy, 2 bilobectomy, 9 lobectomy, 7 cyst resection and 1 mass[extralobar pulmonary sequestration] resection. All surgical treatments were well tolerated with no physical limitation. There was no operative mortality, and only one postoperative complication[empyema thoracis]. All patients were followed up ranging from 4 months to 9 years. A clinical awareness of these related lesions is important for prompt diagnosis and effective surgical treatment.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.225-230
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• 2001

저자들은 우연히 발견된 두통성 복부 종물을 주소로 내원한 1년 4개월된 여아에서 신적출술을 시행하여 다방성 낭포성 신종을 경험하였기에 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.