• 한방재활의학과학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.163-169
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• 2020

This study reports on the effectiveness of Korean traditional medicine treatment on a patient with right hip pain caused by obturator nerve entrapment due to ganglion cyst. The patient had been misdiagnosed for a stenosis at the other hospital, but he got a different diagnosis this time with the examination. The patient was treated with Korean traditonal medicine, which includes pharmacopuncture, acupuncture, manual treatment (Chuna), and herbal medicine. Numerical rating scale (NRS), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and Euroqol five dimension (EQ-5D) index were used as a objective tool for evaluating the patient's symptoms. After treatment, NRS and ODI were decreased, while EQ-5D index was increased. This study suggests that a combined Korean traditional medicine may be effective in reducing symptoms related to obturator nerve entrapment.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.170-186
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• 2001

Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) has newly evolved by the mechanical improvement of the machine over past several years, becoming a part of imaging techniques for the evaluation of variable diseases in the musculoskeletal system. MSUS has proven diagnostic superiority in pathologies including rotator cuff disease of the shoulder, lateral epicondylitis of the elbow, diseases of the peripheral nerve, detection of intra-articular loose bodies and soft tissue foreign bodies, and in evaluating small superficial soft tissue tumors such as ganglion, epidermoid cyst, and glomus tumor. Besides, MSUS is very useful for obtaining tissue or fluid via percutaneous fine needle aspiration and/or biopsy for the histopathologic diagnosis. Combining MSUS with MR would play a great role in the field of the diagnostic imaging of the musculoskeletal system. The MSUS examiner should have the knowledge of cross-sectional anatomy, and of the mechanical and physical properties of ultrasound in order to interpret the ultrasound findings accurately and properly, and to avoid diagnostic errors due to variable artifacts subsequently. The goal of this article is to introduce the capabilities of MSUS in certain kinds of clinical situation and to familiarize the reader with MSUS. For the purpose, author intends to describe this article according not to the disease-, or organ-based, but to the clinical problem-based format.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.38-42
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• 2017

Schwannomas are mostly solid tumors, some of which may contain cystic degenerations or hemorrhages. However, a schwannoma seen as a purely hemorrhagic cystic tumor is very rare. A 63-year-old woman was referred to the hospital due to a slow-growing mass (present for about 5 years) on her right thigh. She complained about vague pain but without neurologic symptoms such as numbness or tingling sensations. MR images showed an oval lesion with defined margins surrounded by the rectus femoris, vastus lateral, and the vastus intermedius. It was characterized as a multilocular cystic lesion composed of hemorrhagic fluid. In addition, the benign hemorrhagic cystic lesion was differentially diagnosed by radiological techniques as a hemorrhagic ganglion cyst. The lesion was surgically excised and, based on pathological features, was diagnosed as being a schwannoma. We report a purely hemorrhagic cystic schwannoma located in an intermuscular plane.

• 대한골관절종양학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2013

목적: 후족부에 발생하는 원발성 골종양은 다른 부위에서의 골종양과 비교하여 발생 빈도가 낮고 진단이 늦거나 오진되는 경우가 많은 반면, 이에 대한 대규모 연구 및 보고는 적은 실정으로 후족부의 원발성 골종양의 진단과 치료를 위해 그 임상적 양상에 대하여 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1989년부터 2011년까지 본원에서 진단 후 최소 1년 이상 추시 가능하였던 후족부 원발성 골종양 환자 44명의 45예 종양을 대상으로 하였다. 환자들의 의무 기록과 영상 검사를 후향적으로 검토하여 후족부 원발성 골종양에 대한 역학적 조사와 임상적 특성, 치료 방법을 확인하였고, 병리학적인 특성을 조사하였다. 결과: 총 44명의 환자 중 남자가 26예, 여자가 18예였으며, 환자들의 평균 연령은 25.1세였고 평균 추시 기간은 33.1개월이었다. 양성 골종양이 44예, 악성 골종양은 1예였으며, 종골에 발생한 골종양이 36예, 거골의 골종양 9예였다. 전체적으로 양성 골종양 중에는 단순골낭종이 20예로 가장 많았으며, 그 다음이 골내지방종이 12예, 연골모세포종 4예 순이었고, 악성 골종양은 유잉 육종이 1예였다. 발생부위 별로 종골에서는 단순골낭종이 18예, 골내지방종이 12예 순이었고, 거골에서는 연골모세포종 3예, 단순골낭종 2예, 골내결절종 2예 등의 순이었다. 환자들의 임상 증상은 통증을 동반하는 경우도 있으나, 우연히 발견되는 경우가 많고 족관절 혹은 후족부의 염좌 또는 타박상으로 오인되는 경우도 많았다. 병적 골절을 동반한 경우는 2예였다. 수술 방법으로는 소파술 혹은 소파술 및 골이식술, 관혈적 정복과 금속고정술 및 골이식술, 종양 절제술, 슬관절 하 절단술 등을 시행하였다. 결론: 후족부에 발생하는 원발성 골종양은 빈도가 드물고 진단이 늦어지는 경우가 많으며, 대부분 양성 종양이었으나 악성종양을 배제할 수 없어 조기 진단과 적절한 치료가 중요할 것으로 사료된다.