• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.25-32
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• 1987

Authors analysed biochemical studies and scintigraphic findings of obstructive jaundice and nonobstructive jaundice in 44 cases of $^{99m}Tc-DISIDA$ scintigraphy with nonvisualization of biliary excretion till 120 min or 240 min after injection of $^{99m}Tc-DISIDA$. Causative diseases of $^{99m}Tc-DISIDA$ scintigraphy with nonvisualization of biliary excretion were in order to choledocholithiasis (25%), hepatitis (25%), cholangiocarcinoma (14%), cholangitis (14%) and pancreas head tumor (11%). In obstructive jaundice, statistically significant findings were elevated alkaline phosphatase above 300 IU/L on biochemical study and single lobe enlargement of the liver, irregular radioisotope uptake of the liver and concave indentation of the gall bladder fossa of the liver on scintigraphy. In nonobstructive jaundice, statistically significant findings were persistent renal excretion of $^{99m}Tc-DISIDA$ and more increased uptake density of the heart than the liver on scintigraphy.

• Journal of Digestive Cancer Research
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.50-54
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• 2017

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors are rare pancreatic neoplasms comprising 1-2% of all pancreatic tumors and typically present high attenuating mass on arterial and venous phase images, due to their rich capillary network. A 70-year-old South Korean female visited our hospital presenting with jaundice and dark urine color. She had received an operation for treatment of small bowel perforation seven years ago. On physical examination, icteric sclera was observed but otherwise unremarkable. Laboratory tests were abnormal liver function test and suspected obstructive jaundice. Computed tomography revealed 4 cm sized cystic mass lesion with homogeneous low attenuation in the head of pancreas and distal common bile duct was compressed by the mass. During review of past medical records, we found that the mass was observed and measured about 1.7 cm seven years ago. To resolve obstructive jaundice, pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy was performed and diagnosed with well differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma with intermediate grade.

• 제3의학
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 1996

This study has surveyed the problems raised through the standardization process of differentiation system and searched its solution, reaching the following conclusion. 1. The most serious problem is, most frequently occurred, an wilful application of differentiation system or constitutive classification for disease. 2. To overcome this wilfulness, we must make a definite understanding of the origin and its applicative limit of the theory. 3. And it must be preceded for a correct and objective differentiation to standardize in all choice of the differential diagnostics and its applicative condition. 4. To establish such a corresponding diagnostic scheme, it must be generally agreed on an individuality and inevitability of the suitability to differentiation principles. 5. And, though we can make a prescription through the frequency, degree, and clarified cause of the symptom, its flexibility of application must not be necessarily, ignored. 6. As this study for standardizing the disharmony between liver and pancreas(肝脾不調) shows, accordingly, we must begin by scrutinizing and defining what the chief cause, head, and inevitable symtoms are and discern them from its affinities, making necessarily a great deal attention to minute feelings and degree about its individual symptoms. On the ground of these recognition, we must go further to establish a general standardization and try to get a specific study series.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.155-161
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• 2007

Pancreatic tumors in children are very rare but have a better prognosis compared with that in adult. Pediatric pancreatic tumors are more often benign and easier to resect. To evaluate the characteristics and prognosis, the records of 13 patients who underwent pancreatic resection, from June 1997 to May 2005, at Samsung Medical Center were reviewed. The mean follow up period was 48 months. The male to female ratio was 1: 1.6. Mean age was 10.3 years. Signs and symptoms included abdominal pain (7), abdominal palpable mass (5), jaundice (1), hypoglycemic (1), and non-specific GI symptoms (4). The commonly used diagnostic tools were CT and abdominal sonography. In addition, MRI, ERCP, EEG, and hormone test were also done when indicated. Surgical procedures included distal pancreatectomy (5), pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (4), tumor excision (3), and subtotal pancreatectomy (1). Locations of lesions in pancreas were head (4), tail (5), and body and tail (4). Postoperative complications developed in 3 cases; postoperative ileus (1), wound problem (1), and pancreatitis (1). The pathologic diagnosis included solid-pseudopapillary tumor (6), congenital simple cyst (1), pancreatic duplication cyst (1), serous oligocystic adenoma (1), mucinous cystadenocarcinoma (1), rhabdomyosarcoma (1), insulinoma (1), and pancreatoblastoma (1). Three cases received adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Overall survival rate was 81 %. One patient with a mucinous cystadenocarcinoma died. In this study, pancreatic tumors in children were resectable in all patients and had good survival. Surgery of pancreatic tumors should be regarded as the gold standard of treatment and a good prognosis can be anticipated in most cases of benign and malignant tumors.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.165-173
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• 2012

A 26 day experiment was conducted to determine the effects of feeding and starvation on the survival, morphology, and histology in chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) fry. We included three experimental groups: starved, fed, and initial. The survival and growth rates were lower in the starved group than in the fed group (P < 0.05). In the starved group, survival began to decline after 16 days, and all fish had died after 26 days. We determined the effects of starvation on the morphometric parameters using the truss and classical dimensions. The dimensions in the head region were larger in the starved group than in the initial and fed groups. In contrast, the truss dimensions of the fed group were larger than those of the initial and starved groups. Starvation reduced the heights of the hepatocyte nuclei and of the intestinal epithelium (P < 0.05). The starved group also showed atrophy of the digestive structures and shrinkage of the foregut and midgut. Starvation led to the degeneration and atrophy of the exocrine pancreas, in which the lumen was markedly diminished and the folds of mucosa were less apparent. The hepatocyte morphology in the starved group was abnormal compared with that of the initial and fed groups, with highly compact, irregularly shrunken nuclei. Melanomacrophages were randomly distributed in the kidneys of the starved group, and their abundance increased rapidly during the experiment. In contrast, neither the initial nor fed group had any melanomacrophages. These results suggest that the nutritional parameters used in this study are useful indices of nutritional status in chum salmon.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.226-229
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• 2009

저자들은 하지의 자반과 함께 발생한 복통, 혈변, 구토, 핍뇨 등을 주소로 내원한 7세 소아에서 급성 췌장염과 저혈량성 급성 신부전이 함께 동반된 Henoch-Sch$\"{o}$nlein 자반증으로 진단하고 치료한 증례를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고한다. 급성 췌장염은 Henoch-Schonlein 자반증 환자에서 매우 드문 합병증이지만 불필요한 개복술을 피하기 위하여 급성 복증의 다른 원인들과 반드시 감별 진단해야 한다.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.3-8
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• 2010

$^{11}C$-Acetate PET/CT는 간에 관련된 병변을 찾아내는데 있어 유용성이 있으며, 이에 대한 예민도는 87.3%에 이른다. 이에 반해 $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT의 예민도는 47.3%이며, $^{18}F$-FDG와 $^{11}C$-Acetate PET/CT 검사를 동시에 사용하는 경우 예민도는 100%로 보고된바 있다. 하지만 $^{11}C$-Acetate PET/CT검사에서 췌장, 비장의 정상섭취로 인해 $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT검사에 영향을 줄 수 있어 정확한 진단에 혼란을 야기시킬 수 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 두 방사성의약품의 사용으로 인하여 영상에 얼마나 영향을 주는지에 대해 당일 검사법과 양일 검사법 간의 비교 분석을 통해 유용성을 확인하는데 목적이 있다. 본 연구는 2007년 12월부터 2009년 7월까지 본원에서 간암 진단을 받고 PET/CT 검사를 시행한 환자 46명을 대상으로 하였다(남자 35명, 여자 11명, 평균연령: $54{\pm}10.6$세, 연령 범위: 29~69세). 검사에 이용된 장비는 Biograph TruePoint 40 PET/CT이며, 당일 검사법으로 검사한 21명에게는 $^{11}C$-Acetate PET/CT 검사를 먼저 시행하고 약 1시간 후에 곧바로 $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT 검사를 시행하였다. 양일 검사법으로 검사를 시행한 25명에게는 1일째 $^{11}C$-Acetate PET/CT검사를 시행하고, 2일째 $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT 검사를 시행하였다. 두 검사법 간의 $^{18}F$-FDG 영상에서 췌장과 비장에 동일한 관심영역을 설정하고 표준섭취계수를 측정하여 비교 평가하였다. 통계 분석은 SPSS Ver. 17을 사용하였으며, unpaired t-test를 통하여 두 검사법 간의 통계적 유의성을 확인하였다. 각각의 검사법으로 시행한 환자의 영상을 분석한 결과, 양일 검사법으로 검사를 시행한 환자의 췌장 부분의 표준섭취계수 평균${\pm}$표준편차는 두부 $1.62{\pm}0.32$ g/mL, 체부 $1.57{\pm}0.37$ g/mL, 미부 $1.49{\pm}0.33$ g/mL, 비장은 $1.53{\pm}0.28$ g/mL였다. 당일 검사법으로 검사를 시행한 환자의 췌장은 두부 $1.65{\pm}0.35$ g/mL, 체부 $1.58{\pm}0.27$ g/mL, 미부 $1.49{\pm}0.28$ g/mL, 비장은 $1.66{\pm}0.29$ g/mL로 나타났다. 당일 검사법과 양일 검사법 간의 췌장과 비장에서의 표준섭취계수는 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았으며 (p<0.05), PET/CT 영상분석에서도 위양성으로 오인할 수 있는 높은 섭취는 보이지 않았다. 본 연구를 통해서 하루 동안 $^{11}C$-Acetate와 $^{18}F$-FDG PET/CT 검사를 시행하여도 $^{18}F$-FDG 영상에서 $^{11}C$-Acetate의 영향으로 인해 표준섭취계수의 과대평가가 일어나지 않는다는 것을 알 수 있었고 이는 표준섭취계수의 측정값을 통해 통계적으로 유의성을 확인할 수 있었다. 앞으로 $^{11}C$-Acetate가 상용화될 경우 $^{18}F$-FDG와 당일 검사법을 이용하여 간질환의 진단에 있어 PET/CT 검사의 진단능을 향상시킬 수 있고 위 결과를 토대로 두 방사성의약품의 간섭영향 없이 하루에 검사를 완료할 수 있으며, 대기시간을 단축하여 환자의 만족도를 높일 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.1-9
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• 1981

Bone scans with $^{99m}Tc-MDP$ (methylene diphosphonate) were obtained and analysed in 574 patients with biopsy-proven malignancy, who visited Seoul National University Hospital from April, 1979 to June, 1931. Clinical staging was done in all patients without bone scan information and compared with bone scan to determine the predictive value of bone scanning. 1. Primary site of the maligancies were lung in 152, breast in 97, stomach in 43, colon in 15, esophagus in 9, liver and pancreas in 11, kidney in 14, bladder in 27, prostate in 22, thyroid in 20, skin in 11, bone in 9, head and neck in 36, ovary and uterus in 17, hematopoietic and lymphoretic ular system in 33, nervous system in 10, and others in 9 cases. Primary site was not defined in 39 cases. 2. Bone scans were positive in 186 cases (32.4%), which, included 48 cases (31.6%) of lung cancer, 27 cases (27.8%) of breast cancer, 12 cases(28%) of stomach cancer, 6 cases(40%) of colon cancer, 6 cases(43%) of kidney tumor, 4 cases(15%) of bladder cancer, 14 cases(64%) of prostate cancer, 3 cases(15%) of thyroid cancer and 66 other cases. 3. Bone scans were suspicious in 64 cases (11.2%) which included 29 cases (19.1%) of lung cancer, 10 cases (10.3%) of breast cancer, 4 cases (9.3%) of stomach cancer, one case (7%) of colon cancer, 3 cases(11%) of bladder cancer, 2 cases(10%) of thyroid cancer and 15 other cases. 4. Out of 121 cases with early stage of malignancy (which included 20 cases of lung cancer in stage I, II, 38 cases of breast cancer, 13 cases of stomach cancer, 8 cases of kidney tumor, 14 cases of thyroid cancer in stage $I{\sim}III$, and 6 cases of colon cancer, 14 cases of bladder cancer, 8 cases of prostate cancer in stage $A{\sim}C$, bone scans were positive in 5 cases (4.1%) which included 3 cases of lung cancer one case of breast cancer and one case of prostate cancer, and considered as further advanced stage. Out of 121 cases with early stage of malgnancy, bone scans were suspicious in 21 cases (17.4%) which inlcuded 9 cases of lung cancer, 4 cases of breast cancer, 2 cases of stomach cancer, one case of colon cancer, 3 cases of bladder cancer, and 2 cases of thyroid cancer. From these results, we concluded bone scan was useful in detecting bone metastasis in patients of early stage of malignancy, determining prognosis and establishing therapentic plan.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.1886-1893
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• 2021

Objective: To assess the feasibility of quantitatively assessing pancreatic steatosis using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and its correlation with obesity and metabolic risk factors in pediatric patients. Materials and Methods: Pediatric patients (≤ 18 years) who underwent liver fat quantification MRI between January 2016 and June 2019 were retrospectively included and divided into the obesity and control groups. Pancreatic proton density fat fraction (P-PDFF) was measured as the average value for three circular regions of interest (ROIs) drawn in the pancreatic head, body, and tail. Age, weight, laboratory results, and mean liver MRI values including liver PDFF (L-PDFF), stiffness on MR elastography, and T2^* values were assessed for their correlation with P-PDFF using linear regression analysis. The associations between P-PDFF and metabolic risk factors, including obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM), and dyslipidemia, were assessed using logistic regression analysis. Results: A total of 172 patients (male:female = 125:47; mean ± standard deviation [SD], 13.2 ± 3.1 years) were included. The mean P-PDFF was significantly higher in the obesity group than in the control group (mean ± SD, 4.2 ± 2.5% vs. 3.4 ± 2.4%; p = 0.037). L-PDFF and liver stiffness values showed no significant correlation with P-PDFF (p = 0.235 and p = 0.567, respectively). P-PDFF was significantly associated with obesity (odds ratio 1.146, 95% confidence interval 1.006-1.307, p = 0.041), but there was no significant association with hypertension, DM, and dyslipidemia. Conclusion: MRI can be used to quantitatively measure pancreatic steatosis in children. P-PDFF is significantly associated with obesity in pediatric patients.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2014

PET/MRI에서는 MRI의 진단적 가치를 높이기 위해 T1 조영제를 사용하고 있다. PET의 감쇠 보정을 위해 T1 시컨스 계열인 VIBE DIXON은 조영제에 직접적으로 영향을 미치지만, 실제 ${\mu}-map$과 감쇠 보정된 PET 영상에는 큰 변화가 없었다. 그러므로 PET/MRI 검사시 조영제 사용은 PET 데이터 얻기 전 후 언제든 사용할 수 있을 것이다.