• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.22-27
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• 2024

A 74-year-old female presented with a complaint of dry mouth, continuous spontaneous burning sensation in the tongue, and asymptomatic submucosal soft tissue mass on both sides of the lower labial mucosa. She refused to undergo total excision of the mass due to concern about the possibility of complications such as nerve damage because of the large size of the mass. As her clinical features and magnetic resonance imaging indicated the possibility of Sjögren's syndrome, a biopsy of the minor salivary gland of the right lower lip was performed. Consequently, she was diagnosed with mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. Although the patient had typical signs and symptoms of Sjögren's syndrome, the histopathological result of MALT lymphoma made it impossible to determine whether the patient had a history of Sjögren's syndrome. For patients with risk factors for MALT lymphoma, such as Sjögren's syndrome, a biopsy of the labial minor salivary gland with immunohistochemical staining can be helpful in the diagnosis of not only Sjögren's syndrome but also MALT lymphoma.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.4491-4501
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• 2016

Verruco-papillary lesions (VPLs) of the oral cavity described in the literature involve a spectrum of conditions including squamous papilloma, verruca vulgaris, focal epithelial hyperplasia, condyloma, proliferative verrucous leukoplakia and verrucous carcinoma. A majority of the VPLs are slow growing, benign in nature and have a viral aetiology. Virus associated benign mucosal outgrowths are not too difficult to diagnose either clinically or by microscopy. Apart from virus-associated lesions, VPLs harboring malignant potential or behaviour such as verrucous carcinoma, proliferative verrucous leukoplakia, oral verrucous hyperplasia (OVH), oral papillary squamous cell carcinoma (PSCC) and oral conventional squamous cell carcinoma with papillary features (CSCC) need to be further clarified for better understanding of their predictable biologic behavior and appropriate treatment. Current understanding of potentially malignant VPLs is perplexing and is primarily attributed to the use of confusing and unsatisfactory terminology. In particular, the condition referred to as oral verrucous hyperplasia (OVH) poses a major diagnostic challenge. OVH represents a histopathological entity whose clinical features are not well recognised and is usually clinically indistinguishable from a verrucous carcinoma and a PSCC or a CSCC. A consensus report published by an expert working group from South Asia as an outcome of the 'First Asian Regional Meeting on the Terminology and Criteria for Verruco-papillary Lesions of the Oral Cavity' held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, recognised the clinical description of these OVH as a new entity named 'Exophytic Verrucous Hyperplasia'. Previously described clinical features of OVH such as the 'blunt' or 'sharp' variants; and the 'mass' or 'plaque' variants can now collectively fall under this newly described entity. This paper discusses in detail the application of the standardized criteria guidelines of 'Exophytic Verrucous Hyperplasia' as published by the expert group which will enable clinicians and pathologists to uniformly interpret their pool of OVH cases and facilitate a better understanding of OVH malignant potential.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.307-318
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• 1989

In recent years much attention has been paid to swine respiratory infection caused by Pasteurella(P) multocida with rapid expansion of pork Industry in Korea. The present study was performed to observe the etiologic situation of P. multocida infection by bacteriological, serological(serotyping) and pathological examinations with the lungs respectively. In addition antibiotic susceptibility test was carried out against the isolated strains of P. multocida. The results obtained are as follows : 1. Eighteen strains(12.8％) wert isolated from the 140 cases of swine lungs examined, and biological and biochemical characteristics of the isolates were the sam as those in the references of other workers, whereas some differences were observed in sugar fermentation and enzyme activity according to the strain of isolates. 2. Capsular serotyping performed on 18 P. multocida revealed that 13 strains(72.2％) were A type and 5 strains(27.8％) were D type, respectively. 3. When serotyping was performed against somatic antigen on 18 strains capsular types of which were identified as described above 9(50％), 3(16.7％) and 4(22.2％) strains belong to 1:A, 3:A and 2:D, respectively, but untypable 2 strains(11.1％) were observed. 4. Antibiotic susceptibility test by employing disc method for 24 kinds of drugs revealed that 15 kinds of antibiotics were sensitive to 18 strains of P. multocida isolated such as ampicillin(l00％), penicillin(100％), cloxacillin(56％), piperacillin(70％), cefotaxime(30%), minocycline(60％), chloramphenicol(95％), erythromycin(39％), kanamycin(17％), gentamicin(70%), amikasin(30%), colistin(78％) and nalidixic acid(5％), respectively, but resistant to 9 kinds of antibiotics such as sulpenicillin, cefazolin, cephalothin, cefametazol, cefoperazone, kitasamycin, oleandomycin. lincomycin and bacitracin. 5. Pathological features of 60 cases of swine lungs indicated that pneumonic .lesions were observed in 38 cases(63.3％) examined by macroscopic finding, in which lesions of 8 cases(13.4％) would correspond to those of mycoplasmal infection, and 30 cases(50％) were similar to viral infection by histopathological finding, whereas 22 cases(36.7％) were considered to be normal by ecropsy or histopathological finding.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.186-189
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• 2010

14년 령의 암컷 치와와견이 발작증세 및 좌측으로의 선회운동 증상을 보여 내원하였다. 신경검사결과 좌측 대뇌 병변이 의심되어 자기공명영상 촬영을 실시하여 좌측 비강에서 좌측 대뇌로 파급된 병변을 확인하였다. 영상 분석 상에서 비강 내에서 유래된 2차적인 뇌종양이 강력하게 의심되었다. 환자의 증상은 프레드니솔론과 로무스틴의 혼합치료 후 상당히 개선되었고 진단 후 2개월간 생존하였다. 조직 검사 결과 비강에서 유래한 신경내분비암종으로 확진되었다. 본 증례보고는 개에서 발생한 비강유래 신경내분비암종의 침윤에 의한 2차적인 뇌종양의 임상적인 특징, 영상 진단 결과, 그리고 조직학적인 특성을 잘 보여주고 있다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권16호
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• pp.6639-6641
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• 2014

Background: To evaluate the clinical significance of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) in PAP test in post-menopausal women and compare with reproductive age women. Materials and Methods: A total of 367 patients who referred to our gynecologic oncology clinic were included to the study between September 2012 and August 2013. Data for 164 post-menopausal (group 1) and 203 pre-menopausal (group 2) women with ASCUS cytology were evaluated retrospectively. Immediate colposcopy and endocervical curettage was performed for both groups and conization for all women with a result suggestive of CIN2-3. Histopathological results and demographic features of patients were compared between the two groups. Results: Mean age of the patients was $54.6{\pm}6.5$ years in group 1 and $38{\pm}6.6$ years in group 2. Some 14 (8.5%) of post-menopausal women and 36 (17.7%) of pre-menopausal women were current smokers (p=011). Totals of 38 (23.2%) post-menopausal and 64 (31.5%) pre-menopausal women were assessed for HPV-DNA. High risk HPV was detected in 7 (4.3%) and 21 (10.3%), respectively (p=0.029). Final histopathological results recorded were normal cervix, low grade cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia (CIN 1), and high grade cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia (CIN2-3). In group 1 results were 84.8%, 12.2% and 1.8%, respectively, and in group 2 were 71.9%, 23.2% and 4.9%. There were no cases of micro invasive or invasive cervical carcinoma in either group. Two cases were detected as endometrial carcinoma in the menopausal group (1.2%). Conclusions: In current study we found that preinvasive lesions were statistically significantly higher in pre-menopausal women than post-menopausal women with ASCUS. Cervicitis was more common in menopausal women. Therefore, we think that in case of ASCUS in a post-menopausal woman there is no need for radical management.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.199-204
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• 2005

51예의 구강 백반증과 149예의 편평태선의 임상적 발현 양상을 비교 분석하고 병리조직 소견에 따른 환자 예후를 추적하여 임상적 병리조직학적 차이점을 고찰하였다. 분석 결과, 연령 분포와 성별, 임상적 특징, 환자의 임상 증상, 상피 이형성 빈도, 임상 추적 관찰 결과 재발 여부 등에 있어 차이를 나타냈다. 구강 백반증과 편평태선의 임상적인 감별점은 구강백반증의 경우 각화증을 유발한 원인, 즉 협점막과 혀의 측면부위에 가해질 수 있는 만성적 자극, 흡연 등의 원인을 제거했을 때 소실되는지의 여부, 편평태선의 경우 전형적으로 양측성 발생과 다발성 병소, 통증이나 압통, 불쾌감과 작열감 등의 증상, 동반되는 피부 병소 등을 들 수 있다. 임상 진단에서 확진을 하지 못하는 경우는 조직 생검을 통하여 최종 진단을 내릴 수 있다.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.159-164
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• 1992

어류의 피부는 각종 환경성 저해인자에 대한 최외측 방어장벽으로써, 어체내의 생리적인 기능을 유지하는 데 중요한 역할을 담당하기 때문에, 피부의 상태는 각종 질병에서 매우 중요하다 하겠다. 어류는 형태학적으로나 생리학적으로 수중의 환경에 적응되어 있기 때문에, 육상 포유동물과는 또다른 다수의 어류 특이의 조직학적 소견을 갖고 있다. 그러므로, 피부에서 일어나는 병리조직학적인 소견에 대한 보다 정확한 해석을 가하기 위하여는 이러한 조직학적 특성을 잘 이해해 둘 필요성이 있다. 정상 환경하의 어류피부는 육상 고등동물에 비하여 한계적 장벽으로써 그 생리학적 요구에 보다 미묘히 적응되어 있다. 그러나, 이러한 피부의 적응상은 오히려 인공적인 사육시설이나, 수질의 오염등에 의하여 더욱 피부의 항상성은 쉽게 파괴될 수 있다. 피부색조의 변화, 궤양등과 같은 소견은 임상적으로 빈번히 접하게 되지만, 이와 같은 가시적 병변이 유도되기 까지는 다양한 생리학적 또는 병리학적 반응이, 피부의 각층에서 일어날 수 있다. 지금까지, 경골어류의 피부에 대한 조직학적 정보를 기술한 참고서는 그 수에 있어 빈약할 뿐 아니라, 정보의 체력적 정리가 부족하다. 게다가, 병리조직학적 기술도 체계적인 실험적 연구에 의하기 보다는 임상 병리학적인 소견에 근거 기술하고 있는 것이 대부분이다. 그러므로, 여기에서는, 새로운 조직학적 정보를 기술하기 보다는, 지금까지 정설화된 피부에 대한 조직학적 및 병리조직학적 소견의 일반을 모아 정리하고자 하였다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2014

Purpose: This study was designed for identification of the main clinicopathological features of cysts in the oral and maxillofacial regions. Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted on 164 patients who had been diagnosed with cyst of the jaw, from the database of 168 histopathological diagnoses at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Busan Paik Hospital at Inje University, from January 2009 to December 2011. The subjects were treated and the following variables were recorded: gender, age, clinical signs and symptoms, histopathological distribution, treatment methods, and complications. A descriptive analysis of the study variables was performed using a chi-square test. Results: Among the 164 patients, there were more male than female patients (male-female ratio: 1.7:1). The most predominant ages were the 20s and 40s. Among the classes of pathological cysts, radicular cysts and dentigerous cysts were the most common, with incidences of 56.0% and 35.1%. Thirty-six percent of the patients had no symptoms; and of those who had symptoms, the main signs and symptoms were swelling (24.4%) and pain (17.1%). The most frequent management method was the combination operation, such as enucleation with or without extraction and apicoectomy of the causative teeth. Of the 164 patients, 13 had complications; and one patient who had been treated with enucleation with apicoectomy had a recurrent cyst. Conclusion: Using a chi-square test, no significant differences in prevalence were observed in relation to gender according to age. Comparative analysis of radicular and dentigerous cysts showed a significant difference in their prevalence according to their anatomical location, however, no significant differences in were observed in their incidence rates according to age.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.508-510
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• 2015

7살의 중성화된 수컷 보스턴테리어 개가 호흡곤란과 편측성 목부위 혹으로 내원하였다. 신체검사에서 왼쪽 아래턱밑 부위의 혹이 촉진되었다. 컴퓨터단층촬영 검사 결과 이 혹은 왼쪽 혀정맥 유래의 종양으로 의심되었다. 보호자의 거부로 치료가 진행되지 못했으며 내원 10일 후 호흡부전으로 폐사하였다. 부검에서 경계가 분명한 혹이 왼쪽 후두부위에서 확인되었으며 병리조직학적, 면역조직화학적 검사가 시행되었다. 컴퓨터단층촬영, 병리조직학적, 면역조직화학적 검사를 토대로 왼쪽 혀정맥에서 유래한 목부위 곁신경절종으로 최종진단되었다. 본 증례보고는 개에서 발생한 혀정맥 유래 목부위 곁신경절종의 임상적, 컴퓨터단층촬영, 병리조직학적 및 면역조직화학적 특징들을 잘 나타내고 있다.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.167-176
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• 2022

We injected infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV) to pacific whiteleg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, and observed closely with using light microscope and transmission electron microscope (TEM) for 4-8 days post infection (dpi). As clinical signs, abdominal bodies had mild opaque muscles at 5 dpi. And the mortality was shown at 6 dpi. At 8 dpi, most injected shrimps had severe opaque muscles and humped back that cause of movement disorder. As results of histopathological examinations, local parts of abdominal body muscle had muscle fiber hyalinization, muscle fiber atrophy, rounded muscle fibers, myofibrillar hypertrophy in size, a decrease in number of myofibrils and phagocytosis from the sarcolemmas by multiple hemocytes at 4 dpi. Especially, myofibrillar hypertrophy appeared at the whole or random part of single muscle fiber not in specific locations like the center or edge of muscle fiber. At 6-7 dpi, multiple muscle necrosis, muscle fiber segmentation, myofibril lysis ap- peared and a few hemocytes were infiltrated at lesions. At 8 dpi, extensive muscle necrosis, multiple myofibril lysis and muscle fiber atrophy were shown, and very few hemocytes were infiltrated. In early stage of infection, local viral myositis with zenker's degeneration were shown. These lesions appeared multiply after the early stage. In late stage of infection, extensive coagulative muscle necrosis appeared with few of inflammatory response such as hemocytes infiltration. The lack of hemocytes infiltration response at the late stage might be disadvantage for Litopenaeus vannamei to defense against IMNV and to recover, because hematocytes (granulocyte, semi-granulocyte) eliminate pathogen and damaged tissues from infection sites and help recover. As results of the TEM observation, IMNVs that had nonenveloped icosahedral capsid which was 30-40 nm diameter were in myofibril and beside tubules of sarcoplasmic reticulum and moved to the certain direction. The micro-tears and micro-trau- mas in myofibrils caused muscle fiber necrosis. And semi-granulocytes engulfed IMNVs to eliminate virus.