• Journal of Korean Medical Science
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• 제33권51호
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• pp.329.1-329.9
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• 2018

Background: Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is routinely performed to identify brain lesions in girls with central precocious puberty (CPP). We aimed to investigate the prevalence and type of brain lesions among Korean girls with CPP and evaluate the need for routine brain MRI examinations. Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study evaluated data on 3,528 girls diagnosed with CPP from April 2003 to December 2016, and identified 317 girls who underwent sellar MRI. Exclusion criteria were patients with a known brain tumor or who did not undergo brain MRI due to refusal or the decision of the pediatric endocrinologist. Results: Normal sellar MRI findings were observed in 291 of the 317 girls (91.8%). Incidental findings were observed in 26 girls (8.2%). None of the patients had pathological brain lesions. Conclusion: The prevalence of intracranial lesions among girls who were generally healthy and without neurological symptoms but diagnosed with CPP was lower than that previously reported. Furthermore, none of the identified lesions required treatment. It may be prudent to reconsider the routine use of brain MRI to screen all patients with CPP, especially if they are healthy and neurologically asymptomatic, and are girls aged 6-8 years.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제63권1호
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• pp.119-135
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• 2020

Objective : To investigate the epidemiology of newly-diagnosed, histologically-confirmed (NDHC) central nervous system (CNS) tumours and its changes over a 21-year period in a regional hospital in Hong Kong. Methods : This is a single-institute retrospective descriptive study of patients undergoing surgery for CNS tumours in a regional hospital of Hong Kong in the period from January 1996 to December 2016. The histological definition of CNS tumours was according to the World Health Organization classification, while the site definition for case ascertainment of CNS tumours was as set out by the Central Brain Tumour Registry of the United States. Patients of any age, who had NDHC CNS tumours, either primary or secondary, were included. The following parameters of the patients were retrieved : age at diagnosis, gender, tumour location, and histological diagnosis. Population data were obtained from sources provided by the Government of Hong Kong. The incident rate, estimated by the annual number of cases per 100000 population, for each histology grouping was calculated. Statistical analyses, both including and excluding brain metastases, were performed. Statistical analysis was performed with Microsoft Excel, 2016 (Microsoft, Redmond, WA, USA). Results : Among the 2134 cases of NDHC CNS tumours, there were 1936 cases of intracranial tumours and 198 cases of spinal tumours. The annual number of cases per 100000 population of combined primary intracranial and spinal CNS tumours was 3.6 in 1996, and 11.1 in 2016. Comparing the 5-year average annual number of cases per 100000 population of primary CNS tumours from the period 1996-2000 to 2011-2015, there was an 88% increase, which represent an increase in the absolute number of cases by 4.52 cases/100000 population. This increase was mainly contributed by benign histologies. In the aforementioned periods, meningiomas increased by 1.45 cases/100000 population; schwannomas by 1.05 cases/100000 population, and pituitary adenomas by 0.91 cases/100000 population. While gliomas had a fluctuating 5-year average annual number of cases per 100000 population, it only had an absolute increase of 0.51 cases/100000 population between the 2 periods, which was mainly accounted for by the change in glioblastomas. Conclusion : This retrospective study of CNS tumour epidemiology revealed increasing trends in the incidences of several common CNS tumour histologies in Hong Kong, which agrees with the findings in large-scale studies in Korea and the United States. It is important for different geographic locations to establish their own CNS tumour registry with well-defined and structured data collection and analysis system to meet the international standards.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.287-297
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• 1984

The normal intracranial structures are relatively resistant to therapeutic radiation, but may react adversely in a variety of ways, and the damage to nerve tissue may be slow in making its appearance, and once damage has occured the patient recovers slowly and incompletly. Therefore, it is important to consider the possibility of either recurrent tumor or late adverse effect in any patient who has had radiotherapy. The determination o( rnorphological/pathological correlation is very important to the therapeutic radiologist who uses CT scans to define a treatment volume, as well as to the clinician who wishes to explain the patient's clinical state in terms of regress, progression, persistence, or recurrence of tumor or radiation-induced edema or necrosis, The authors are obtained as following results ; 1. The field size(whole CNS, large, intermediate, small field) was variable according to the location and extension of tumor and histopathologic diagnosis, and the tatal tumor dose was 4,000 to 6,000 rads except one of recurred case of 9,100 rads. The duration of follow up CT scan was from 3 months to 5 year 10 months. 2, The histopathologic diagnosis of 9cases were glioblastoma multiforme(3 cases), pineal tumor (3), oligodendroglioma (1), cystic astrocytoma (1), pituitary adenoma (1) and their adverse effects after radiation therapy were brain atrophy (4 cases) , radiation necrosis(2), tumor recurrence with or without calcification (2), radiation·induced infarction (1). 3. The recurrent symptoms after radiation therapy of brain tumor were not always the results of regrowth of neoplasm, but may represent late change of irradiated brain. 4. It must be need that we always consider the accurate treatment planning and proper treatment method to reduce undesirable late adverse effects in treatment of brain tumors.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.668-672
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• 2005

10년령의 잡종견이 2개월 전부터 지속적인 기침, 혈액성 비루 및 개구호홉을 주증으로 내원하였으며 혈액검사, 두부 X-ray촬영 및 두부 MRI촬영을 실시한 결과 빈혈소견과 함께 MRI 촬영에서 두개내강으로 파급되지 않은 비강종양으로 추정되는 큰 mass가 비강쪽에서 발견되었다. 그러나 축주의 요청에 의해 이틀 후 안락사하여 부검 후, 병리조직 검사를 실시한 결과 비강 선편평세포암종임을 확인하였다. 본 증례를 통하여 비강종양과 같이 두경부 병변에 있어서 자기공명영상진단법(MRI)은 고전적 방사선학적 검사법에 비교하여 종괴의 침습성과 파급정도를 정확히 평가함으로써 치료방향의 설정과 그 예후를 평가함에 있어 뛰어난 검사법임을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.188-196
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• 2008

목적: 이 연구의 목적은 소아 수막종의 임상적, 영상의학적, 그리고 병리학적 특징을 기술함에 있다. 대상 및 방법: 병리학적으로 진단된 수막종을 가진 16예의 소아환자를 대상으로 임상기록과 자기공명영상을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 평균연령은 14세 (3-18세)였다. 자기공명영상은 병변의 크기, 신호강도, 경계부의 특징, 내부 구조, 조영증강, 그리고 경막과 뇌실질의 변화를 검토하였고 다른 영상 방법 및 병리소견을 함께 분석하였다. 결과: 종양의 평균 크기는 5.24 cm (1.3-18.1 cm)였으며 12예는 천막상부에 4예는 천막하부에 위치하였다. T2 강조 영상에서 높은 신호강도를 보이는 종양이 9예 있었고 4예에서 동신호강도를, 3예에서 낮은 신호강도를 보였다. T1 강조 영상에서는 낮은 신호강도 11예, 동신호강도 4예, 그리고 높은 신호강도 1예가 있었다. 모든 종양의 경계가 좋았고 조영증강을 보였다. 5예에서 종양은 균질한 양상을 보였으며 나머지에는 낭종이나 괴사에 의해 비균질한 양상을 보였다. 경막 부착 소견이 11예에서, 뇌실질 부종이 10예에서 동반되었다. 컴퓨터 단층촬영 소견은 6예에서 밝은 음영을 보였으며 5예에서 석회화를 동반하였다. 혈관 조영술 상 3예는 내경동맥에서, 4예는 외경동맥으로부터 혈액 공급이 이루어졌다. 병리검사결과 종양의 아형은 이행성 (4예), 수막세포성 (4예), 척삭성 (2예), 섬유성 (2예), 투명세포성 (1예), 유리질화성 (1예), 횡문근양 유두모양 (1예), 그리고 비정형(1예) 수막종으로 진단되었다. 결론: 소아의 수막종은 주로 10대에 발생하며 다양한 병리학적 아형을 보일뿐만 아니라 비정형적인 영상 소견으로 인해 축내 종양으로 오인될 수 있다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제64권2호
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• pp.271-281
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• 2021

Objective : Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are approved for treating non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC); however, the safety and efficacy of combined ICI and Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKS) treatment remain undefined. In this study, we retrospectively analyzed patients treated with ICIs with or without GKS at our institute to manage patients with brain metastases from NSCLC. Methods : We retrospectively reviewed medical records of patients with brain metastases from NSCLC treated with ICIs between January 2015 and December 2017. Of 134 patients, 77 were assessable for brain responses and categorized into three groups as follows : group A, ICI alone (n=26); group B, ICI with concurrent GKS within 14 days (n=24); and group C, ICI with non-concurrent GKS (n=27). Results : The median follow-up duration after brain metastasis diagnosis was 19.1 months (range, 1-77). At the last follow-up, 53 patients (68.8%) died, 20 were alive, and four were lost to follow-up. The estimated median overall survival (OS) of all patients from the date of brain metastasis diagnosis was 20.0 months (95% confidence interval, 12.5-27.7) (10.0, 22.5, and 42.1 months in groups A, B, and C, respectively). The OS was shorter in group A than in group C (p=0.001). The intracranial disease progression-free survival (p=0.569), local progression-free survival (p=0.457), and complication rates did not significantly differ among the groups. Twelve patients showed leptomeningeal seeding (LMS) during follow-up. The 1-year LMS-free rate in treated with ICI alone group (69.1%) was significantly lower than that in treated with GKS before ICI treatment or within 14 days group (93.2%) (p=0.004). Conclusion : GKS with ICI showed no favorable OS outcome in treating brain metastasis from NSCLC. However, GKS with ICI did not increase the risk of complications. Furthermore, compared with ICI alone, GKS with ICI may be associated with a reduced incidence of LMS. Further understanding of the mechanism, which remains unknown, may help improve the quality of life of patients with brain metastasis.