• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1014-1018
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• 1995

To confirm diagnosis and to set proper therapeutic strategy, open lung biopsies were done in 57 patients who were suspected for diffuse interstitial lung disease from January 1985 to December 1994. Among them, 35 were male and 22 were female[M:F=l.6: 1 and mean age of the patients is 53.5$\pm$ 2.3[24-81 years. Tissue for histologic studies were obtained from left lung in 33, from right lung in 24according to the distributions of the pathology. Preoperative diagnostic work-up`s were chest X-ray, CT[HRCT scan, sputum study, bronchoscopy[BAL, TBLB and PTNA and all of them were unsuccessful to confirm diagnosis. In comparison of pulmonary function tests between preoperative and postoperative values, there were no significant differences in FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC[p 0.05 but in AaDO2[p[0.05 . Postoperative complications including atelectasis, wound infection, pulmonary edema and respiratory insnfficiency, were shown in 5 cases[8.8% , and two of them were died of respiratory failure and sepsis[mortality rate 3.5% . Pathologic diagnosis was confirmed in 53 cases postoperatively but it was undetermined in 4[diagnostic yield rate 93.0% . In comparison between preoperative clinical diagnosis and postoperative pathologic diagnosis, new diagnosis were made in 17 cases[29.8% and preoperative tentative diagnosis were confirmed histologically in 36 cases[63.2% . In 4 cases[7.0% , however, diagnoses were not confirmed after biopsies. Therapeutic plans were reset in 46 cases[80.7% in accordance with the final diagnosis.In conclusion, open lung biopsy is recommended for a specific diagnosis and proper therapeutic plan in diffuse interstitial lung diseases because of its high diagnostic yield Irate and it`s relatively low morbidity and mortality rate in these tompromised patents.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제77권4호
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• pp.184-187
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• 2014

Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) is a rare, recently classified entity that consists of pleural and subjacent parenchymal fibrosis predominantly in the upper lungs. In an official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement in 2013, this disease is introduced as a group of rare idiopathic interstitial pneumonias. We describe a case of a 76-year-old woman with cough and recurrent pneumothorax. She was admitted to our hospital with severe cough at first. High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) disclosed multifocal subpleural consolidations with reticular opacities in both lungs, primarily in the upper lobes, suggesting interstitial pneumonia. Rheumatoid lung was diagnosed initially through an elevated rheumatoid factor, HRCT and surgical biopsy at the right lower lobe. However, one month later, pneumothorax recurred. Surgical biopsy was performed at the right upper lobe at this time. The specimens revealed typical subpleural fibroelastosis. We report this as a first case of idiopathic PPFE in Korea after reviewing the symptoms, imaging and pathologic findings.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.65-74
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• 1999

연구배경: 간질성폐질환의 진단을 위해 개흉폐생검이 전통적으로 이용되어 왔으나, 수술적검사로 인한 합병증의 위험성이 크다. 최근 간질성폐질환의 진단에 있어서 고해상도 전산화단층촬영(HRCT)과 경기관지폐생검이 널리 이용되고 있으며, 비교적 안전하고 진단율 또한 높은 것으로 알려져있다. 이에 저자들은 간질성폐질환의 진단에 있어서 이들 검사방법들의 유용성을 비교하여보고자 하였다. 방 법: 1995년 5월부터 1998년 6 월까지 단국대학교부속병원에서 급성 및 만성 간질성폐질환의 진단을 위해 HRCT와 개흉폐생검을 시행한 19명의 환자들의 의무기록을 후향적으로 조사하여 이들 환자들의 임상소견, 기저질환, HRCT소견, 경기관지폐생검소견, 개흉폐생검소견, 개흉폐생검의 합병증, 개흉폐생검 후의 치료방법 등을 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 결 과: 대상 환자 중에서 증상의 시작에서 개흉폐생검까지의 기간이 2주 이상인 만성 간질성폐질환 환자는 13명(68.4%)이었으며, 2주 미만인 급성 간질성폐질환 환자는 6명(31.6%)이었다. 개흉폐생검으로 만성 간질성폐질환 환자중 92%(12/13)에서 특정진단이 가능하였고(Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia 5명, Constrictive bronchiolitis 2명, Usual interstitial pneumonia 3명, 과민성폐장염 1명, 호산구성폐장염 1명), 급성 간질성폐질환 환자들은 모두에서 특정진단이 가능하였다(급성 간질성폐렴 5명, 카리니 주폐포자충폐렴 l명). 개흉폐생검으로 특정진단이 가능하였던 12명의 만성 간질성폐질환 환자에서 HRCT의 첫 번째 가능한 진단명이 옳았던 경우는 50%(6/12)였다. 개흉폐생검 후 만성 간질성폐질환 환자의 62%(8/13)에서 특정 치료를 받았고(스테로이드치료 : 7명, 이사: 1명), 급성 간질성폐질환 환자들은 모두에서 특정 치료를 받았다(스테로이드치료 : 5명, 스테로이드와 항생제치료: 1명). 개흉폐생검 후 병원내 사망율은 5.3%(1/19)였다. 결 론: 간질성폐질환에서 HRCT와 경기관지폐생검에서 특정진단을 못 내릴 경우 개흉폐생검은 비교적 합병증이 적으면서 유용한 진단방법이며, 특히 급성 간질성폐질환에서는 치료에 많은 도움을 줄 수 있다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제66권2호
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• pp.122-126
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• 2009

조혈모세포이식 후 1년 이내에 발생하는 폐 합병증의 진단 및 분류는 확립되어 있으나, 수 년 이상 장기간 생존자에게서 발생하는 폐 합병증에 대해서는 잘 알려져 있지 않다. 저자들은 8년 전 동종 조혈모세포이식을 시행받고, 호흡곤란을 주소로 내원한 18세 여자 환자에서, 폐조직 생검을 통해 비분류성 간질성 폐렴을 진단하였으나, 스테로이드 치료에도 불구하고 급격한 악화를 보여 호흡부전으로 사망한 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제62권1호
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• pp.56-61
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• 2007

궤양성 대장염은 장내 염증으로 국한되지 않고 관절, 피부, 눈, 간 및 담도계 등의 다양한 장외 장기를 흔하게 침범하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 그러나, 궤양성 대장염에 폐질환이 동반되는 경우는 흔치 않고 특히 간질성 폐렴의 병발은 전세계적으로 매우 드물며, 국내에서 수술적 폐생검으로 확진된 비특이적 간질성 폐렴과 동반된 궤양성 대장염 환자는 현재까지 보고 된 바 없다. 저자들은 호흡기 증상 없이 우연히 흉부 방사선촬영의 이상소견으로 입원하여 수술적 폐생검으로 확진된 비특이적 간질성 폐렴과 동시에 활동성 궤양성 대장염을 진단받은 후, prednisolone (1mg/kg)과 함께 mesalazine 병용 치료를 시작해서 비특이적 간질성 폐렴과 궤양성 대장염 모두 호전중인 환자 1예를 경험하여 이를 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제24권9호
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• pp.903-906
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• 1991

Retrospective review of 26 patients undergoing open lung biopsy at the Yonsei University during 10 years period was conducted to evaluate open lung biopsy for DILD. From January 1980 to August 1990, open lung biopsy was performed in 26 patients through a limited thoracotomy incision[a limited anterior or a posterolateral thoracotomy]. Open lung biopsy was indicated for diffuse interstitial pulmonary diseases undiagnosed by indirect clinical and radiological diagnostic methods. The types of incision were limited anterior[11] and limited posterolateral[15]. Preoperative evaluation of the lung disease included sputum culture[26], sputum cytology [19], bronchoscopy[9] and TBLB[7]. In 23 patients the histologic appearances after open lung biopsy were sufficiently specific histologic pictures to confirm diagnosis. The results of the biopsies changed usual therapeutic plan in 17 patients among them. The complications were resp. insufficiency[3], pulmonary ed6ma[3], sepsis[2], and others[3] in 6 patients. Diagnosis from the open lung biopsy was included respiratory pneumonia[7], fibrosis[7], infection[5], malignancy[2], others[5]. 4 patients died of respiratory insufficiency. The causes of the other three death were not due to direct result of the biopsy itself. Open lung biopsy in the patient with a diffuse infiltrative lung disease is an one of the accurate diagnostic method and frequently leads to change of the therapeutic plans. So we conclude that open lung biopsy remains our diagnostic method of choice in diffuse infiltrative lung disease undetermined etiology.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제71권1호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2011

Background: Pulmonary emphysema (PE) is major cause of obstructive pulmonary function impairment (OPFI), which is diagnosed by spirometry. PE by high resolution CT is known to be correlated with OPFI. Recently, low dose CT (LDCT) has been increasingly used for screening interstitial lung diseases including PE. The aim of this study was to evaluate OPFI risks of subjects with PE detected by LDCT compared with those detected by simple digital radiography (SDR). Methods: LDCT and spirometry were administered to 266 inorganic dust exposed retired workers, from May 30, 2007 to August 31, 2008. This study was approved by our institutional review board and informed consent was obtained. OPFI risk was defined as less than 0.7 of forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC), and relative risk (RR) of OPFI of PE was calculated by multiple logistic regression analysis. Results: Of the 266 subjects, PE was found in 28 subjects (10.5%) by LDCT and in 11 subjects (4.1%) by SDR; agreement was relatively low (kappa value=0.32, p<0.001). FEV1 and FEV1/FVC were significantly different between PE and no PE groups determined by either SDR or LDCT. The differences between groups were larger when the groups were divided by the findings of SDR. When PE was present in either LDCT or SDR assays, the RRs of OPFI were 2.34 and 8.65, respectively. Conclusion: LDCT showed significantly higher sensitivity than SDR for detecting PE, especially low grade PE, in which pulmonary function is not affected. As a result, the OPFI risks in the PE group by LDCT was lower than that in the PE group by SDR.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제79권3호
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• pp.188-192
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• 2016

Antisynthetase syndrome has been recognized as an important cause of autoimmune inflammatory myopathy in a subset of patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis. It is associated with serum antibody to aminoacyl-transfer RNA synthetases and is characterized by a constellation of manifestations, including fever, myositis, interstitial lung disease, mechanic's hand-like cutaneous involvement, Raynaud phenomenon, and polyarthritis. Lung disease is the presenting feature in 50% of the cases. We report a case of a 60-year-old female with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which later proved to be an unexpected and initial manifestation of anti-Jo-1 antibody-positive antisynthetase syndrome. The present case showed resolution of ARDS after treatment with high-dose corticosteroids. Given that steroids are not greatly beneficial in the treatment of ARDS, it is likely that the improvement of the respiratory symptoms in this patient also resulted from the prompt suppression of the inflammatory systemic response by corticosteroids.

• 보험의학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.39-49
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• 2013

The textbook of insurance medicine is very bulky volume and it's revision time may be long. Nowadays medical knowledge and evidences are developing rapidly. It is necessary to revise current insurance risk of certain disease. Review of respiratory diseases in terms of insurance medicine may be valuable information for insurance doctors and life underwriters. Newly estimated mortality ratio and excess death rate of several respiratory diseases in this review are organizing pneumonia, 266%/44‰; multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, 1200%/110‰; idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, 869%/85‰; VATS lobectomy of stage I lung cancer, 550%/33‰; lymphangioleiomyomatosis 9826%/66‰; lung transplantation 2026%/92‰, respectively.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제62권2호
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• pp.144-148
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• 2007

저자 등은 gefitinib 투약 중 발생한 급성호흡곤란으로 사망한 2 예를 경험하였기에 이를 보고하는 바이다.