• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.597-602
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• 2001

A 47-years-old woman presented with a 2-month history of a dry mouth and dry cough. The patient had been taking medication for Sj$\ddot{o}$gren's syndrome for approximately 7 years. The chest radiography showed multiple cystic lesions and a hazy density in both lower lung fields. The HRCT showed a diffuse ground glass like appearance and multiple variable sized cystic lesions in both lung fields. After medication, the symptoms were aggravated. Bronchoscopy was preformed with a transbronchial lung biopsy. The biopsies showed an infiltration of lymphocytes, neutrophils, monocytes and histiocytes through the interstitial space of the alveola and a widening of the alveolar septa. However, the histological findings of the cysts were not obtained. Sj$\ddot{o}$gren's syndrome is a slowly progressive inflammatory autoimmune disease, which is characterized by lymphocyte mediated destruction of the exocrine glands, with pulmonary involvement in approximately 19-65%, High-resolution CT is a sensitive technique for assessing the pulmonary involvement in patients with Sj$\ddot{o}$gren's syndrome. Although a lung biopsy is not always necessary for establishing a diagnosis of an interstitial lung disease in Sj$\ddot{o}$gren's syndrome. A lung biopsy may reveal a wide spectrum of changes ranging from a mild inflammatory response to end stage fibrosis with honeycombing. Because of the predominantly peribronchiolar inflammatory infiltration and inspissated secretions the cysts were suspected to have been formed by the ball-valve phenomen. However, no definite evidence was obtained.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.36.1-36.9
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• 2020

Since lung cancer is a major causative for cancer-related deaths, the investigations for discovering biomarkers to diagnose at an early stage and to apply therapeutic strategies have been continuously conducted. Recently, long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs) are being exponentially studied as promising biomarkers of lung cancer. Moreover, supportive evidence provides the competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network between lncRNAs and miRNAs participating in lung tumorigenesis. This review introduced the oncogenic or tumor-suppressive roles of lncRNAs and miRNAs in lung cancer cells and summarized the involvement of the lncRNA/miRNA ceRNA networks in carcinogenesis and therapeutic resistance of lung cancer.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제81권4호
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• pp.339-346
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• 2018

Background: Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a standard procedure to evaluate suspicious lymph node involvement of lung cancer because computed tomography (CT) and $^{18}F$-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-CT (PET-CT) have limitations in their sensitivity and specificity. There are a number of benign causes of false positive lymph node such as anthracosis or anthracofibrosis, pneumoconiosis, old or active tuberculosis, interstitial lung disease, and other infectious conditions including pneumonia. The purpose of this study was to evaluate possible causes of false positive lymph node detected in chest CT or PET-CT. Methods: Two hundred forty-seven patients who were initially diagnosed with lung cancer between May 2009 and December 2012, and underwent EBUS-TBNA to confirm suspicious lymph node involvement by chest CT or PET-CT were analyzed for the study. Results: Of 247 cases, EBUS-TBNA confirmed malignancy in at least one lymph node in 189. The remaining 58 patients whose EBUS-TBNA results were negative were analyzed. Age ${\geq}65$, squamous cell carcinoma as the histologic type, and pneumoconiosis were related with false-positive lymph node involvement on imaging studies such as chest CT and PET-CT. Conclusion: These findings suggest that lung cancer staging should be done more carefully when a patient has clinically benign lymph node characteristics including older age, squamous cell carcinoma, and benign lung conditions.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.101-106
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• 1971

Forty-seven cases of bronchiectasis were admitted in this department, of which 38 cases were reviewed. Pulmonary tuberculosis was the most frequent associated disease and encountered in 42% in this series. Preoperative bronchogram performed in 38 cases revealed left lung involvement in 21 cases,right lung in 14 cases, both lungs in 3 cases, and multilobar involvement in 10 cases. Various types of pulmonary resection were performed on 32 patients. Complication developed in 3 cases [9.4%]. One patient died of intraoperative hypoxia on the second post-operative day. Second case was Complicated with hydrothorax, and third case was with hemothorax. In 81% of this series, the result was satisfactory and 3 cases [10%] showed slight improvement of symptoms, and 2 cases show no improvement. The mortality rate was 3 percent(1case).

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.1140-1145
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• 1997

저자들은 2년전 궤양성 대장염으로 진단 받고 Sulfasalazine, Mesalamine등을 투약 해 오던 중 호흡곤란을 주소로 내원한 환자에서 임상양상및 방사선학적 소견, 경기관지 폐조직 생검소견등을 실시하여 궤양성 대장염으로 진단하고 스테로이드 제재등을 정하였으나 호흡부전으로 사망한 증례를 경험 하였기에 이를 문헌고찰과 함께 보고 하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제34권12호
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• pp.924-929
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• 2001

배경 : 흉벽을 침습한 비소세포암의 외과적 절제후의 장기 생존율에는 현재까지 림프절 전이, 완전 절제, 흉벽침습 깊이 등이 관여한다고 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 완전절제후의 예후에 관련된 요소들에 대해 알아보고자 한다. 대상 및 방법 : 1988년부터 1998년까지 원발성 비소세포암으로 수술을 받은 680명중, 벽측늑막과 흉벽을 침범한 경우에 완전절제를 실시한 55예(8.0%)에 대해 후향적 방법을 통해 분석하였다. 결과 : 29예(47.3%)에서 총괄절제를 시행하고 26예(52.7%)에서 늑막외절제를 실시하였다. 늑막외절제를 시행한 모든 예에서 침습정도는 벽측늑막에 국한되어 있었고, 총괄절제군에서는 9예(31.0%)에서 벽측늑막에 나머지 20예(69.0%)에서는 흉벽에의 침습이 병리학적으로 판명되었다. 수술사망은 3명에서 발생해 5.4%였으며, 추적은 100%에서 가능하였다. 전체환자군의 5년 생존율은 26%였으며, T3N0M0군의 생존율이 29%로 T3N2M0군의 18% 보다 높기는 하나 통계학적인 유의성은 없었다.(p=0.35) 흉벽침습 깊이정도에 따른 생존율은 림프절 전이의 유무에 관련없이 유의한 차이가 없었다.(p=0.99) 결론 : 흉벽을 침습한 T3 비소세포암에 대해 완전절제를 실시해 만족할 만한 생존율을 보였다. 림프절 전이 여부는 완전절제후의 생존율에 관여하는 바가 크나, 침습 깊이는 관여하는 정도가 덜하다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.94-100
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• 1984

The purpose of present study is to investigate the significance of preoperative evaluation with perfusion lung scintigraphy in patients with lung cancer. Lung scans with the use of macroaggregated human serum albumin labeled with technetlum-99m were carried out in 35 patients with lung cancer before thoracotomy at Seoul National University Hospital during the period from November 1981 to September 1983. The relationship between size of the perfusion defect as seen by perfusion lung scan and size of the mass lesion as seen radiologically was correlated with the presence of regional adenopathy and resectability. Among patients with a larger perfusion defect than mass lesion on chest X-ray film.86% were found to have regional lymph node involvement with 29% resectability, whereas among patients in whom a larger defect was not present only 14% had such extension of the disease with 93% resectability. The relative pulmonary arterial perfusion of affected lung was calculated from the counts of radioactivity recorded from affected lung on both anterior and posterior scans expressed as a percentage of the total counts in the scan. The mean relative pulmonary arterial perfusion of the inoperable group [34\ulcorner%] is significantly different from both that of the pneumonectomy group [39\ulcorner%] and that of the lobectomy group [48\ulcorner%].(p<0.01)

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권10호
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• pp.850-853
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• 1994

Open lung biopsy was performed in thirty patients for the diagnosis and staging evaluation of interstitial lung disease during the period from January 1987 until December 1992. The age of the patients ranged from 14 to 71 years [mean 48 years], and the patients consisted of 14 males and 16 females. Preoperative FEV1`s were from 0.80 liter to 3.88 liters [mean 1.66]. Other non-invasive diagnostic studies such as PCNA, bronchoalveolar lavage, TBLB, and gallium scan were also done in addition to X-ray and high-resolution chest CT. Tweaty-eight were correctly diagnosed and 2 cases were not [diagnostic yield rate 93.3%]. Among the 28 cases,pathologic diagnosis influenced further treatment regimens and prognostic expectations in 23 cases [82.1%]. The diagnostic non-invasive studies other than open lung biopsy yielded a correct diagnosis without staging only in 5 cases. There was no mortality and only one complication, ARDS ; however, the patient recovered after 5 days ventilator support. Open lung biopsy, which is the gold standard for the diagnosis and staging evaluation of interstitial lung disease can be done safely and has value in clinical decision making. Also knowledge of the involvement of the lesion is important for proper selection of the biopsy site.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.157-162
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• 2002

Background and Objectives: Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a unique tumor characterized by frequent and delayed distant metastasis (DM) with uncommon regional lymph node metastasis. We evaluated the factors affecting DM of ACC and survival after appearance of DM. Materials and Methods: Medical records, radiographs and pathologic slides were reviewed for 94 patients from 1979 through 2001. Results: DM of ACC occurred in 46 patients, and developed more frequently in patients with tumors of the solid histologic subtype than in patients with tubular or cribriform subtypes. DM occurred less frequently in the sinonasal tract, and development of DM was not affected by tumor stage. Disease-specific 5- and 10-year survival rates were 88% and 72% for patients without DM, respectively and 76% and 48% for those with DM(p=0.02). Regarding the site of DM and its impact on outcomes, 30 patients had lung metastasis alone, 5 patients bone metastasis alone and 6 patients developed both lung and bone metastasis. Median survivals after appearance of DM among patients with isolated lung metastases and those with bone metastases with or without lung involvement were 54 and 21 months, respectively (p=0.04). Conclusions: Development of DM in ACC is predicted by solid histologic subtype, and major salivary gland or oral/pharyngeal rather than sinonasal primary site. Those patients with bone involvement with our without lung metastases had worse outcomes than those with pulmonary metastasis only.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.292-300
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• 2008

목적: 이번 연구의 목적은 폐암환자에서 흉부 CT 소견 및 원발 폐암의 조직학적 종류에 따라 폐림프관성암종증(pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis, PLC) 의 F-18 FDG 섭취를 평가하는 것이다. 대상 및 방법: PLC가 있는 폐암환자 33명이 이번 후향적 연구에 포함되었다. 대상에 포함된 모든 환자들은 흉부 CT상으로 PLC를 진단받았다. PLC의 흥부 CT 소견은 중축간질의 침범여부에 따라 분류하였다. 중축간질을 침범한 경우 그룹 1로 분류하였고, 폐변연부간질만 침범한 경우 그룹 2로 분류하였다. F-18 FDG PET/CT를 통하여 PLC의 육안적 및 반정량적 분석을 시행하였다. 우선, PLC 병소에 비정상적인 F-18 FDG 섭취가 있는지 육안으로 분석하였다. PLC 병소에 비정상적인 F-18 FDG 섭취가 있을 경우, PLC 병소에 관심영역을 그려 최대 SUV를 구하였다. 결과: 대상환자군 33명에서 22명의 환자가 육안적 분석상 비정상적인 F-18 FDG 섭취를 보였다. 그룹 1의 환자들에서 그룹 2에 비해 비정상적 F-18 FDG 섭취가 좀 더 높을 빈도로 보이는 경향이 있었으나(그룹 1: 15/19(78.9%), 그룹 2: 7/14(50.0%)), 그룹 1과 그룹 2간에는 육안적 분석상 통계학적으로 유의한 차이는 관찰되지 않았다(p=0.17). 그러나, 그룹 1에서 그룹 2에 비하여 유의하게 높은 최대 SUV를 보였다. (p<0.01, 그룹 1: $2.9{\pm}1.4$, 그룹 2: $1.5{\pm}0.6$). 원발 폐암의 조직학적 분류에 따라서는 PLC 병소의 비정상적인 F-18 FDG 섭취 빈도 및 최대 SUV에 차이는 없었다. 결론: 흉부 CT로 진단된 폐암에 의한 PLC에서 중축간질이 침범된 경우가 폐변연부간질만이 침범된 경우보다 더 높은 최대 SUV를 보인다.