• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.763-773
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• 1996

연구배경: Behçet 증후군은 전신적인 장기에 혈관염에 의한 다양한 병변을 일으키는 원인미상의 질환이다. Behçet 증후군에서 폐침범은 약 5%에서 발생하고, 주로 폐동맥염에 의한 폐동맥류, 혈전증, 폐출혈 등으로 나타나며, 이는 예후에 영향을 미치는 중요한 인자가 된다. 이에 저자 등은 Behçet 증후군 환자에서 폐침범의 유병율, 임상적 소견, 방사선 소견, 치료경과 및 예후 등에 관한 전반적인 고찰을 시행해 보고자 한다. 방법: 1986년부터 1995년까지 본원에 입원한 Behçet 증후군 환자 총 487예중 폐침범의 소견을 보인 10예를 대상으로 하였으며, 폐침범의 진단은 중상 및 이학적 소견을 토대로 하여 단순 흉부방사선, 흉부 전산화단층촬영, 폐환기-관류주사 및 폐동맥조영술 등에 의거하였다. 결과: 1) 전체 Behçet 증후군 환자에서 폐침범의 유병률은 2%(10/487) 였다. 평균연령은 34세, 남녀비는 8 : 2 였다. 객혈은 5 예에서 나타났고, 이중 대량객혈은 2예에서 관찰되었다. 다른 호흡기 증상으로는 기침이 6예, 호홉곤란이 4예, 흉통이 2예에서 나타났다. 구강궤양은 전예, 외음부궤양은 9예, 피부병변은 7예, 안병변은 6예에서 나타났다. 2) 검사실 소견상 특이한 것은 없었고, 단순 흉부방사선 소견상 다발성 경화가 6예, 원형 결절 또는 종괴양 음영이 4예에서 발견되었고 2 예는 정상소견이었다. 흉부 전산화단층촬영은 8예에서 시행하였는데 이중 6예에서 다발성 경화의 소견을 보였고, 4예에서 폐동맥류를 관찰할 수 있었다. 폐관류 또는 환기-관류주사는 8예에서 시행하여 7예에서 다발성 결손 및 불일치를 보였고, 특히 정상 흉부 단순방사선소견을 보인 2 예에서 다발성 환기-관류 불일치의 소견을 보였다. 폐동맥조영술은 3예에서 시행하여, 2예에서 폐동맥류를 관찰할 수 있었다. 3) 치료는 colchicine, 스테로이드, cyclophosphamide, 항응고제 등을 사용하였고, 1예에서 폐동맥류의 절제술을 시행하였다. 4) 10예 중 9예를 추적관찰한 결과, 3예가 호전되어 외래 경과관찰 중이며, 2예는 악화되어 가료중이고, 4예가 대량객혈, 대량 폐색 전증 및 패혈증 등으로 사망하였다. 결론: Behçet 증후군의 폐침범은 주로 혈관염에 의한 출혈, 동맥류의 형성, 및 혈전증 등으로 나타나며, 그 발병율은 낮지만 대량객혈 및 호흡부전증 등을 초래하여, 질환의 경과를 악화시키고 사망을 초래할 수 있는 주원인이 되므로, 이의 조기진단이 필요하며 적극적인 치료로서 예후의 향상을 기대할 수 있을 것이다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.3695-3700
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• 2012

Mammalian mediator (MED) is a multi-protein coactivator that has been identified by several research goups. The involvement of the MED complex subunit 19 (MED 19) in the metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma cell line (H1299), which expresses the MED 19 subunit, was here investigated. When MED 19 expression was decreased by RNA interference H1299 cells demonstrated reduced clone formation, arrest in the S phase of the cell cycle, and lowered metastatic capacity. Thus, MED 19 appears to play important roles in the biological behavior of non-small cell lung carcinoma cells. These findings may be important for the development of novel lung carcinoma treatments.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제75권3호
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• pp.111-115
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• 2013

Although the relationship between malignancy risk with systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been inconclusive, there are some previous studies for a positive correlation. Most patients with SSc have some degree of lung parenchymal involvement in the form of interstitial thickening and fibrosis. Interstitial lung disease is the most common pulmonary manifestation of SSc. Interstitial lung disease following chemotherapy (5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin [FOLFOX]) is an uncommon life-threatening complication and it is induced by oxaliplatin. We report a case of multiple cancers in a patient with SSc and aggravated interstitial lung disease by chemotherapy.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.4739-4743
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• 2012

Background: Predictive biomarkers for lung cancer recurrence after curative tumor resection remain unclear. This study set out to assess the role of FoxM1 in the recurrence of non-small cell lung cancer. Methods: Immunohistochemistry for FoxM1 expression was performed on paraffin-embedded tumor tissues from 165 NSCLC patients. Association of FoxM1 expression with clinicopathological parameters and disease free survival were evaluated. Results: Our results indicated FoxM1 expression to be significantly associated with poorer tissue differentiation (P =0.03), higher TNM stage (P <0.01), lymph node metastasis (P <0.01), advanced tumor stage (P <0.01), and poorer disease free survival (P <0.01). Multivariable analysis showed that FoxM1 expression increased the hazard of recurrence (hazard ratio= 1.96, 95% CI, 1.04-3.17, P <0.05), indicating that FoxM1 is an independent and significant predictor of lung cancer recurrence. Conclusion: Therefore, FoxM1 is an independent risk factor for recurrence of NSCLC. Elevated FoxM1 expression could be used as an indicator of poor disease free survival.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.4639-4643
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• 2012

The burden of lung cancer in terms of mortality is the highest among all types of cancers globally. The present study aimed to evaluate lifestyle related habits, clinico-pathological profile and treatment details of lung cancer patients who were registered at Malabar Cancer Centre (MCC), Kerala, during the calendar year 2010. A retrospective evaluation was made from medical records to gather data from 281 registered lung cancer cases in 241 males and 40 females, with a male to female ratio of 6.03: 1. Approximately 89% of the cases were above 50 years of age. Among males about 91% of the cases were smokers and 62% of them had a chronic smoking habit. Adenocarcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas, non-small cell carcinomas and small cell cancers accounted for 10.7, 13.9, 17.0 and 5.7% respectively. Out of 281 cases around 67% were diagnosed with distant metastasis and the remainder had regional lymph node involvement. However, no statistically significant difference was observed for secondary site of tumor according to gender. As majority of the cases reported at MCC were in an advanced stage of the disease, histology of the secondary site from supraclavicular lymph nodes or liver was taken for diagnosis. Initiation of population based screening for early detection of cancer, and primary and secondary prevention strategies for reducing the prevalence of tobacco consumption are high priorities to reduce the lung cancer burden in Kerala.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.550-556
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• 2002

Microscopic polyangiitis is a systemic small-vessel vasculitis that is associated primarily with necrotizing glomerulonephritis and pulmonary capillaritis. A recurrent and diffuse alveolar hemorrhage due to pulmonary capillaritis is the main clinical manifestation of lung involvement. Recently, and interstitial lung disease that mimics idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis was reported to be rarely associated with microscopic polyangiitis. Here we report two patients with microscopic polyangiitis who showed a honeycomb lung at the time of the initial diagnosis with a brief review of relevant literature.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권12호
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• pp.934-939
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• 1993

Mediastinal lymph node involvement [N2 disease] is generally accepted as an important factor influencing the outcome of patients with lung cancer.The long-term survival rates of completely resected patients with N2 disease are frequently reported from 15% to 30%.To improve the management and the outcome of patients with resectable N2 disease, we analyzed the survival rates and the prognostic factors for resected N2 lung cancer. Between August 1989 and September 1993, we experienced 27 patients with N2 disease of 115 surgically treated lung cancer at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University Medical School. Of these 27 N2 disease 4 had only an exploratory thoracotomy, and 23 underwent pulmonary resection by pneumonectomy[15], bilobectomy[3], lobectomy[4] and sleeve lobectomy[1].All of resected 23 patients received postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy[3], radiotherapy[2] or combined chemo-radiotherapy[18].Complete follow-up was obtained in 23 patients and median survival was 22 months and overall 1-year and 2-year survival rates by Kaplan-Meir method were 65 % and 45 %, respectively. Survival differences according to histology, tumor location, number of positive nodal station and operative method were not significant, statistically. Conclusively, we think that in resectable N2 lung cancer, complete tumor resection and mediastinal lymph node dissection, and postoperative adjuvant therapy should be done to improve the survival.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.922-929
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• 1994

This research represents an attempt to study the postoperative results among 32 patients who underwent complete resections of primary lung and involved mediastinal lymph nodes between January 1988 and June 1993. Ages ranged from 34 to 73 years with a mean age of 51.31 $\pm$ 8.17 years. There were 29 male patients[90.6%]. Left lung cancers were more frequent than right lung cancers. There were 19 cases of left lung cancers accounting for 59.4% of the total lung cancers. The difference, however, was insignificant. There was no T1 lesion. T2 and T3 lesions were 21[65.6%] and 11 cases[34.4%], respectively. As for cell type, squamous cell carcinomas were reported in 25 cases making up 78.1% of the cell types. Pneumonectomy was conducted on 20[62.5%] cases. Lobectomy and sleeve lobectomy were conducted on 12[37.5%] cases respectively. Mediastinal lymph node involvemednts were most frequent in subcarinal lymph node[9/13] among right lung cancers, while subaortic lymph noce[12/19] was most frequent among left lung cancers. Postoperative complications were reported in 18.9% of the total cases, including 2 cases each of paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve and 1 case each of chylothorax and pyothorax. They were more frequent among patients who underwent pneumonectomy. The operative mortality stood at 3.1% with 1 patient who underwent pneumonectomy dying of pulmonary edema. The 1-year and 5-year survival rates were 50.8% and 30.1%, respectively. Patients treated with squamous cell carcinoma, involvement of single level mediastinal lymph node and lobectomy showed a higher level of survival. These fidings suggest that a long-term survival can be expected of a considerable number of N2 non-small cell lung cancer patients with a selective complete surgical resection of primary lung cancers involved mediastinal lymph nodes.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.433-437
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• 1992

저자들은 결절성 경화증으로 추적 관찰중인 환자에서 기흉과 유미흉이 발생하고 그 고해상도 전산화 단층촬영의 소견이 알려진 병리적 소견에 부합되는 1예를 경험하였기에 이를 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.27-31
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• 2023

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), formerly known as Wegener's granulomatosis, is a rare immunological small vessel disease which usually affects respiratory tract and kidneys. However, salivary gland involvement in GPA is rare as a primary manifestation. We report a case of GPA with the primary presentation of submandibular gland involvement. A 48-year-old female patient presented submandibular swelling with a skin defect that lasted for 1 month. Although the biopsy result was chronic inflammation, the skin defect did not heal for a month. Further imaging study revealed multiple lung and renal masses. More clinical manifestations such as gingivitis, ischemic change of finger joint and nasal tip skin, and positive c-ANCA test was presented. Additional biopsy was made at the submandibular gland, lung, and finger skin. The patient was finally diagnosed with GPA and treated with steroid pulse therapy and cyclophosphamide. The patient showed improvement of prior clinical symptoms.