• Journal of Korean Foot and Ankle Society
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.67-70
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• 2023

Vaccines can cause adverse reactions, such as soreness, swelling, or redness at the injection site. Some reactions are associated with fever and rash, which are usually mild and transient, and serious side effects are rare. In particular, there are no reports of systemic infection following a COVID-19 vaccination. The authors present a case report of a patient who developed multiple abscesses caused by Staphylococcus aureus after a COVID-19 vaccination. The patient had no previous symptoms or signs of infection. The patient was controlled successfully after surgical and antibiotics treatment.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.87-93
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• 1985

Intraabdommal abscess usually causes distress with fever, leukocytosis, pain and toxicity. Diagnosis of intraabdominal abscess is occasionally difficult and It has high morbidity. However radiologic method, such as ultrasonography, CT scan, or RI scan are helpful to early detection of intraabdominal abscess. Among these methods, ultrasonography is a non-invasive technique and performed without discomfort to patient. And also differential diagnosis between cystic and solid lesion is very easy and sequential ultrasonography in same patient is valuable for the evaluation of treatment effect. We analyzed the ultrasonic features of 48 cases with intra-abdominal abscesses and the results are as follows; 1. In total 48 cases, the intra-abdominal abscesses were 30 cases, the retroperitoneal abscesses, 5 cases, and the visceral abscesses, 13 cases. 2. The causes of the intra-abdominal abscesses were perforating appendicitis (25 cases), postoperative complications (5 cases), pyogenic and amebic hepatic abscesses (13 cases), and the others (5 cases). 3. Round or oval shaped lesions were 26 cases (54%), irregular shape, 18 cases (38%), and multiple abscess formation in 4 cases (8 %). 4. The size of the lesions were between 5 and 10cm in diameter in 54% of total 48 cases, and the most frequent feature of the echo-pattern of the lesions was cystic with or without internal echogenicity (69%).

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.303-306
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• 2005

In cases of brain or other organ abscess, the causative etiology or disease are not always definable. We report a case of brain, renal, and possibly lung abscesses in a middle aged woman. After close, stepwise surveillance of possible etiologic factors, we covered out a small solitary pulmonary arteriovenous fistula without any pulmonary symptoms and successfully occluded the fistula via endovascular approach. The congenital pulmonary arteriovenous fistula should be bear in mind as a cause of repeated, multiple systemic infective source spray and be pursued despite of negative initial baseline studies.

• Journal of Korean Foot and Ankle Society
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.107-110
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• 2022

Klebsiella pneumoniae is known to cause an invasive syndrome characterized by primary liver abscess associated with metastatic infection. The characteristics of the metastatic infection involving the musculoskeletal system in this invasive syndrome are not well understood. The authors present a case report of a patient who developed abscesses of the lower extremities along with abscesses of multiple organs, such as the liver and eye, caused by K. pneumoniae. The patient was diagnosed early, and the infection was successfully controlled after several surgical treatments.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.126-128
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• 2013

Pyogenic liver abscess in patients with malignant disease is a fatal state and is easily diagnosed. We presented a rare case of sudden fatal septicemia following anticancer treatment for recurred gastric cancer due to multiple liver abscesses which could not be diagnosed. A 72-year-old male with recurred gastric cancer received anticancer agents. He had a history of distal gastrectomy with right hepatic lobectomy for hepatic metastasis. He received anticancer treatment in the outpatient's service center periodically, and his performance status was preserved with nothing in particular. After administrating docetaxel, he suddenly developed septicemia and multiple organ failure and died 5 days after strong medical supports. Pathological autopsy revealed that multiple minute abscesses of the liver which could not be detected macroscopically were the causes of fatal septicemia. The etiology, therapies and prognosis of rare entity are being discussed.

• Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.238-246
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• 2018

BACKGROUND: Kawasaki disease (KD) sometimes presents with only fever and cervical lymphadenopathy before other clinical signs materialize. This lymphadenopathy-first-presenting Kawasaki disease (LKD) may be misdiagnosed as bacterial cervical lymphadenitis (BCL). We investigated characteristic imaging and clinical data for factors differentiating LKD from BCL. METHODS: We compared imaging, clinical, and laboratory data of patients with KD and BCL. We included patients admitted to a single tertiary center between January 2015 and July 2018. RESULTS: We evaluated data from 51 patients with LKD, 63 with BCL, and 218 with typical KD. Ultrasound imaging revealed multiple enlarged lymph nodes in both LKD and BCL patients. On the other hand, computed tomography (CT) showed more abscesses in patients with BCL. Patients with LKD were younger and showed higher systemic and hepatobiliary inflammatory markers and pyuria than BCL patients. In multivariable logistic regression, younger age and higher C-reactive protein (CRP) retained independent associations with LKD. A comparison of the echocardiographic findings in LKD and typical KD showed that patients with LKD did not have a higher incidence of coronary artery abnormalities (CAA). CONCLUSIONS: LKD patients tend to have no abscesses on CT and more elevated systemic hepatobiliary inflammatory markers and pyuria compared to BCL patients. The absence of abscess on CT, younger age, and elevated CRP were the most significant variables differentiating LKD from BCL. There was no difference in CAA between LKD and typical KD.

• The Journal of Korea Assosiation for Disability and Oral Health
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.10-14
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• 2010

Vitamin D-resistant rickets(VDRR) is hereditary disease manifesting marked hypophosphatemia caused by renal tubular loss of phosphate into urine and an associated decrease in the calcium and phosphorous ion product. VDRR is identified by clinical symptoms, such as in the limbs, gait disturbance, dwarfism, familial occurrence, bowlegs, and knock-knees, as well as by laboratory findings. Dental findings are enlarged chambers and extension of the pulp horns into the cusp tips in both the primary and the permanent dentition in contrast to the vitamin D-deficient rickets. The major oral manifestations are multiple spontaneous abscesses in a caries-free dentition. We reported the clinical features and treatment of a 6-year-old boy with vitamin D-resistant rickets referred to the department of pediatric dentistry in Kyung Hee University for multiple spontaneous periapical abscesses and gingival fistula without severe dental caries.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.65-68
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• 2016

Multiple enlarged submandibular nodules were discovered during a routine antimortem examination at slaughter in 3 dairy cows of 20-month-old. Grossly, submandibular nodules were firm, reddish, and oval in shape. On cut surface, multiple yellowish abscesses in the parenchyma were observed. Histopathologically, the nodules were characterized by severe diffuse pyogranulomatous inflammation and chronic fibrosis with multiple eosinophilic clubs of Splendore-Hoeppli material containing central bacterial colonies. Trueperella pyogenes was isolated from the lesions. This case was diagnosed as submandibular pyogranuloma caused by Trueperella pyogenes in slaughtered dairy cows in Korea.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• v.41
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• pp.28.1-28.1
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• 2019

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.197-203
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• 2017

Once a submasseteric space infection is diagnosed, the key to resolving the infection is via surgical intervention to evacuate the pus. Although it is possible and occasionally practical to drain the submasseteric space via an intraoral approach, an extraoral approach may sometimes be required. Surgeons have encountered complications such as facial nerve damage during extraoral incision and drainage procedures, and they have felt that extraoral dissection was very difficult. As such, an easier and simpler technique is needed. Our department recently modified various drainage techniques for submasseteric space abscesses. Damage to the marginal branch of the facial nerve did not occur, and this technique was very simple and rapid, such that a novice physician could perform this procedure. This modified technique was possible with trismus and under local anesthesia. After intraorally checking the position of the drain, the intraoral wound is closed with an absorbable suture and the drain is fixed to the extraoral skin. When a masseteric space infection is diagnosed, multiple space involvement is ruled out, and dependent drainage is required, this modified drainage technique can be useful.