• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.73-77
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• 2017

경동맥에서 발생하는 가성동맥류는 비교적 드문 질환으로 주로 외상, 감염, 수술의 합병증 또는 방사선 치료 후에 합병증으로 발생할 수 있다. 비정형 결핵성 림프절염에 의한 경동맥 가성동맥류는 거의 보고된 바 없으며 따라서 비정형 결핵성 림프절염이 동반된 환자에서는 급성악화에 의한 농양형성으로 오인될 수 있다. 비정형 결핵성 림프절염으로 치료중인 81세 남자 환자에서 이러한 경험을 하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하고자 한다.

• 대한세포병리학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2001

Tuberculous lymphadenitis is not uncommon in Korea. Therefore, an inexpensive, safe and rapid method is needed to diagnose the tuberculous lymphadenitis. Flne needle aspiration cytology Is a good method for this purpose, but has several limitations in the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis, especially when the presence of acid-fast bacilli is not proved. To evaluation the usefulness of the polymerase chain reaction with enzyme immunoassay technique in the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) In the cervical Iymph node asplrates, the authors performed fine needle aspiration cytology and M. tuberculosis PCR with enzyme immunoassay for mycobacterial DNA sequences from 15 cases of the fine needle aspirates. Cytomorphologically, the cases were categorized into three types: predominantly necrotic materials; typical epithelioid cell granulomas with or without slant cells and caseous necrosis; and non-tuberculous lesions, such as reactive lymphadenitis, abscess, metastatic carcinoma and malignant lymphoma. M. tuberculosis DNA was found in 8 of 15 cases by PCR with enzyme immunoassay. Negative findings on PCR were achieved in 7 cases, which revealed non-tuberculous tymphadenopathy. In conclusion, we suggest that M. tuberculosis PCR with enzyme immunoassay using the fine needle aspirates is a very useful tool for the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis.