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Improved Detection of Helicobacter pylori Infection and Premalignant Gastric Mucosa Using "Site Specific Biopsy": a Randomized Control Clinical Trial

  • Tongtawee, Taweesak;Dechsukhum, Chavaboon;Leeanansaksiri, Wilairat;Kaewpitoon, Soraya;Kaewpitoon, Natthawut;Loyd, Ryan A;Matrakool, Likit;Panpimanmas, Sukij
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제16권18호
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    • pp.8487-8490
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    • 2016
  • Background: Helicobacter pylori infection and premalignant gastric mucosa can be reliably identified using conventional narrow band imaging (C-NBI) gastroscopy. The aim of our study was to compare standard biopsy with site specific biopsy for diagnosis of H. pylori infection and premalignant gastric mucosa in daily clinical practice. Materials and Methods: Of a total of 500 patients who underwent gastroscopy for investigation of dyspeptic symptoms, 250 patients underwent site specific biopsy using C-NBI (Group 1) and 250 standard biopsy (Group 2). Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were assessed. The efficacy of detecting H. pylori associated gastritis and premalignant gastric mucosa according to the updated Sydney classification was also compared. Results: In group 1 the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values for predicting H. pylori positivity were 95.4%, 97.3%, 98.8% and 90.0% respectively, compared to 92.9%, 88.6%, 83.2% and 76.1% in group 2. Site specific biopsy was more effective than standard biopsy in terms of both H. pylori infection status and premalignant gastric mucosa detection (P<0.01). Conclusions: Site specific biopsy using C-NBI can improve detection of H. pylori infection and premalignant gastric mucosa in daily clinical practice.

종격동 종양의 임상적 고찰 (Clinical Evaluation of the Mediastinal Tumors)

  • 이준복;서성구
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • 제29권10호
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    • pp.1148-1151
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    • 1996
  • 순천향대학 천안병 원은 1984년 2월부터 1994년 2월까지 종격동 종양 51례를 수술하였다. 연령은 11개월에서 75세까지고 평균연령 39.4$\pm$18.8세였고 성비는 1:1.4였다. 임상증상은 무증상이 21.6%로 가장 많았고 종격동 종양의 60.6%가 전상부에 위치해 있었다. 조직학적 병명의 빈도는흉선종 (3).3%), 신경성종양(25.5%), 배아세포종(19.6%), 종격동낭종(9.8%) 및 간염종양(5.9%) 순이었다. 양성 종양 46례는 완전절제였고 악성종양 5례중 2례는 완전절제, 1례는 불완전절제, 2례는 조직생검만 시행한 후 방사선치료하였다. 술후 합병증은 5례(9.8%)에서 창상파열 2례, 기흉 1례, 성대마비 1례 및 지속적 인공호흡요구 1례 등이었다.

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흉강경으로 진단한 미만성 범세기관지염 1예 (A Case of Diffuse Pan bronchiolitis Diagnosed by Thoracoscopic Biopsy)

  • 서해숙;이명선;백수흠;조동일;김재원;유남수
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • 제39권3호
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    • pp.271-277
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    • 1992
  • Diffuse panbronchiollitis (DPB), a rare progressive disorder, has lately been receiving increasing attention. DPB is a disease of obscure etiology, characterized by chronic inflammation localized mainly in the region of respiratory bronchiole just distal to the terminal bronchioles. In 1983, Homma and coworkers reported 82 cases of a new clinicopathological entity, DPB, in Japan. Also DPB is a disease largely restricted geographically to Japan but the prevalence in other countries is extremely low. Histoloically, it is characterized by a suppurative bronchiolitis involving primarily the respiratory and terminal bronchioles with subsequent progression to bronchiectasis. The disease progresses rapidly and results in respiratory failure due to repeated respiratory infections. We experienced a cases of DPB accompanied with chronic maxillary sinusitis in both sinuses. Diagnosis of DPB was comfirmed by pathological results from thoracoscopic lung biopsy, typical radiological findings, clinical symptoms and pulmonary function test. After treatment with erythromycin for 6 months, the patient's condition and the typical micronodular densities on the chest radiography improved. A few case of DPB was reported in Korea. We report a case of DPB through thoracoscopic lung biopsy.

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CEA상승을 보이는 폐 유육종증의 1예 (A Case of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis with Elevated Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA))

  • 양미연;유양선;고희자;박세경;박종숙;박춘식;박재성;백상현;고은석;박정미
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • 제69권1호
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    • pp.48-51
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    • 2010
  • Sarcoidosis is a multi-systemic granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology. The characteristic pathological finding is the presence of non-caseating granulomas. The lungs are primarily affected, however other organs may be involved causing various symptoms and ambiguous laboratory findings can be present. There are a few reported cases of sarcoidosis with elevated tumor markers. We describe a 68-year-old woman presenting with sarcoidosis showing elevated serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). The possibility of cancer arising from serum CEA such as gastrointestinal cancer, breast cancer and lung cancer was excluded. A transbronchial lung biopsy demonstrated a non-caseating granuloma without necrosis. As a result prescribed 30 mg prednisolone daily to the patient and serum CEA was decreased after 1 month of treatment. We report a case of pulmonary sarcoidosis with elevated serum CEA.

하악골과두부에 전이된 유두상 갑상선암의 치험례 (A CASE REPORT OF PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA METASTASIZED TO MANDIBULAR CONDYLE)

  • 김진권;이병인;김형준;서창호;차인호;이의웅
    • Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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    • 제17권4호
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    • pp.442-446
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    • 1995
  • Thyroid carcinomas are usually classified as papillary thyroid carcinoma, follicular thyroid carcinoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. Among the thyroid carcinomas, the incidence of medullary and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is low, but the rate of lymph node & distant metastasis from them are more common compared to other types. Follicular thyroid carcinoma has a low rate of lymph node metastasis as 10% and has a high occurrence of hematogenous metastasis to lung, bone, brain and liver. Papillary thyroid carcinoma accounts for $60{\sim}70%$ of whole thyroid carcinomas and the cervical lymph node metastasis is $21{\sim}81%$ including micrometastasis, but the distant metastasis is rare. In the case of bone metastasis, follicular type reveals most frequent, and the rate is about 5%, and more likely to be found on vertebra, pelvis, ribs, femur, and skull. The clinical symptoms of bone metastasis are pain, swelling, pathological fracture and radiologically osteolytic lesions can be observed. But distant metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma is very rare and especially, bone metastasis has hardly been reported. The treatment modalities of metastatic thyroid carcinoma to mandible are known as follows : thyroidectomy to treat primary site, resection of the affected site of mandible, external beam radiotherapy and radioiodine therapy etc.

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소아(小兒) stress에 관한 문헌적(文獻的) 고찰(考察) (A study on stress in Children)

  • 김기봉;김장현
    • 대한한방소아과학회지
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    • 제16권1호
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    • pp.105-124
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    • 2002
  • With the progress of civilization, the disorders due to the stress, which derived from the social-structural complexity and diversity, are on an increasing trend in our times. Accordingly, the accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment for them are required. Especially in the current years, children's disorders delivered by the emotional problems keep increasing. In this research, the researcher tried to figure out the cause of the children's stress and its treatment, studied the theories of the stress in the modem medicine and the sever emotions in oriental medicine, and came to the conclusion as follows: 1. The stress can be defined as the combination of the reaction to noxious stimuli and its defense mechanism of the body, In oriental medicine, it is considered as pathological notions which includes seven emotions as the internal factor, six evils as the external factor and other foods, expectoration, ecchymoma as the non-internal/external factors. 2. Children usually get stressed by various reasons in a growth process such as schooling, relationship with friends, the opposite sex of family, or change of surroundings, and these can cause the various disorders. 3. In the study of the children's stress symptoms, it is found that the silent reaction is uncommon. It usually appeared in both reactions: firs, physical reactions such as stomachache, vomiting, headache, neural frequent urination, bronchial asthma or excessive respiration and/or, second, behavioral reactions such as a decline of performance, alimentary disorder, e.g. anorexia nervosa or bulimia, sleep disorder, e.g. nightmare or panic in sleep, anthrophobia, refusal to a school attendance or hyperactiveness. Besides, the peculiar mental disorder such as paroxysm of anger, tic, autism, nocturnal enuresis, lack of attentiveness, impediment in linguistic development, learning difficulty, intellectual decline, etc. can be appeared, and the heavy stress during the babyhood can cause the regression of behavior or the immaturity of formation of character. 4. The appropriate treatments for the children's stress are Osteopathy, Manpulation, Aroma Therapy, Alexander Technique, Autonomic Never Control Treatment, Biofeedback, Chiropractic, Dance Therapy, Feldenkrasis Technique, Gravity Therapy, Homepathy, Aquatherapy, Hypnotherapy, Naturopathy and Meditation.

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Gene Expression Profile in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Patients

  • Kim, Hye-Won;Kim, Ki-Nam;Seo, Sang-Hui;Lee, Seung-Ho;Sohn, Sung-Hwa;Kim, Yu-Ri;HaLee, Young-Mie;Shim, Jae-Sun;Ahn, Duck-Sun;Kim, Meyoung-Kon
    • Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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    • 제2권4호
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    • pp.266-272
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    • 2006
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is one of the most common disorders by under pressure of the median nerve at the wrist in these days. However, pathological mechanism of CTS is unknown. We carried out this study to identify the changes of gene expression and to evaluate possible mechanism in CTS. 120 CTS patients and 30 control patients were included in this study. Patients with a history of diabetes, hypertension, thyroid diseases, and arthritis were excluded. CTS patients were divided to three experimental groups-Mild, Moderate, and Severe group-according to elecrodiagnosis. Radioactive cDNA microarrays (Nylon membrane including 1,152 genes) were used to examine the difference of gene expression profile in CTS. We identified up-regulated genes by more than 2.0 value of z-ratio, and down-regulated genes by less than-2.0 value of z-ratio. 20 genes such as the ITGAL, ITGAM, PECAM1, VIL2, TGFBR2, RAB7, RNF5 and NFKB1 were up-regulated, and 28 genes such as PRG5, CASP8, CDH1, IGFBP5, CBX3, HREV107, PIN, and WINT2 were down-regulated. These genes were related with TGF beta signaling pathway, NF-Kb signaling pathway, antiapoptotic pathway and T cell receptor signaling pathway. However, there were no differences in gene expression profiles according to severities of symptoms. We suggest that CTS could be related with proinflammatory mechanism and antiapoptotic mechanism.

뇌종양의 방사선치료후 발생한 만성변화의 CT소견 (CT of Late Complication of Central Nervous System after Radiation Therapy of Brain Tumors)

  • 홍성언;조종희;안치열
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • 제2권2호
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    • pp.287-297
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    • 1984
  • The normal intracranial structures are relatively resistant to therapeutic radiation, but may react adversely in a variety of ways, and the damage to nerve tissue may be slow in making its appearance, and once damage has occured the patient recovers slowly and incompletly. Therefore, it is important to consider the possibility of either recurrent tumor or late adverse effect in any patient who has had radiotherapy. The determination o( rnorphological/pathological correlation is very important to the therapeutic radiologist who uses CT scans to define a treatment volume, as well as to the clinician who wishes to explain the patient's clinical state in terms of regress, progression, persistence, or recurrence of tumor or radiation-induced edema or necrosis, The authors are obtained as following results ; 1. The field size(whole CNS, large, intermediate, small field) was variable according to the location and extension of tumor and histopathologic diagnosis, and the tatal tumor dose was 4,000 to 6,000 rads except one of recurred case of 9,100 rads. The duration of follow up CT scan was from 3 months to 5 year 10 months. 2, The histopathologic diagnosis of 9cases were glioblastoma multiforme(3 cases), pineal tumor (3), oligodendroglioma (1), cystic astrocytoma (1), pituitary adenoma (1) and their adverse effects after radiation therapy were brain atrophy (4 cases) , radiation necrosis(2), tumor recurrence with or without calcification (2), radiation·induced infarction (1). 3. The recurrent symptoms after radiation therapy of brain tumor were not always the results of regrowth of neoplasm, but may represent late change of irradiated brain. 4. It must be need that we always consider the accurate treatment planning and proper treatment method to reduce undesirable late adverse effects in treatment of brain tumors.

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Cholangiocarcinoma Patient Outcome in Northeastern Thailand: Single-Center Prospective Study

  • Luvira, Vor;Nilprapha, Kasama;Bhudhisawasdi, Vajarabhongsa;Pugkhem, Ake;Chamadol, Nittaya;Kamsa-ard, Supot
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제17권1호
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    • pp.401-406
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    • 2016
  • Background: Cholangiocarcinoma is relatively rare worldwide. Most previous reports collected only patients with pathological diagnosis. In fact, however, many patients coming to hospital are diagnosed by clinical suspicion with radiologic imaging and receive treatment without histological confirmation. Real survival data and outcome of each treatment, especially for patients that do not have histologic confirmation, are lacking. In this study, therefore, we aimed to analyze the survival rates of CCA patients and the proportions of patients receiving different treatments. Materials and Methods: A total of 270 patients clinically suspected of CCA and visiting Srinagarind Hospital in May-July 2010, were prospectively followed until December 2014. After checking their clinical records, 163 of 270 patients were finally diagnosed as having CCA, and the data of this group were analyzed for survival rate and received treatments. Results: Of the 163 patients, 96 (58.9%) had intrahepatic, 56 (34.4%) had perihilar and 11 (6.7%) had distal CCA. The majority [107 (65.6%, 95%CI, 57.8-73.0)] received only supportive care. Overall median survival was 4 months (95%CI, 3.3-4.7), and 2-years survival was only 8.1% (95%CI,4.5-12.9). However, the 4 year survival of the R0 resection group was 100%. Conclusions: The present results show that the prognosis of CCA is very poor in North-east Thailand. Most CCA patients receive only treatment to alleviate symptoms due to their advanced stage of disease. Complete surgical resection at the early stage is the only treatment that significantly improves patient survival.

Rare Form of Schwannoma as a Purely Hemorrhagic Cystic Tumor Located in an Intermuscular Plane

  • Lim, Joo Hee;Shim, Jae-Chan;Yoon, Byung-Ho;Kang, Yun Kyung;Lee, Kyoung Eun;Kim, Ho Kyun;Lee, Ghi Jai;Suh, Jung Ho
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • 제21권1호
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    • pp.38-42
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    • 2017
  • Schwannomas are mostly solid tumors, some of which may contain cystic degenerations or hemorrhages. However, a schwannoma seen as a purely hemorrhagic cystic tumor is very rare. A 63-year-old woman was referred to the hospital due to a slow-growing mass (present for about 5 years) on her right thigh. She complained about vague pain but without neurologic symptoms such as numbness or tingling sensations. MR images showed an oval lesion with defined margins surrounded by the rectus femoris, vastus lateral, and the vastus intermedius. It was characterized as a multilocular cystic lesion composed of hemorrhagic fluid. In addition, the benign hemorrhagic cystic lesion was differentially diagnosed by radiological techniques as a hemorrhagic ganglion cyst. The lesion was surgically excised and, based on pathological features, was diagnosed as being a schwannoma. We report a purely hemorrhagic cystic schwannoma located in an intermuscular plane.