• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.171-174
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• 1973

A case of pulmonary aspergillosis, strongly suspected before operation and confirmed after surgical intervention, was reviewed with related literatures. It has become to be a well recognized fact that pulmonary mycosis generally results from sapro-phytic colonization of previous lung cavities usually due to pulmonary tbc, lung abscess, cyst of bronchiectasis. Recently, the author experienced one case of pulmonary aspergillosis which had been diagnosed and treated as tuberculosis for 6 years. Sputum culture, immunologic study and X-ray findings constitute essential part of diagnosis. Surgical resection is the treatment of choice combined with systemic administration of anti-fungal agents to eradicate the disease completely.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.1001-1010
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• 1997

연구배경 : 내원시 항산균도말검사에서 음성인 환자에서 결핵의 조기진단을 위하여 최근에 널리 사용되고 있는 결핵균 PCR 방법의 민감도와 유용성에 대해 본원에서의 후향적고찰을 통하여 알아보고, 타연구자들의 결과와 비교해보고자 한다. 방 법 : 활동성 결핵이 의심되거나, 결핵의 재발이 의심되는 환자, 그리고 타질환으로 입원하였으나 결핵의 복합감염이 의심되었던 환자를 대상으로 객담 항산균도말검사나 기관지세척액 항산균도말검사를 실시하여 음성으로 나온 환자 177명에서 PCR검사를 시행하여 민감도와 특이도를 구해보고, 또한 동시에 실시된 결핵균 배양검사의 민감도와 비교하여 보았다. 또한 결핵성 흉막삼출이 의심되는 환자에서 흉막삼출액을 이용한 PCR 검사와 배양검사의 결과를 비교하고, 타연구자의 결과와 비교하여 보았다. 결 과 : 내원시 객담도말검사상 음성인 환자를 대상으로 실시된 객담 PCR검사와 배양검사의 민감도는 각각 41.5%, 53.8%로 나타났으며, 기관지세척액을 이용한 경우는 PCR검사와 배양검사의 민감도는 각각 53.8%, 43.6%로 나타났다. 그리고 내원전에 항결핵약제를 복용하지 않았던 군에서는 PCR의 민감도가 45.6%, 배양검사의 민감도는 58.2%였으며, 내원전부터 항결핵약제를 계속복용해오던 군에서는 PCR의 민감도가 60%, 배양검사의 민감도는 50%로 나타났다. 결 론 : 본 연구에 PCR검사와 배양검사의 민감도가 비교적 낮은 이유는 타연구자들과는 달리 연구대상환자를 내원이후 3회연속 객담도말음성이고 또한 기관지세척액도 말음성인 경우로 엄격히 제한시켰기 때문으로 사료된다. 특이도는 94.9%로 높은 결과를 보여주어 불필요한 투약이 이루어질 수 있는 경우는 매우 드믈것으로 생각되어 비교적 안전한 검사방법이라고 사료된다. 내원시 객담도말 음성인 환자를 대상으로 실시되는 PCR 검사는 배양검사와 거의 유사한 양성률을 보이고, 기관지세척액을 이용한 경우는 배양검사보다도 더 우수한 양성률을 보이며, 또한 도중에 내원한 경우 역시 배양검사보다 좋은 결과를 내원시 객담도말음성인 경우에는 조기진단을 위해 유용한 검사방법이라고 생각된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.260-264
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• 1978

Sixty-one bronchiectatic patients were reviewed who were treated by surgical intervention in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam University Hospital during the recent 14 years from January of 1965 to August of 1978. 1. Various pulmonary resection was performed; lobectomy was 55.5%, lobectomy and segmental resection 20.6%, bilobectomy 13.1%, lobectomy, segmental resection and thoracoplasty 4.9% and pneumonectomy was 3. 2%. 2. The most common associated disease was pulmonary Tbc, its frequency was 47.5% and next was chronic bronchitis [31%]. 3. The postoperative complication was observed in 19.6% [12 cases] and the most common was wound infection. 4. The possibility of recurrence was relatively high in the cases of residual lesion and it needs more intensive medical care. 5. The surgical result was satisfactory in 86.9% (53 cases), slight improvement in 4.9% (3 cases) and the mortality rate was 1.6% (1 case).

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.139-142
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• 1976

A 33 year old male patient was admitted with 20 years history of recurrent hemoptysis. On clinical examination, mild left chest discomfortness and foul odored sputum with occasional rusty hemoptysis were principal complaints noted. Chest X-ray film revealed moderately advanced active tuberculosis lesion on both upper lung fields, and hen-egg sized mass surrounded with linear crescent of air shadow in a cavity on his left upper lung field. On left thoracotomy, dense pleural adhesions on left apicoposterior segmental surface with multiple lymphnode enlargements were noted, and the soft encapsulated mass of $5{\times}5{\times}8cm$ was localized in the apicoposterior segment of the left upper lobe. Apicoposterior segment with anterior segment of the left upper lobe was resected. Cavity was opened to find a rusty grayish colored, fragile mass, which was confirmed as "fungus ball" of aspergillosis by histological section slide with Gomori staining. The authors report one case of pulmonary aspergilloma superinfected with previous long standing pulmonary tbc.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.3-12
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• 1969

Prior to availability of antibiotics, lung abscess has been recognized as one of the most serious pulmonary disease, and despite of diminished morbidity and mortality rate with the advent of antibiotics and development of better technique in the fields of surgery on pulmonary disease it continues to be a virulent form of pulmonary supuration. It is the purpose of this paper to present a clinical review of 115 lung abscess treated by surgically at "The National Medical Center" during past 9 years. 1. The most common age of occurrence is between the age of 30 and 50, and 105 cases were male and 31 cases occurred in female. 2. Numerous etiological factors may play a role in the formation of a pulmonary abscess; aspiration in 36 patients of which 2 patients had diabetes, 54 patients had preceding URI or pneumonia, and 5 patients followed liver abscess, one of which in hematogenous route. In 20 patients, no predisposing factor could be determined- 3. Clubbing digits were presented in 26 of 1315 patients suggesting chronicity of the disease, and gastric ulcer were combined in 3 of 136 patints. 4. Apparently the onset was insidious, and the progress was masked by indiscriminate administration of antibiotics for URI and TB remedies under impression of pul. tbc. Previous TB treatments were done in 56.%[76 cases] for one week to two years and administration of antibiotics in 51 cases. 5. 89 cases were on tbe right and 2t5 cascs were on the left side. 51 cases of pneumonectomy and 8 of open drainage, of which 4 of Monaldi procedure, were made and operative mortality rate was 5.2%. Numerous complications such as 8 of empyema, 4 of each bleeding and atelectasis, 2 of BPF, 1 of esophageal fistula and one of pneumothorax which were responded well to prolonged treatment with good results, were obtained. 6. The incidence of Klebsiella and Pseudomonas were increased recently. In these results, we submit the surgery should be performed if the conservative therapy had failed. The resection was most favorable operation for pulmonary abscess though drainage procedure may be of value in certain patients with grave systemic menifestations. In chronic long standing abscess, more complications and high mortality rate were assumable although the prognosis has been improved with the advent of antibiotics, the development of improved surgical technique and complete preoperative care.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.1139-1143
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• 1995

We experienced 29 cases of patients with a chief complaint of hemoptysis who were performed pulmonary resection at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pusan Medical Center Hospital for 3 years from May 1990 to April 1993. The mean age of hemoptysis patients was 34.7 year old, and hemoptysis was most prevalent in third and fourth decades. The underlying lung diseases of hemoptysis patients were tuberculosis in 12[41.4% , bronchiectasis in 9[31.0% , lung cancer in 4[13.8% , aspergyllosis in 3[10.3% and pneumonia in 1[3.5% . Modes of hemoptysis were blood tinged in 7[24.1% , massive in 22[75.9% . Operation times were elective in 7[24.1% of all blood tinged hemoptysis, delayed in 20[69.0% , emergency in 2[6.9% out of massive hemoptysis. The cases of the definite bleeding focus found by bronchoscopy were 19 cases[65.5% . The operative procedures of hemoptysis were single lobectomy in 14[48.3% , pneumonectomy in 6[20.7% , lobectomy with segmentectomy in 5[17.2% , bilobectomy in 3[10.3% and segmentectomy in 1[3.5% . The postoperative results of hemoptysis were complete recovery in 27[93.0% , rehemoptysis in 1[3.5% which was treated by anti-Tbc medication completely, and hospital death in 1[3.5% which was brain metastasis of lung cancer. It was concluded that definitive diagnosis, preoperative control of hemoptysis and operation were important in the management of hemoptysis patients.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.274-277
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• 1982

A Clinical analysis of 59 patients of thoracic empyema was done who were received surgical intervention at dept. of thoracic surgery of the C.A.F.G.H. in the period of 2.5 years from January 1979 to June 1982. Occurrence ratio of Left and Right side pleural cavity of empyema was 1: 1.4. The predisposing factors of empyema were pulmonary Tbc. [49%], Chest pain [25%], Cough [8%], in order. B.P.F. was associated with empyema in 5 cases. The pleural cavity empyema was treated with several surgical procedures and conservative measures. Among of the 59 cases, the 30 cases [50%] were treated with decortication, 12 cases [20%] with closed thoractomy drainage, 9 cases with frequent thoracenteses, 5 cases with partial decortication and thoracoplasty and 3 cases with open thoracostomy tube drainage. Among of the 59 cases thoracic empyema, the full recovery were in 32 cases [54%], partial recovery in 20 cases [34%], not improved in 3 cases [5%] and 3 cases were died. The mortality rate was 5% and the recovery rate was 89%.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.201-205
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• 2000

Objectives: Despite of high prevalence of tuberculosis in Korea, thyroid tuberculosis is very rare and only a few records are available. This study was carried out to evaluate the clinicopathologic characteristics of thyroid tuberculosis and to find out optimal therapeutic strategies for these lesions. Materials & Methods: From Jan. 1986 to July. 2000, of 5,493 patients who were underwent thyroidectomy, only 8(0.14%) had discovered to have thyroid tuberculosis. The medical records of them were analyzed retrospectively. Results: There were one man and seven women with a mean age of 40.3 years. Only one had tuberculosis sequalae on chest X-ray and two had past history of tuberculous lymphadenitis. However, none of them had symptomatic pulmonary tuberculosis. Most frequent symptom was palpable neck mass. The preoperative U/S, CT and FNAB failed to diagnose thyroid tuberculosis. The pathologic reports were chronic granulomatous thyroiditis with caseous necrosis in all the cases and AFB stain was positve in 5 cases. All cases were successfully treated by surgical resection and anti-Tbc. medications. Conclusions: The incidence of thyroid tuberculosis was extremely low and most of them have been presented as a palpable neck mass especially in relatively young-aged female patients. Although any diagnosis for thyroid tuberculosis prior to microscopical study of tissue removed at operation was not yielded, the preoperative diagnostic workups will be available with experience. Surgical resection and anti- Tbc medication would be the choice in the management of thyroid tuberculosis.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.213-221
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• 2001

연구배경 : 임상에서 흉부 엑스선상 폐결핵이 의심되나 객담 도말에서 음성이거나 객담배출을 못하는 환자에서 신속한 진단을 위해 기관지세척액에서 상품화된 Roche사의 Amplcor M. tuberculosis kit와 IS6110 in-house PCR의 유용성을 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 객담 항산균도말에서 음성인 환자 혹은 결핵과 감별진단이 필요한 환자를 대상으로 기관지내시경을 시행하여 기관지세척액에서 항산균 도말, 결핵균배양, IS6110 PCR검사법, Roche사의 Amplicor PCR를 동시에 시행하였다. 결 과 : 기관지 세척액을 통한 항산균도말에서 활동성 결핵환자 19명 중 3명이 진단되어 민감도 15.8% 이었고 배양검사는 19명 중에 16명으로 84.2% 이었다. 기관지세척액을 이용한 IS6110 PCR의 경우 19명 중 14명이 양성으로 민감도는 87.2% 이었다. Amplicor M. tuberculosis kit는 19명에서 18명이 양생으로 민감도는 94.7% 이고 특이도는 97.9% 이었고 3명은 PCR과 임상양상으로 진단이 가능하였다. 위양생은 IS6110 PCR은 6명 이었고 Amplicor PCR은 1명이었다. 개별 검사법의 양성 예측도는 기관지 세척액 도말과 배양검사는 각각 100% 이었고 IS6110 PCR은 70%, Amplicor PCR은 94.7% 이었다. PCR검사법의 음성예측도와 정확도는 IS6110 PCR은 89.1%, 83.3% 이고 Amplicor PCR은 97.9%, 96.9% 이었다. 결 론 : 객담도말 음성인 환자의 진단에서 기관지경세척액을 이용한 Amplicor PCR법은 IS6110 PCR에 비해 폐결핵 진단의 감수성이 높았고 위양성률도 낮아 결핵을 신속하게 진단할 수 었어 불필요한 치료지연을 피할 수 있었다. 상품화된 PCR 검사법은 임상에서 결핵의 진단율을 높이고 수시간내 결과를 빨리 확인할 수 있는 장점은 있으나 통상적인 검사로 활용하기 위해서는 향후 연구가 더 필요할 것이다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.604-615
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• 1994

연구배경: 기관지 폐포세척액의 세포구성에 대한 분석은 미만성 간질성 폐질환에서 폐조직검사를 보완하거나 대신할 수 있는 검사방법이며 폐포염의 성격을 가장 신속하게 알 수 있고, 미만성 간질성 폐질환의 감별진단을 가능케 한다. 그러나 아직 기관지폐포세척세포에 대한 분석자료가 많지 않은 점에 착안하여 정상인의 기관지폐포세척세포와 여러 미만성 간질성 폐질환의 기관지폐포세척세포를 비교분석하여 차이를 알아보고 일차적 감별진단에 도움이 될 수 있는지를 알아보았다. 방법: 굴곡성 기관지내시경을 이용하여 정상인과 미만성 간질성 폐질환 환자의 기관지폐포세척액을 채취하여 세포를 염색하여 감별, 계수하였으며, 흡연군과 비흡연군간의 차이 및 정상군과 여러 미만성 간질성 폐질환환자의 기관지폐포세척세포의 백분율, 절대수치 및 분포의 차이를 비교분석하였다. 결과: 정상군에서 흡연군과 비흡연군간에는 세척액회수율, 총세포수, 세척액 ml당 세포수, 임파구백분율 및 임파구수, 대식세포백분율 및 대식세포수, 호중구백분율 및 호중구수, 호산구백분율 및 호산구수, FEV1(%), FVC(%)에서 유의한 차이가 없었다. 총세포수는 교원성질환, 과민성폐장염, 특발성폐섬유증, 속립성결핵에서 의미있게 증가하였고 임파구백분율은 과민성폐장염, 특발성폐섬유증, 속립성결핵에서 의미있게 증가하였으며, 대식세포는 특발성폐섬유증, 속립성결핵에서 의미있게 증가하였다. 호중구는 교원성 질환, 과민성폐장염, 특발성폐섬유증, 속립성결핵에서 그리고 호산구는 교원성 질환, 과민성폐장염, 특발성폐섬유증에서 의미있게 증가하였으며, 질환별로 폐포염의 양상을 알 수 있었으나 각 질환간의 염증세포의 빈도의 차이는 관찰되지 않았다. 결론: 굴곡성 기관지내시경을 이용한 기관지 폐포세척액의 세포구성에 대한 분석을 통해 많은 ILD 증례에서 폐포염의 존재를 알 수 있으나 ILD의 감별진단에 응용하기는 어렵다.