• 대한정형외과학회지
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.294-304
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• 2021

강직성 척추염은 천장 관절의 강직뿐만 아니라 척추체 주변의 관절막과 인대의 골화로 인해 척추 강직을 일으킨다. 이는 척추 움직임 제한을 일으키고 많은 경우에서 통증을 동반한 경추, 흉추, 요추 분절의 척추 변형을 유발한다. 방치할 경우 최종적으로는 전신 관절의 강직과 골화를 유발하게 되는 심각한 질환 중 하나이다. 일반적으로 30세 이전에 증상이 발현되며 질병의 점진적인 진행으로 신체적 기능, 환자의 직업적 능력과 삶의 질에 악영향을 끼치게 된다. 이는 우울증 같은 정신과적 질환으로 발전할 가능성을 높인다. 저자들은 이러한 심각성을 인지하고 전신 골화로 악화되기 이전에 다양한 약물 치료로 수술적 치료를 방지하고자 하는 최근의 경향과 연구를 소개하고자 하였으며, 또한 진행을 예방하지 못하여 수술적 치료에 이르게 된 환자들에서 시행되는 다양한 수술 방법과 그에 따른 합병증을 제시하고자 한다.

• The Korean journal of internal medicine
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.184-193
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• 2024

Background/Aims: We aimed to clarify the clinical characteristics of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in Korean patients focusing on PsA with axial involvement. Methods: A retrospective medical chart review was performed to identify PsA patients at a single tertiary center. Cases of AS patients with psoriasis were recruited from a prospective AS registry of the same center. Demographics, laboratory findings, and radiologic characteristics were assessed. Results: A total of 69 PsA patients were identified. In PsA patients, spondylitis (46.4%) was the most common form. Compared to AS patients with psoriasis, PsA patients with radiographic axial involvement were older (50.9 vs. 32.4 years; p < 0.001) and showed greater peripheral disease activity (peripheral arthritis 78.1 vs. 12.5%, p < 0.001; enthesitis 50.0 vs. 6.3%, p = 0.003). AS patients with psoriasis presented a higher rate of HLA-B^*27 positivity (81.3 vs. 17.2%; p < 0.001) and a more frequent history of inflammatory back pain (100.0 vs. 75.0%; p = 0.039) than PsA patients with radiographic axial involvement. Significant proportions of PsA patients with radiographic axial involvement had cervical spine involvement (10/18, 55.6%) and spondylitis without sacroiliitis (10/23, 43.5%). Conclusions: We demonstrate that axial involvement is common in Korean PsA patients, and its characteristics can be distinct from those of AS.

• The Korean Journal of Pain
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.114-123
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• 2021

Background: Evaluation of the effectiveness of caudal epidural injection on pain, spine mobility, disease activity, and activity of daily living in axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) patients. Methods: A total sample of 47 patients were registered in this study. They were randomly assigned into 2 groups; Group I received caudal epidural injections, ultrasound-guided, with 1% lidocaine hydrochloride mixed with triamcinolone, whereas Group II did not receive any injections. All participants fulfilled the ASAS criteria for axial SpA. Outcome measures were as follows: visual analogue scale, Oswestry disability index (ODI), modified Schober test, lateral lumbar flexion, and Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) with assessment at baseline, 2 weeks, and 8 weeks post-treatment. This clinical trial was registered on clinicaltrials.gov under the number NCT04143165. Results: There was a significant difference between both groups regarding pain, ODI, spine mobility and ASDAS scores in favor of group I. This effect was at its maximum after 2 weeks. Despite the decline of this effect after 2 months, the difference between the groups remained significant. Higher disease activity, younger age, and shorter disease duration were associated with better outcomes. Conclusions: Epidural injection of lidocaine and triamcinolone is a cost effective and a practical technique for controlling pain, as well as improving the function of the spine and disease activity scores in axial SpA patients with acceptable complications and relatively sustained effect.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.146-151
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• 2009

목적: 비수술적 치료를 시행한 결핵성 척추염 환자의 MRI의 특징과 임상결과에 따른 MRI특징을 알아보고자 하였다. 대상과 방법: 2000년부터 2007년까지 임상적으로 결핵성 척추염을 진단 받은 환자 중 3개월 내에 수술적 치료를 받지 않은 환자를 대상하였으며 이중 최소한 3회 이상, 처음, 3개월 혹은 6개월 그리고 치료 종료시점상 MRI 검사를 시행한 환자를 연구군에 포함하여 후향적 분석을 시행하였다. 두 명의 영상의학과 의사가 모든 MR검사를 분석하였으며 임상결과와의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 결과: 열명(남:여=6:4, 평균나이=45세)의 환자가 연구대상 군에 포함되었으며 MR검사의 평균 추적검사기간은 10.1개월(4-17개월)이었다. 6명의 환자는 임상적으로 결핵성 척추염의 완치판정을 받았으며 4명의 환자는 3개월 이상 약물치료를 시행 받았으나 약물치료만으로는 완치되지 않아 추가적인 수술적 치료를 시행하였다. 모든 환자는 임상적 경과에 따라 두 군으로 분류하였으며 위의 6명은 완전 치료 군 4명은 불완전 치료 군으로 분류하였다. 완전 치료군의 MR특징은 결핵성 농의 인대 하 파급 및 농 자체의 크기감소, 척추체의 붕괴소견 없음 그리고 감염된 척추체의 지방변성이었음. 불 완전 치료군의 MR특징은 골수부종과 결핵성 농의 확장과 척추체의 붕괴였다. 결론: 결핵성 척추염의 비수술적 치료에 있어서 MRI는 치료반응을 예견하는데 한 역할을 담당할 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.254-262
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• 1998

골수의 손상정도률 민감하게 반영하는 Tc-99m 표지 항과립구항체 면역신티그라피를 이용하여 척추압박골절의 원인을 감별할 수 있는지를 알아보기 위하여, 척추압박골절 환자중에서 병리조직학적(수술 혹은 생검) 혹은 3개월 이상의 임상경과를 추적 관찰하여 원인이 밝혀진 16명의 환자를 대상으로 Tc-99m 표지 항과립구항체 면역신티그라피의 결과를 분석하였다. 16명의 환자중 외상이나 골다공증에 의한 압박골절 부위가 16부위 (8명), 전이암에 의한 압박골절이 3부위 (3명), 결핵에 의한 압박골절이 6부위 (5명) 이었다. 외상이나 골다공증과 같은 양성원인에 의한 척추압박골절 16 부위 모두 척추뿌리, 추궁판, 가시돌기의 섭취는 정상이었고, 척추체는 섭취저하가 7례, 섭취결손이 8례, 섭취정상이 2례에서 관찰되었다. 결핵에 의한 압박골절 6례에서 척추체의 섭취결손이 6례 모두, 척추뿌리의 섭취결손이 5례에서 관찰되었고, 가시돌기와 추궁판의 섭취결손은 발견되지 않았다. 전이암에 의한 3례의 경우는 2례에서 척추체, 척추뿌리, 추궁판, 가시돌기의 섭취결손이 보였고, 1례에서는 척추체와 가시돌기에만 섭취결손이 관찰되었다. Tc-99m 표지 항과립구항체 면역신티그라피의 단층영상에서 섭취결손부위를 평가함으로서 양성원인과 병적원인에 의한 척추압박골절의 원인의 감별에 도움이 될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 보험의학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.19-28
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• 2012

Nowadays, Rheumatic diseases are increasing more and more. So, it's important knowing the pathophysiology and extra-risk of each rheumatic disease so as to do sound underwriting. Here is brief review and long-term prognosis of some rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sj$\ddot{o}$gren syndrome, antiphospholipid syndrome, systemic sclerosis, ankylosing spondylitis, Takayasu's arteritis, and Behcet syndrome.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.560-572
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• 2000

This study was designed to offer descriptive data for nursing intervention for relief of fatigue and pain, and to distinguish by the characteristic difference and the symptoms such as fatigue and pain on Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS), Fibromyalgia(FM), and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus(SLE) patients. The sample consisted of 92 patients(AS 29; FM 30; SLE 33) who visited H-University Rheumatism Hospital in Seoul. The data were collected by a structured questionnaire from May 1, 1999 to April 30, 2000. The results were as follows: Patients of 95% experienced fatigue in the last week and a fatigue score of three disease groups were above average. The fatigue score of FM patients was highest in the other disease, but which was not a statistically significant difference(F=1.417, p=.248). The mean score of AS and FM patients in pain was higher than the SLE patients, and there was the statistical significance among the three groups on pain (F=8.239, p=.001). There wasn't a statistical difference among three groups on coping wtih pain(F=1.451, p=.240). There wasn't any correlation between fatigue and pain in each disease (AS: r=.008, p=.966; FM: r=.328, p=.077; SLE: r=.237,p=.185). Therefore, morning stiffness and pain management during sleeping is needed through good body alignment in the AS patients. Adequate rest for fatigue and multiple coping strategies for pain maybe basic nursing intervention in FM and SLE. According to their fatigue rhythm, a regular exercise program is needed for rheumatic disease because they complained of fatigue above average and their fatigue was repeated better and worse only during the one week.

• The Korean journal of internal medicine
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.200-200
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• 2024

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2018

Inflammasomes are intracellular multiprotein complexes that coordinate anti-pathogenic host defense during inflammatory responses in myeloid cells, especially macrophages. Inflammasome activation leads to activation of caspase-1, resulting in the induction of pyroptosis and the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines including interleukin $(IL)-1{\beta}$ and IL-18. Although the inflammatory response is an innate host defense mechanism, chronic inflammation is the main cause of rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and $Sj{\ddot{o}}gren^{\prime}s$ syndrome (SS). Since rheumatic diseases are inflammatory/autoimmune disorders, it is reasonable to hypothesize that inflammasomes activated during the inflammatory response play a pivotal role in development and progression of these diseases. Indeed, previous studies have provided important observations that inflammasomes are actively involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory/autoimmune rheumatic diseases. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on several types of inflammasomes during macrophage-mediated inflammatory responses and discuss recent research regarding the role of inflammasomes in the pathogenesis of inflammatory/autoimmune rheumatic diseases. This avenue of research could provide new insights for the development of promising therapeutics to treat inflammatory/autoimmune rheumatic diseases.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.64-69
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• 2008

Craniovertebral junction (CVJ) tuberculosis is a rare disease, and potentially fatal due to the risk of atlantoaxial dislocation. The disease usually accompanies a retropharyngeal cold abscess, which can cause subsequential otolaryngologic symptoms such asdysphagia, odynophagia, or airway obstruction. Such a patient must be handled with great care to avoid a disaster. The disease is diagnosed with microbiological or other laboratory tests on the pus collected through puncture and aspiration, which will need otolaryngologic skills. For treatment, otolaryngologists play an important role by doing incision and drainage of the retropharyngeal abscess, or by attending the transoral vertebra surgery as partners with spine surgeons who will manage the CVJ lesions and ensure the craniocervical stability.