• Journal of Acupuncture & Meridian Studies
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.343-354
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• 2018

Auriculotherapy has been extensively used for chronic spontaneous urticaria in China. However, the evidence of its effectiveness and safety for the treatment of chronic spontaneous urticaria is insufficient. Hence, we conducted this study to compare auriculotherapy or auriculotherapy joint treatment with Western medicine for the cure of chronic spontaneous urticaria. This meta-analysis of seven randomized controlled trials showed that auriculotherapy or auriculotherapy joint treatment was significantly superior to Western medicine in curing clinical signs and symptoms of chronic spontaneous urticaria [odds ration (OR), 2.61; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.54-4.43; p = 0.0004) and also better in total effect rate (OR, 3.81; 95% CI, 2.07-7.01; p<0.0001). But, auriculotherapy or auriculotherapy joint treatment was similar to Western medicine in improving clinical signs and symptoms of chronic spontaneous urticaria (OR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.35-1.56; p = 0.42). Auriculotherapy or auriculotherapy joint treatment was safer than Western medicine for curing chronic spontaneous urticaria (OR, 0.26; 95% CI, 0.09-0.80; p = 0.02). Auriculotherapy alone or auriculotherapy joint treatment appears to be more effective and safer than Western medicine that contains antihistamines in the treatment of chronic spontaneous urticaria. However, these findings should be interpreted with caution due to the unclear risk bias of methodological quality, and further studies with large-scale, better, and more rigorously designed protocol are necessary to prove these findings.

• 정신신체의학
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.66-69
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• 2015

정상뇌압수두증은 보행장애, 요실금 및 치매 등의 전형적인 세 가지 증상 외에도 추체외로 증상과 다양한 신경심리 증상이 동반될 수 있다. 이 사례는 불안과 정동증상으로 치료 중 보행장애와 요실금 증상을 보였던 46세 여자 환자에서 항파킨슨 약물의 사용과 기존 정신과 치료 약물의 중단에도 불구하고 증상의 호전이 없었으나, 뇌 컴퓨터 단층 촬영상 뇌실의 확장 소견이 보였고 시험적 뇌척수액 배액에 의해서 수일 내에 증상들이 극적으로 호전되어 정상뇌압수두증을 감별해야 했던 경우이다. 뚜렷한 대뇌 실질의 위축 소견이 없으나 뇌실이 확장되어 있을 경우 추체외로 증상과 신경심리 증상이 있을 경우 정상뇌압수두증의 전형적 세 가지 증상을 보이지 않는다 하더라도 정상뇌압수두증의 가능성을 고려해서 시험적 뇌척수액 배액 등의 시술이 진단과 치료에 도움이 될 수 있음을 보여주는 사례라고 생각된다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.341-348
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• 2023

An 11-year-old neutered male domestic short-haired cat presented with neurological symptoms that developed over a three-month period. These included mental dullness, vocalization, ataxia, and visual impairment. The patient was diagnosed with a primary intracranial tumor at a local animal hospital. After the first diagnosis, the cat was administered hydroxyurea, prednisolone, omeprazole, and gabapentin for 3 months. After the initiation of medical treatment, the patient's clinical symptoms did not improve and the size of the tumor was static on the second magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The dosage of hydroxyurea and prednisolone was increased for two weeks. The patient's clinical signs improved, and subsequently, a craniotomy was performed. The clinical signs completely resolved six days after surgery. Adjuvant chemotherapy with hydroxyurea was continuously administered after the craniotomy. The patient demonstrated a good clinical status during the nine-month follow-up period. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has not yet been reported for meningiomas in cats. Further clinical trials with longer follow-up periods and larger patient cohorts will be required to confirm the effectiveness of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with hydroxyurea in feline meningioma.

• 한국통계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국통계학회 2002년도 추계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.75-78
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• 2002

We report several case of the statistical consulting in Oriental medicine. Recently, we are interested in the Oriental Gynecology. In this problem, the type of differentiation of symptoms and signs are classified based on a diagnostician in the questionnaire.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.85-87
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• 2010

We experienced a rare case of solitary syphilitic osteomyelitis of the skull without any other clinical signs or symptoms of syphilis. A 20-year-old man was referred due to intermittent headache and mild tenderness at the right parietal area of the skull with a palpable coin-sized lesion of softened cortical bone. On radiological studies, the lesion was a radiolucent well enhanced mass (17 mm in diameter). The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (52 mm/h) and C-reactive protein (2.24 mg/dL) were elevated on admission. Serum venereal disease research laboratory (VDRL) and Treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay (TPHA) tests were positive. There were no clinical signs or symptoms of syphilis. After treatment with benzathine penicillin, we removed the lesion and performed cranioplasty. The pathologic finding of the skull lesion was fibrous proliferation with lymphoplasmocytic infiltration forming an osteolytic lesion. In addition, a spirochete was identified using the Warthin-starry stain. The polymerase chain reaction study showed a positive band for Treponema pallidum. Solitary osteomyelitis of the skull can be the initial presenting pathological lesion of syphilis.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.285-288
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• 2004

This study was designed to report the clinical effects of Hyunhwang-haedok-tang on patients who have suffered from acute tonsillitis. Patients complained of fever, sore throat, swallowing difficulty, headache, cough. We give a diagnosis of acute tonsillitis. Therefore, we treated patients with oriental medicine, especially Hyunhwang-haedok-tang, and found that those symptoms and signs were improved by VAS, which is visual analogue scale. Through this study, Hyunhwang-haedok-tang on patients who have suffered from acute tonsillitis, proved to be effective.

• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.51-54
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• 2021

Chlorfenapyr is a widely used insecticide, that is very lethal if ingested. It exhibits delayed toxicity in which there are few symptoms at first which suddenly worsen after a few days. A 66-year-old female patient ingested about 90 mL of chlorfenapyr liquid hydrating agent (Chlofenapyr 10%) and showed stable vital signs with no specific symptoms and findings other than a mild fever, vomiting, and nausea. From the 3rd day of ingestion, creatine kinase was high, and rhabdomyolysis was suspected. From the 4th day of ingestion, pancreatic enzymes began to gradually increase. A diffusion-weighted image showed a multifocal high signal intensity in the white matter and corpus callosum area. On the 8th day after ingestion, she suffered a high fever and a heart attack and died. Thus, if a patient is suspected of taking chlorfenapyr, he/she needs active treatment and monitoring even if he/she does not exhibit any symptoms.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.35-39
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• 2024

Osteomyelitis of the jaw is an inflammatory process of the bone marrow that is caused by odontogenic local infection and trauma such as tooth extraction and fractures in the oral and maxillofacial region. The clinical signs include pain, swelling, pus formation, and limited mouth opening. Chronic osteomyelitis presents a diagnostic challenge because of the variability of symptoms across different disease stages and varying health conditions of the patients. This report presents a case of osteomyelitis that was misdiagnosed as a temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) after tooth extraction. The patient was treated for inflammation after tooth extraction in the early stage; however, as the osteomyelitis progressed chronically, symptoms mimicked those of a TMD. The patient was finally diagnosed with osteomyelitis 6 months after tooth extraction. A review of this case and relevant literature revealed the necessity for a differential diagnosis of chronic osteomyelitis that mimics TMD symptoms.

• Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.202-209
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• 2003

Postpolio syndrome (PPS) refers to a constellation of neuromuscular and orthopedic symptoms and signs that have been noted to occur in patients with remote antecedent poliomyelitis. It has been increasingly recognized that individuals recovering from acute poliomyelitis develop new symptoms, most commonly weakness, fatigue, and pain that develops decades after initial disease in the region previously affected. Associated symptoms may include dysphagia, respiratory insufficiency, new muscular atrophy, dysarthria, muscle cramps, fasciculations, sleep abnormalities, and cold intolerance. Although the concepts of PPS was first described in the late 1800s, it was not until nearly 100 years later that the concept of PPS was more widely recognized and defined. This was due largely to the polio epidemic of the 1940s and 1950s that left many survivors in the world. The virtual epidemic of PPS that occurred among these polio survivors in the 1980s and 1990s has served as a catalyst to attract medical attention to this syndrome.

• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.206-213
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• 2008

Objective : Conversion disorder is a psychiatric condition in which people express emotional distress through physical signs and symptoms involuntarily. Aphonia is one of the frequent symptoms of conversion disorder. The premise of this study is that oriental medical treatments would alleviate the symptoms of a patient with aphonia caused by conversion disorder. Methods : In this study, the subject is a patient with conversion disorder who afflicted aphonia after her travel. The patient was treated in Ulsan Oriental Medical Hospital of Dong-Eui University. Herbal medicine, acupuncture, and other oriental treatments were diagnosed to her. Results : Oriental medical treatments have an effect on a patient experiencing aphonia caused by conversion disorder.