• 대한세포병리학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.125-132
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• 1995

Cytodiagnosis of pleural and ascitic fluid is a commonly performed laboratory examination. Especially, positivity for malignant cells in effusion cytology is very effective and also presents the first sign of malignancy in unknown primary site of the tumor. We examined each 34 cases of pleural and ascitic fluid cytologic specimen diagnosed as metastatic tumor, which was selected among 964 pleural fluid cytology cases and 662 ascitic fluid cytology cases from September 1989 to June 1995. Among the pleural fluid cytology specimens examined, 34 specimens were positive in 27 patients. The lung was the most frequent primary site(44%), followed by the stomach (12%), lymphoreticular neoplasm(12%), pancreas(3%) and colon(3%). And the cases of unknown primary site with positive pleural biopsy alone were 24%. Among trio ascitic fluid cytology specimens examined, 34 specimens were positive in 29 patients. The most common primary neoplasms. were carcinomas of ovary(32%), stomach(22%), colon(6%), breast(3%), pancreas(3%), and lung(3%) and lymphoreticular neoplasms(3%) The metastatic tumor was predominantly adenocarcinoma type in both pleural(82%) and ascitic(91%) fluid. The study of metastatic adeno- carcinoma in effusion from lung, ovary, and stomach was undertaken to find distinctive features for the identification of the primary site. The smears of metastatic pulmonary adenocarcinoma had a tendency to show high grade pleomorphism and many large tight cell clusters, whereas that of the ovarian adenocarcinoma showed low grade pleomorphism with abundant intracytoplasmic vacuoles in relatively clear background. That of the stomach revealed the intermediate features.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.186-192
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• 1994

저자들은 Lown grade IVa의 심실성 기외 수축으로 진단 받고, amiodarone을 약 7개월간 투여 받은 환자에서 amiodarone으로 야기된 간질성 폐질환의 1례를 경험하였기에 그 휘기성에 비추어 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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• 제34권
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• pp.5.1-5.10
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• 2022

Background: Some epidemiological studies have estimated exposure among flight attendants with and without breast cancer. However, it is difficult to find a quantitative evaluation of occupational exposure factors related to cancer development individually in the case of breast cancer in flight attendants. That is, most, if not all, epidemiological studies of breast cancer in flight attendants with quantitative exposure estimates have estimated exposure in the absence of individual flight history data. Case presentation: A 41-year-old woman visited the hospital due to a left breast mass after a regular check-up. Breast cancer was suspected on ultrasonography. Following core biopsy, she underwent various imaging modalities. She was diagnosed invasive ductal carcinoma of no special type (estrogen receptor positive in 90%, progesterone receptor positive in 3%, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2/neu equivocal) with histologic grade 3 and nuclear grade 3 in the left breast. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy was administered to reduce the tumor size before surgery. However, due to serious chemotherapy side effects, the patient opted for alternative and integrative therapies. She joined the airline in January, 1996. Out of all flights, international flights and night flights accounted for 94.9% and 26.2, respectively. Night flights were conducted at least four times per month. Moreover, based on the virtual computer program CARI-6M, the estimated dose of cosmic radiation exposure was 78.81 mSv. There were no other personal triggers or family history of breast cancer. Conclusions: This case report shows that the potentially causal relationship between occupational harmful factors and the incidence of breast cancer may become more pronounced when night shift workers who work continuously are exposed to cosmic ionizing radiation. Therefore, close attention and efforts are needed to adjust night shift work schedules and regulate cosmic ionizing radiation exposure.

• 대한골관절종양학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2007

목적: 골의 거대세포종양의 재발과 면역조직화학적 표지자와의 연관성을 연구하였다. 대상 및 방법: 골에서 유발된 거대세포종양 10례를 대상으로 하였다. 6명은 남자, 4명은 여자였다. 모든 환자는 수술 전 생검을 통해 확진 후 수술을 시행하였다. 방사선학적 분류는 Enneking grading system에 의하여 이루어졌다. 면역조직화학적 연구를 위해 MCM3, Ki-67 그리고 HH3 표지자가 사용되었다. 면역조직화학적 검사는 Microarray block을 사용하여 시행하였다. 결과: 10례 중 3례(30%)에서 같은 위치에서 재발되었다. 재발된 3례 중 2례는 방사선학적 단계 상 단계 2였고, 1례는 단계 1이었다. 면역조직화학적 표지자의 발현율이 방사선학적 단계 1보다 2, 3에서 증가되었다. 하지만 결과의 일관성이 없어 세포 증식율과 방사선학적 단계의 연관성은 판별하기 어렵다. 평균 MCM3 표지자의 발현율은 재발하지 않은 종양에서 11.2%, 재발한 종양에서 7.2%였다. Ki-67은 12%, 8.9% 였고, HH3는 66.9%, 75.4%였다. MCM3 와 Ki-67 표지자는 재발한 종양에서 오히려 감소된 결과를 보여 재발율과는 연관이 없을 것으로 생각된다. HH3표지자는 재발한 종양에서 증가된 소견을 보여 거대세포종양의 재발과 연관이 있음을 보여주었다. 결론: 본 연구는 면역조직화학적 표지자 중 HH3표지자가 거대세포종양의 재발 가능성을 판정하는데 기준이 될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.122-128
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• 2018

Objective: To determine whether fragment removal on in vitro fertilization (IVF) day 2 improved the subsequent development and pregnancy outcomes of fragmented embryos compared to similar-grade embryos without fragment removal. Methods: This study was a retrospective analysis involving 191 IVF cycles in which all embryos had over 10% fragmentation (grade 3 or 4) on day 2 of the IVF-embryo transfer cycle from March 2015 to December 2017. IVF cycles were divided into the fragment removal group (n = 87) and the no fragment removal group (n = 104) as a control cohort. Before fragment removal, embryos with fragmentation on day 2 were incubated in $Ca^{2+}$- and $Mg^{2+}$-free biopsy medium under paraffin oil for 30 minutes. Microsurgical fragment removal was performed with later-assisted hatching and a handmade suction micropipette that had an outer diameter of $30{\mu}m$. Results: There were no significant differences in the characteristics of the patients between the control and the fragment removal groups. After fragment removal and subsequent in vitro culture for 24 hours, the number of blastomeres ($7.1{\pm}1.7$ vs. $6.9{\pm}1.6$) was comparable between the transferred embryos in the two groups, but the morphological grade of the embryos in the fragment removal group ($1.9{\pm}0.7$) was significantly higher than that of the control group ($3.1{\pm}0.5$, p< 0.01). The clinical pregnancy (43.7%) and implantation rates (25.8%) in the fragment removal group were significantly higher than those in the control group (28.8% and 14.0%, respectively; p< 0.05). Conclusion: Early fragment removal on day 2 significantly improved the subsequent development and pregnancy outcomes of fragmented embryos.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.184-189
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• 2010

목 적 : 가막성 대장염(pseudomembranous colitis, PMC)은 소아에서는 드문 질환으로 항생제의 사용이 늘어나면서 증가하고 있을 것으로 추정되고 있다. 저자들은 세균성 장염의 소견을 보인 소아 PMC의 발병 빈도와 임상 특성에 관한 단일 대학 병원의 경험을 소개하고자 한다. 방 법 : 2003년 11월부터 2007년 7월까지 동산의료원 소아과에 입원한 환자 중 최근 1개월 이내에 항생제 사용의 병력을 가지면서 세균성 장염 증상을 보인 환자에서 직장 내시경 및 조직생검을 시행하여 조직학적으로 PMC로 확진된 연속해서 모아진 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 결 과 : 직장 내시경 및 조직 검사를 시행한 22례 중 11례(50.0%)에서 PMC로 진단되었다. 소아 PMC 환자의 연령은 2개월에서 12세로, 1세 이하가 5례(45.5%)를 차지하였다. 혈성 설사 6례(28.6%), 복통 혹은 보챔 6례(28.6%), 수양성 혹은 점액성 설사 5례 (23.8%), 구토 2례(9.5%), 열 2례(9.5%)가 관찰되었다. 항생제는 병합 사용된 경우를 포함하여 총 18건이 관찰되어, 페니실린 계열 10건(55.6%), 마크로라이드 5건(27.8%), 세팔로스포린 2건(11.1%), 아미노글라이코사이드 계열 사용이 1건(5.6%)이었다. 항생제 사용 기간은 3일에서 14일로 다양하였다. 항생제 노출에서 증상 발현까지의 기간은 5일에서 21일이었다. 대변 Clostridium difficile 독소 A 검사는 PMC 환자 전례에서 음성이었다. 가막성을 기준으로 한 가막성 대장염의 내시경 소견은 1단계(18.2%, 2), 2단계(27.3%, 3), 3단계(36.4%, 4), 4단계(18.2%, 2)였다. 추적 관찰 중 전례에서 재발은 관찰되지 않았다. 결 론 : 소아의 가막성 대장염은 드물지 않으며, 영아기에도 호발한다. 특히 항생제를 사용 중이거나 사용 병력을 가진 환자에서 세균성 장염의 소견을 보일 때 직장 내시경 검사 및 조직 생검을 이용한 적극적인 진단적 접근이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한세포병리학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.28-32
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• 2004

It was reported that the main cause of intraepithelial neoplasm and squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix is human papilloma virus infection, and that the expression of p16 is increased in cells infected by human papilloma virus. We performed an immunocytochemical staining for protein p16 in 17 cases of cervocovaginal smears initially diagnosed as atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance, to know whether the staining could help the differentiation of neoplastic cells from reactive atypical cells. Of 17 smears, 6 were diagnosed finally as high grade intraepithelial neoplasm or invasive squamous cell carcinoma by follow-up biopsy and smear, and 5 of the 6 were positive for p16. Three were diagnosed as koilocytosis, and one of them was weakly positive for p16. Eight were diagnosed as reactive atypical cells, and all of them were negative for p16. We thought that immunocytochemical staining of p16 in cervocovaginal smears could help the differentiation of neoplastic cells from reactive atypical cells.

• 대한골관절종양학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.98-104
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• 1995

장기간 피부에 존재하는 궤양성 반흔이나, 만성골 수염의 누루 등에서 편평상피 세포암이 잘 발생하며 이들은 동통이 더욱 심해지거나 종괴의 크기가 갑자기 증가할때 그리고 분비물(discharge)이 늘어 날때는 악성 변화를 의심하여야 하며 조기에 생검을 하여 진단 후 적절한 수술적 치료가 필요하다. 또한 이들은 국소 림프절로의 전이가 빈발하므로 Grade II와 III에서는 예방적으로 국소 림프절에 방사선 조사(irradiation)를 고려해야 된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권23호
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• pp.10067-10070
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• 2015

Background: Unopposed estrogen has a central role in development of endometrial benign, premalignant and malignant lesions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the anti-estrogenic effect of metformin on endometrial histology in comparison with progesterone. Materials and Methods: A total of 43 patients who were referred to our center for abnormal uterine bleeding and had a histologic diagnosis were disordered proliferative endometrium or simple endometrial hyperplasia were included and randomly distributed in two groups treated with metformin (500mg Bid) or megestrol (40mg daily), respectively, for three months. After this period the patients were evaluated by another endometrial biopsy to assess the impact of the two drugs in restoring normal endometrial histology. Results: Our findings revealed that metformin could induce endometrial atrophy in 21 out of 22 patients (95.5%) while this positive response was achieved in only 13 out of 21 patients (61.9%) in the megstrol group. In addition two low grade endometrial carcinomas in the metformin group responded very well. Conclusions: We conclude that metformin could be used as an effective antiestrogenic agent in control of abnormal endometrial proliferative disorders.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.305-308
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• 2014

Background: To investigate the indications of loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) and its overtreatment rates for the see and treat and three step strategies in cases of atypical squamous cells of undetermined cytology (ASC-US) and low grade intraepithelial neoplasia (LGSIL) cytology. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed colposcopy directed biopsy (CDB) and LEEP results of 176 paients with ASC-US or LGSIL cytologies who underwent colposcopic examination. Results: Initial cytologies were ASCUS in 120 women and LGSIL in 56. According to the see and treat approach immediate LEEP was performed for38 women. Among the remaining 138 women, LEEP was performed for 32 whose CDB results revealed CIN2/3 lesions. In the see and treat group the recognition of CIN2/3 was found to be 39.4%. The overtreatment rate was 60% as compared to 25% in the three step group. In CDB group detection of CIN 2 or greater lesions increased with 3 or more biopsies. Conclusions: In patients with ASC-US/LGSIL cytologies CDB should be performed before LEEP to prevent overtreatment, with attention to all suspected areas and more than 2 biopsies taken.