• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2000

Background: TNF-$\alpha$ plays a major role in producing left ventricular dysfunction cardio-myopathy pulmonary edema and inhibits the compensatory mechanism of congestive heart failure. IL-6 is an acute reactant of immune reaction and also known to control immune reaction but its function in the myocyte was not clearly investigated. Author's performed this experiment to investigate the contents of TNF-$\alpha$ and IL-6 on the assumption that TNF-$\alpha$ and IL-6 may reside in nonfailing heart that has gone cardiac surgery and play some role in cardiac function. Material and Method : Right auricular tissues were sampled from 12 patients who had undergone total corrective surgery for both congenital and acquired heart diseases from January 1998 to June 1998 in Kosin Universcfy Gospel hospital. The quantitive analysis of TNF-$\alpha$ and IL-6 were assessed by ELISA method in right auricular tissue. Hemodynamic values about the pressure of ventricle atrium aorta pulmonary artery and cardiac index pulmonary and systemic vascular resistance and cardiac output were measured by echocardiography and cardiac catheterization and biochemical analyses of LDH & AST were done before operation. statistical analysis was by Paired Student t-test. Patients were divided into children(under 15 years olds) and adults groups and the data was compared beween two groups. Conclusion: Mild pulmonary hypertension and increased pulmonary vascular resistance were existed in both group. The contents of tissue TNF-$\alpha$ IL-6 in each group were independent of each data.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제39권11호
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• pp.810-814
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• 2006

배경: 심장에 발생하는 종양은 흔치 않다. 심장종양의 종양에 대한 임상적 특징과 수술 결과를 조사하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1990년 3월부터 2005년 12월까지 35명(남자14명, 여자 21명)의 환자를 대상으로 하였으며 평균 나이는 52.4세였다. 임상 및 병리학적 조사를 후향적으로 시행하였다. 수술은 좌심실 섬유종 1예를 제외한 전 예에서 완전 절제술을 시행하였다. 결과: 양성은 30예였으며 그중 점액종이 29예, 섬유종이 1예였다. 악성은 5예로 골육종, 미분류 점액성 육종, 간세포암, 신세포암, 그리고 난황낭암이 각 1예였다. 양성인 경우 수술 사망은 없었으며 완전절제 후 추적이 가능했던 27예의 경우 재발된 예는 없었다. 악성의 경우 4예가 술 후 6개월 이내에 사망하였다. 결론: 좌심방의 점액종이 가장 많았으며 양성의 경우 외과적 치료는 효과적이었으나 악성인 경우 예후는 매우 불량하였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.99-102
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• 1996

Cardiac fibroma is a rare benign tumor of the heart that occurs primarily in infants and children. Prognosis depends on size, extent and site of tumor. Cardiac fibroma may invade the conduction system, papillary muscle and outflw of inflow tract of ventricle. In these situations, its clinical course is very poor Although operative mortality is high, surgical resection is treatment of choice because lethal arrhythmia and sudden death can be developed by the fibroma. A cardiac fibroma was successfully resected from the left ventricular myocardium of a 8 years old male patient in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonbuk National University Hospital.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제31권8호
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• pp.787-791
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• 1998

대상 및 방법: 가톨릭대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학 교실에서는 1979년 부터 1996년까지 27명의 원발성 심장 종양 환자를 수술하였으며, 환자의 연령은 21세부터 67세까지로 평균 45.1세이었다. 술후 병리학적 진단결과 24례는 점액종, 2례는 연골 육종, 1례는 혈관 육종이며, 가장 흔한 술전 증상은 심부전이었다. 진단은 심장초음파로 확진되었고 호발 부위는 난원와였다. 종양 주위를 세심히 관찰후 심방 중격을 포함하여 완전 절제를 시행하였으며 술후 대부분의 환자 에서 증상 호전이 있었다. 결과: 1례에서 수술 직후 저심박출증으로 사망하였고, 2례에서 국소 재발로 인해 만기 사망하였다. 결론: 결론적으로, 수술시 완전 절제가 중요하며 술전 심장 초음파 검사상 양성으로 보일지라도 악성의 가능성을 배제해서는 안되며 CT나 MRI가 진단에 도움이 되며 수술시에 악성이 의심되면 광범위한 절제와 더불어 술후 항암제및 방사선 요법이 도움이 되리라 생각된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.494-498
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• 2001

원발성 심장종양은 드물며 원발성 악성 심장종양은 더 드물지만 이중 맥관육종은 다른 종양보다는 흔한 편이다. 하지만 수술적 절제가 어려운 것으로 알려져 있는데 이는 환자의 증세가 비특이적이며 진단시 이미 종양의 침범이 진전된 상태가 대부분이기 때문이다. 보고자는 15세 남자에서 수술중 시행한 조직학 검사에서 원발성 심장 맥관육종을 확진하고 우심방을 거의 막고 있는 종양을 제거하였다. 환자는 수술후 15일후에 특별한 문제없이 퇴원하였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권11호
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• pp.1276-1280
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• 1996

원발성 심장종양은 희귀성 때문에 병리학자, 심장내과의, 심장외과의에게 흥미로운 질환이다. 저자들은 수술치험한 세계적으로 희귀한 원발성 심장 연골육종을 보고하는 바이다. 환자는 37세의 여자환자로 본원에서 좌심방종양진단하에 1993년 6월 3일 입원하여 개심술하에서 완전 종양절제를 받은 바 있다. 그러나 조직소견상 연골육종이 진단되어 수술후 보조요법으로 방사선조사와 화학요법을 받은후 추적관찰하던 중 1995년 5월까지 종양 재발소견은 없었다. 그러나 환자는 두통과 전신성 경련으로 본원 신경외과에 입원하여 검사상 대뇌 전두엽부위에 단일 전이성 종괴가 발견되어 개두술하 종양절제가 가능하였으며, 조직 검사상 심장종양과 일치를 보였다. 환자는 건강한 상태로 퇴원하였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.95-98
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• 1996

We report a case of primary cardiac fibroma which is a rare cardiac neoplasm and arising most frequently from right ventricular free wall and interventricular septum. A 2-month-old male infant with cyanosis was admitted for evaluation and treatment. Echocar-diographic lEnding was a cardiac mass. Successful nearly total removal of the tumor was performed. The pathologic result was compatible with fibroma. The postoperative course was not eventful, and have been in good condition upto now.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.491-494
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• 1995

A fibroma arising in the right ventricle outflow tract of a 14 month-old infant was successfully removed. The patient was first seen because of shortness of breath and tachycardia. Pertinent clinical and laboratory findings included a grade II/VI systolic murmur, blood pressure of 120/60 mmHg, slight cardiomegaly on chest X-ray, a mass obstructing the outflow tract of the right ventricle on echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. On october 30,1992, under cardiopulmonary bypass, a 4cm x 3cm x 3cm tumor was resected from the right ventricular outflow tract, together with a portion of the ventricular wall. Histologically, it was diagnosis as a fibroma. The patient was sent home on the 6th postoperative day following an uneventful recovery form the operation. Although cardiac fibroma is the second most common cardiac tumor in infancy and childhood, it is usually found in the left ventricle and one arising in the right ventricle is considered rare. Although it is a benign tumor, it could produce a severe cardiac dysfunction and even sudden death, depending on its size and location. With the advance in diagnostic techniques and operative management, there is a renewed interest in the early detection and operative removal of these tumors. The case herein presented is the first such case successfully managed and reported in the Korean literature.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.68-72
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• 2009

Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children, and accompanies various clinical symptoms including hypertension. Hypertension is associated with catecholamines secreted from the tumor, and is usually not severe. We report one case of malignant hypertension with cardiac failure in a patient with adrenal neuroblastoma, successfully treated with adrenalectomy. A 3 year-old boy complained of protrusion of the chest wall. Physical examination revealed severe hypertension with cardiac failure. The levels of metabolites of catecholamine were increased in blood (norepinephrine >2000 pg/mL) and urine (norepinephrine 1350.5 ug/day). Abdominal CT showed a 7 cm-sized solid mass arising from the right adrenal gland. After stabilizing the hemodynamics with oral phenoxybenzamine, right adrenalectomy was performed. Pathological diagnosis was a ganglioneuroblastoma. The hypertension and cardiac failure were resolved after tumor removal.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.157-160
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• 1994

Primary tumors of the heart are extremely rare, and about 25 per cent of primary cardiac tumors are malignant. Recently, We experienced a case of primary cardiac liposarcoma occurred on the right ventricular outflow tract and extended into the main pulmonary artery. The patient was 57 year-old man and the chief complaints was severe exertional dyspnea. Emergency operation to relieve the right ventricular outflow tract obstruction was performed under cardiopulmonary bypass. The tumor was 5$\times$4$\times$3 cm in size and infiltrated into the right ventricle and ventricular septum. The tumor in the main pulmonary artery was removed without any difficulty but the on the right ventricular outflow tract was difficult to remove completely. The patient was recovered without any specific problems. After successful surgical resection and postoperative radiotherapy the patient discharged with good condition. Herein, the clinical characteristics of cardiac liposarcoma, the problems in differential diagnosis, the prognosis and current therapy are reviewed.