• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.153-157
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• 2013

Although culture is the gold standard method to identify mycobacteria, its use in tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBL) is limited due to formalin fixation of the submitted specimens. We evaluated the performance of quantitative real-time PCR (q-PCR) for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MTB) in granulomatous lymphadenitis using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues. From 2000 to 2010, a total number of 117 cases of lymph node samples with granulomatous inflammation which were surgically removed and fixed in formalin were studied. Hematoxylin & Eosin (H&E) and Ziehl-Neelsen-stained (ZN) slides were reviewed. qPCR using Real TB-Taq$^{(R)}$ was performed for all cases to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Thirteen non-tuberculous lymphadenopathy cases were used as negative control. Cervical lymph nodes were more frequently affected (60%, 70/117) than other sites. ZN stain for acid fast bacilli was positive in 19 (16.24%) cases. qPCR for tuberculosis was positive in 92 (78.63%) cases. Caseous necrosis was found in 103 (88.03%) cases. While the ZN stain and qPCR were both negative in all control cases, the qPCR showed a significantly higher positive rate (78.63% vs. 16.24%) compared to ZN stain in histologically diagnosed TBL. Quantitative real-time PCR proves to be more sensitive than ZN stain for diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.169-174
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• 1995

The case was described of a 31 year old female who developed fusiform swelling of the right third finger at the site of puncture by sea urchin spine. We observed a radiopaque linear material suggesting a remnant spine which the size was 2.4 mm in sonography and mammography. We confirmed that it exhibits a urchin spine and distinct caseous necrosis with central calcification. Sea urchins(Echinoidea) are ubiquitous marine creatures that resemble pincushions and are covered by calcareous skeletons surrounded by numerous movable calcium carbonate spines. The sharp spines are brittle and easily detach when touched by the victim. Contact with sea urchin spines produces intense pain, some localized erythema and edema. Inflammation develops in response to retained fragments. Granulomas 1-5 mm in diameter develop rarely 2-12 months after envenomation. In treatment, hot water immersion and thorough wound cleansing are advisable. Analgesics may, be necessary after hot water immersion. Attempts to remove these spines should be performed with good lighting sources, preferably with radiological direction. Chronic granulomas usually require complete excision. Acetone has been suggested for rapid resolution of pain. No antidotes are available.

• 대한세포병리학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2001

Tuberculous lymphadenitis is not uncommon in Korea. Therefore, an inexpensive, safe and rapid method is needed to diagnose the tuberculous lymphadenitis. Flne needle aspiration cytology Is a good method for this purpose, but has several limitations in the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis, especially when the presence of acid-fast bacilli is not proved. To evaluation the usefulness of the polymerase chain reaction with enzyme immunoassay technique in the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) In the cervical Iymph node asplrates, the authors performed fine needle aspiration cytology and M. tuberculosis PCR with enzyme immunoassay for mycobacterial DNA sequences from 15 cases of the fine needle aspirates. Cytomorphologically, the cases were categorized into three types: predominantly necrotic materials; typical epithelioid cell granulomas with or without slant cells and caseous necrosis; and non-tuberculous lesions, such as reactive lymphadenitis, abscess, metastatic carcinoma and malignant lymphoma. M. tuberculosis DNA was found in 8 of 15 cases by PCR with enzyme immunoassay. Negative findings on PCR were achieved in 7 cases, which revealed non-tuberculous tymphadenopathy. In conclusion, we suggest that M. tuberculosis PCR with enzyme immunoassay using the fine needle aspirates is a very useful tool for the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2011

색소성 융모결절성 윤활막염, 윤활막 연골종증, 장기간의 류마티스 관절염, 혈우병성 관절병증, 만성 결절성 통풍, 아밀로이드성 관절병증, 결핵성 관절염, 그리고 혈관종 등은 T2 강조 MR 영상에서 저신호강도를 보인다. 혈철소, 요산, 아밀로이드의 윤활막 침착, 증식된 윤활막의 섬유화, 치즈괴사 등이 T2 저신호강도의 병리적 원인으로 알려져 있다. T2 강조영상에서 저신호강도를 보이는 윤활막 질환의 빈도는 낮으므로 이에 대한 숙지는 질환의 정확한 진단에 도움을 줄 것이다.

• 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.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.548-550
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• 2015

1세령 암컷 고슴도치의 앞다리 피하에서 종괴가 발견되어 내원하였다. 육안적으로 앞다리 피하종괴는 직경 약 4 cm 크기로 융기되어 있었다. 종괴의 단면상에서 중심 부위는 암적색이었으며, 그 주위에 유백색 결절이 무수히 매몰되어 있었다. 병리조직학적으로 진피층에는 다량의 종양세포들이 불규칙한 줄 또는 시트형태를 이루고 있었다. 대부분의 종양세포들은 기저막에 울타리 모양으로 배열되어 있었으며, 종양세포무리의 중심부에서는 건락괴사를 관찰할 수 있었다. 또한 종양세포들은 주변조직으로의 침습성을 보이고 있었다. 면역조직화학염색을 실시한 결과, 종양세포들은 vimentin에는 음성반응을 보인 반면, pancytokeratin에는 강한 양성반응을 보였다. 이상의 육안적인 특징, 병리조직학적 소견 및 면역조직화학적 검사를 바탕으로 본 증례는 기저세포암종으로 진단하였다.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.60-67
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• 2022

Objective: To categorize multiparametric MRI features of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-related granulomatous prostatitis (GP) and discover potential manifestations for its differential diagnosis from prostate cancer. Materials and Methods: The cases of BCG-related GP in 24 male (mean age ± standard deviation, 66.0 ± 9.4 years; range, 50-88 years) pathologically confirmed between January 2011 and April 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. All patients underwent intravesical BCG therapy followed by a MRI scan. Additional follow-up MRI scans, including diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), were performed in 19 patients. The BCG-related GP cases were categorized into three: A, B, or C. The lesions with diffusion restriction and homogeneous enhancement were classified as type A. The lesions with diffusion restriction and a poorly enhancing component were classified as type B. A low signal intensity on high b-value DWI (b = 1000 s/mm²) was considered characteristic of type C. Two radiologists independently interpreted the MRI scans before making a consensus about the types. Results: The median lesion size was 22 mm with the interquartile range (IQR) of 18-26 mm as measured using the initial MRI scans. The lesion types were A, B, and C in 7, 15, and 2 patients, respectively. Cohen's kappa value for the inter-reader agreement for the interpretation of the lesion types was 0.837. On the last follow-up MRI scans of 19 patients, the size decreased (median, 5.8 mm; IQR, 3.4-8.5 mm), and the type changed from A or B to C in 11 patients. The lesions resolved in four patients. In five patients who underwent prostatectomy, caseous necrosis on histopathology matched with the non-enhancing components of type B lesions and the entire type C lesions. Conclusion: BCG-related GP demonstrated three imaging patterns on multiparametric MRI. Contrast-enhanced T1-weighted imaging and DWI may play a role in its differential diagnosis from prostate cancer.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.248-261
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• 1994

연구배경 : Lectin은 탄수화물의 특정한 당잔기에 높은 친화성과 특이성을 가지므로 이러한 lectin-sugar 상호작용을 이용하여 사람 폐결핵결절에서 이를 구성하는 주된 성분인 건락성 괴사 상피양세포, 림프구 및 섬유층에 존재하는 탄수화물의 종류와 분포에 대해 알아보고자, 본 연구를 실시하였다. 방법 : 사람 폐결핵 절제 조직에서, 13종의 lectin을 사용하여 조직화학염색을 시행하였다. 결과: 1) 건락성 괴사부에서 BS $I-B_4$는 모든 구성성분에서, BS I는 변연부에 있는 일부의 세포성분을 제외하고 나머지 구성성분 모두에서 음성반응을 나타내었다. 그러나 나머지 lectin들은 건락성 괴사부에서 다양한 형태의 렉틴결합반응을 나타내었다. 2) 상피양세포들은 세포질에서의 반응 양상에 따라 크게 세 군으로 나눌 수 있었다. 첫째, DBA, UEA I 및 LCA는 대부분 중등도 이상의 강한 양성반응을 나타내었다. 둘째, WGA, s-WGA, PNA, SBA, VVL, ECL, PHA-L 및 PHA-E는 세포에 따라 다양한 형태의 반응양상을 나타내었다. 셋째, BS I 및 BS $I-B_4$는 음성반응을 나타내었다. 상피양세포의 세포막에 대한 결합반응을 살펴보았을 때, 첫째, ECL, PHA-L 및 PHA-E는 대부분 강한 양성반응을 보여주었다. 둘째, WGA, s-WGA 및 PNA는 세포에 따라 양성 및 음성반응이 혼재하는 양상을 나타내었다. 셋째, BS I, BS $I-B_4$, UEA I, DBA 및 VVL은 음성반응을 나타내었다. 3) 상피양세포사이물질들은 건락성 괴사부의 세포사이물질에 대한 lectin 결합 양상과 유사한 반응 양상을 나타내었다. 4) WGA, ECL, PHA-L, PHA-E 및 LCA들은 림프구에 강한 양성반응을 나타내었다. 5) SBA는 건락성 괴사부를 둘러싸는 섬유층의 외측에 위치하는 혈관 내피층에서 대체로 양성반응을 보였으나, 섬유층내의 혈관 내피층에서는 대체로 음성반응을 나타내었다. 6) PNA는 섬유층의 외측지역에서 양성반응을 나타내었지만 그와는 대조적으로 내측지역의 세포사이물질에서 음성반응을 나타내었다. 결론 : 이상의 결과와 같이, 렉틴결합특성을 이용한 조직화학적 연구는 사람 폐결핵 결절의 여러 성분들에 존재하는 복합당질의 종류, 특성 및 분포, 그리고 연결핵결절 형성과정 동안에 일어나는 복합당질 조성의 변화에 관한 유용한 정보를 제공해 주었으며, 이러한 결과들은 결핵결절의 병리학적 연구에 도움이 될 것으로 사료된다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.705-707
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• 2010

Purpose: Tuberculous lymphadenitis constitutes about 30% of all types of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Cervical lymphadenitis is the commonest form (70%), followed by axillary and inguinal. But inguinal tuberculous lymphadenitis is rare form. Especially isolated inguinal tuberculous lymphadenitis was seldom reported. In Korea, that case was not reported. This case emphasizes the need for awareness of tuberculosis as a possible cause of isolated inguinal adenitis. Methods: We experienced one case of isolated inguinal tuberculous lymphadenitis. We analyzed clinical features, preoperative assessments and method of treatments. Results: A 37-year-old female patient presented with a painless swelling in the left inguinal region of 12 month's duration. There was no history of urethral discharge, dysuria, genital sores, unprotected sexual contacts or trauma. Examination revealed enlarged left inguinal lymph nodes, $2{\times}1\;cm$, non-tender and firm mass. The external iliac, popliteal, right inguinal and other groups of lymph nodes were normal. Serologic tests, urinary tests and chest radiologic test were normal. The excision of mass was performed under the general anesthesia. A excisional biopsy showed chronic granulomatous inflammation with caseous necrosis, consistent with tuberculosis. After excision, the primary repair was done and completely healed on postoperative 25 days. Conclusion: The isolated inguinal tuberculous lymphadenitis was rare form of inguinal suppurative mass. Although medical management is the principal mode of therapy of tuberculous adenitis and surgery is rarely necessary, we didn't consider the possibility of tuberculous lymphadenitis in our case. A high index of suspicion is essential for a diagnosis of isolated inguinal tuberculous lymphadenitis. Our case emphasizes this importance and illustrates the need for awareness of tuberculosis as a possible cause of isolated inguinal adenitis.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제70권5호
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• pp.433-437
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• 2011

Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic disorder characterized by the presence of non-caseating granulomas in the involved organ. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by $Mycobacterium$ $tuberculosis$ and is characterized by granuloma with caseous necrosis. The clinical and histological similarity between sarcoidosis and tuberculosis has stimulated research searching for an association between mycobacterium and sarcoidosis. We report a case of a 38-year-old male with sarcoidosis that developed soon after treatment of tuberculous lymphadenitis. He was diagnosed as tuberculous lymphadenitis by microbiological confirmation. He showed clinical improvement after treatment for tuberculosis. One year later, his chest radiography showed bilateral hilar enlargement with diffuse bilateral nodules. A noncaseating granuloma was confirmed by endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration and he was diagnosed with sarcoidosis. To our knowledge, this is the first report describing sarcoidosis after treatment of tuberculosis in South Korea.