• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.93-97
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• 2013

Purpose: Endoscopic submucosal dissection has recently been practiced on a differentiated type of early gastric cancer. However, there is no clear evidence for endoscopic treatments of signet ring cell carcinoma. The aim of this study is to identify the predictive clinicopathological factors for lymph node metastasis in signet ring cell carcinoma for assisting endoscopic submucosal dissection trials. Materials and Methods: A total of 186 patients with early signet ring cell carcinoma who underwent radical curative gastrectomy between January 2001 and September 2009 were enrolled in this study. Retrospective reviews of their medical records are being conducted. Several clinicopathologic factors were being investigated in order to identify predictive factors for lymph nodes metastasis: age, gender, tumor size, type of operation, tumor location, gross type, ulceration, Lauren's classification, depth of invasion, and lymphatic invasion. Results: The lymph node metastasis rate for signet ring cell carcinoma was 4.3% (n=8). Of the 186 lesions with early signet ring cell carcinoma, 91 (48.9%) tumors were larger than 15 mm in size and 40 (21.5%) showed submucosal invasions in the resection specimens. In multivariate analysis, only the lymphatic invasion (P<0.0001) showed an association with lymph node metastasis. To evaluate cutoff values for tumor sizes in the presence of lymph node metastasis, early signet ring cell carcinomas with lymphatic invasions were excluded. In the absence of lymphatic invasion, mucosal cancer with tumor sizes <15 mm had no lymph node metastasis. Conclusions: Endoscopic submucosal dissection can be performed on patients with early signet ring cell carcinoma limited to the mucosa and less than 15 mm.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.57-62
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• 2019

Objective : Gastritis is a major complication of gastrointestinal disease. Lonicera japonica is used in folk medicine to treat different diseases such as exopathogenic wind-heat, epidemic febrile diseases, sores, carbuncles and some infectious diseases. Therefore, this study examined the effects of Lonicera japonica water extract (LJE) on HCl/ethano-linduced acute gastric ulceration and anti-oxidants properties. Methods : LC-ESI-IT-TOF MS was employed for rapid identification of major compound from LJE. The antioxidant activities were evaluated through total polyphenol and flavonoid contents and radical scavenging assays and superoxide dismutase (SOD)-like activity. SD rats were randomly divided into five different groups including the normal group, ulcer group, positive group (20 kg/mg of omeprazole, ip), and experimental groups (100 kg/mg and 500 kg/mg of LJE, ip). Results : 4,5-Dicaffeoyl quinic acid, loganic acid, secologanic acid, sweroside, loganin, vogeloside were identified based on the detection of the molecular ion with those of literature data. The LJE was possessed free radical scavenging activities such as DPPH (IC₅₀=189.7 ㎍/㎖), ABTS (IC₅₀=164.5 ㎍/㎖), and SOD-like activity (IC₅₀=405.02 ㎍/㎖). Macroscopic and histological analyses showed LJE treated group were significantly reduced to an extent that it allowed leukocytes penetration of the gastric walls compared with the ulcer group. In addition, an ulcer inhibition rate and prostaglandin E₂ levels were increased in rats treated with LJE. Conclusion : The present study has demonstrated the antioxidantive and gastroprotective effect of LJE, these findings suggested that LJE has the potential for use in treatment of gastric disorders.

• 동국한의학연구소논문집
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• 제3권
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• pp.163-169
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• 1994

Alcohol is a major risk factor for several diseases and excessive, long-term alcohol consumption are caues physical alteration-fatty liver, hepatitis, cirrhosis, breaking down, Wernicke-karsakoff's syndrome, weight loss, and poor immunity-in virtually all organ and tissue. This study was observed that liver, kidney, and stomach were altered in mouse by the effect of chronic alcohol administration. The mouse were sacrificed to obtain the tissue after mouse were orally injected with 25 % ethanol $18m{\ell}/kg/day$ for 120days. The tissue were stained by hematoxylin and eosin and then observed by light microscope. The results of this study were as follows : 1. The congestion was appeared in liver after 120days alcohol admistration. 2. The destruction of glomerulus were increased and the parietal cell of Bowman's capsule were swelled such as cuboidal cell after 120days alcohol administration. The congestion was appeared in alcohol administrated group. 3. The mucosa and gastric pit were destructed and the ulceration was appeared in stomach after 120days administration. The parietal cells and chief cells were damaged. Above results were shown that the tissue were damaged by chronic alcohol administration.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2005

배경: 위장관 간질성 종양(GISTs)은 위장관계에 발생하는 간엽성 종양이다. 위장관 간질성 종양은 면역조직화학 검사에서 c-kit 단백 발현의 양성을 나타내며 그 임상적 경과는 매우 다양하다. 저자들은 위장관 간질성 종양의 임상병리학적 특성을 고찰하고 예후 인자를 평가하기 위하여 후향적 연구를 시행하였다. 대상 및 방법: 본 연구는 고려대학교 의과대학 외과학교실에서 1996년부터 2003년까지 위장관 간질성 종양으로 수술적 절제를 시행한 40명의 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 종양의 크기와 핵분열 정도에 따라 저위험도 집단(23예), 고위험도 집단(17예)으로 분류하였으며 두 군간 임상병리학적 특성, 면역조직화학 검사 결과 및 예후를 비교 분석하였다. 결과: 환자의 평균 연령은 $61.3\pm11.1$세이었으며 남녀비는 1:1,1이었다. 임상병리학적 소견으로는 수술 전 임상 증상이 있었던 경우와 수술 전에 조직학적으로 진단이 되었던 경우, 종양의 크기가 클수록, 핵분열이 많을수록, 종양의 성상이 궤양을 동반하거나 괴사를 보일 때, 고위험군에 포함되는 빈도가 높았다. 단변량 분석 결과, 종양의 크기, 핵분열 정도, 궤양 및 괴사 소견 그리고 내시경적 초음파 이상소견이 통계학적으로 의미가 있는 인자들로 나타났으며, 다변량 분석을 시행한 결과 핵분열 정도가 생존율에 영향을 미치는 독립적인 예후 인자로 나타났다. 관찰 기간 중 8예에서 재발하였으며 STI-571(imatinib mesylate, $Gleeveo^{R}$)을 사용한 4예는 현재까지 생존하고 있으며 사용하지 않은 4예 중 2예는 질환이 진행하는 양상을 나타내었고, 나머지 2P는 사망하였다. 결론: 위에서 기원한 위장관 간질성 종양에서 종양의 크기, 궤양 및 괴사 소견은 생존율에 영향을 주는 임상병리학적 소견이며, 핵분열 정도는 유용한 예후 인자라고 할 수 있다. STI-571은 재발 혹은 전이 환자에 있어 치료 효과를 나타내므로 술후 치료에 적용하는 것이 예후 향상에 기여하리라 생각된다.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.28-32
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• 2002

Meckel's diverticulum (MD) occurs in approximately 2 % of the population. The major complications of MD are bleeding, intestinal obstruction, infection and perforation. Perforation is the least common but most serious complication, the incidence od which is about 5-10 %. The causes of perforation are inflammatory diverticulitis and peptie ulceration. the purpose of study is to review the characteristics of perforated MD in children. Six patients with perforated MD who had been operated upon at the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Yeungnam University Hospital from April 1984 to July 2001 were included. Male predominated in a ratio of 5:1 and there were 2 neonates. The chief complaints were abdominal pain and distension. Half of the children showed a past history of bloody stools. The average age was 4 year and 9 months. The mean distance from the ileocecal valve to the diverticulum was 60 cm. Average length of the diverticulum was approximately 3 cm and width was 1.7 cm. The perforation site was the tip of the diverticulum in 3 cases, the base in 2 cases and along the lateral border in one. In two patients, ectopic gastric mucosa was found in the specimen. All of the patients were operated upon with a diagnosis of peritonitis of unknown etiology. In conclusion, when a child shows symptoms of acute abdomen or peritonitis, especially in boys, with the history of bloody stools and episodic abdominal pain, perforated MD should be suspected.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.531-536
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• 1998

We had previously reported that the protective effect of taurine against indomethacin-induced gastric mucosal injury was due to its antioxidant effects, which inhibited lipid peroxidation and neutrophil activation. In this study, we examined the effect of taurine on reducing the inflammatory parameters of trintrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in rats. In order to induce IBD, ethanolic TNBS was given to rats intracolonically. Then they received 500 mg/kg.day of taurine orally and were sacrificed one week after IBD induction. While ulceration and inflammation of distal colon with formation of granuloma in the vehicle-treated IBD rats two days after administration of TNBS were observed, treatment with taurine ameliorated colonic damage and decreased the incidence of diarrhea and adhesion. also, colon weight as an index of tissue edema, which was mardedly increased in the IBD rats, became significantly lower after administration of TNBS were observed, treatment with taurine ameliorated colonic damage and decreased the incidence of diarrhea and adhesion. Also colon weitht as an index of tissue edema, which was markedly increased in the IBD rats, became significantly lower after taruine treatment. Myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity in the vehicle-treated IBD rats was substantially increased, compared with that of normal control. the taurine-treated animals significantly reduced MPO activity (35% lower) when compared with that of the vehicle-treated animals. Taurine treatment decreased both basal and formyl-methionyl leucyl phenylalanine-stimulated reactive oxygen generation from colonic tissue in the IBD rats. These results suggest that the administration of taurine reduce the inflammatory parameters in this IBD rat model by increasing defending capacity against oxidative damage.

• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.157-160
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• 2018

Chronic silica nephropathy has been associated with tubulointerstitial disease, immune-mediated multisystem disease, chronic kidney disease, and end-stage renal disease. On the other hand, acute intentional exposure is extremely rare. The authors' experienced a 44-year-old man who took rapid cement hardener (sodium silicate) in a suicide attempt whilst in a drunken state. He visited the emergency department approximately 1 hour after ingestion. Information on the material was obtained after 3 L gastric lavage. The patient complained of a sore throat, epigastric pain, and swollen to blood tinged vomitus. Proton pump inhibitors, hemostats, steroid, and fluids were administered. Nine hours after ingestion, he was administered 200 mL hematochezia. Immediately after, a gas-troenterologist performed an endoscopic procedure that revealed diffuse hyperemic mucosa with a color change and variable sized ulceration in the esophagus, whole stomach, and duodenal $2^{nd}$ portion. Approximately 35 hours later, persistent oligouria and progressive worsening of the renal function parameters (BUN/Cr from 12.2/1.2 to 67.5/6.6 mg/dL) occurred requiring hemodialysis. The patient underwent 8 sessions of hemodialysis for 1 month and the BUN/Cr level increased to 143.2/11.2 mg/dL and decreased to 7.6/1.5 mg/dL. He was discharged safely from the hospital. Follow up endoscopy revealed a severe esophageal stricture and he underwent endoscopic bougie dilatation. Acute cement hardener (sodium silicate) intoxication can cause renal failure and strong caustic mucosal injury. Therefore, it is important to consider early hemodialysis and treatment to prevent gastrointestinal injury and remote esophageal stricture.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.597-607
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• 1998

Processing is generally employed to alter the physical and chemical properties of feeds used in pig diets, using hammer/roller mills, pellet mills and extruders/expanders. The reported optimum particle sizes of corn are approximately $500{\mu}m$, $500-700{\mu}m$, $400-600{\mu}m$, for nursery, growing-finishing, and breeder pigs respectively. Optimum particle size of grains are affected by diet complexity. There was a trend towards reducing particle size in order to increase ADG in pigs fed a simple diet, though such was not the case for pigs fed a complex diet. Uniformity of particle size also affects the nutritional values of swine feeds. Uniform particle sizes would consistently give greater nutrient digestibilities. In terms of pellet quality, it is reported that a higher incidence of fmes in pelleted feeds has a direct correlation with poorer feed conversion ratio in pigs. Particle and pellet sizes are also very important for pelleting in terms of grinding, digestibility, stomach ulceration and pellet durability. A particle size of $600{\mu}m$, or slightly less, seemed optimal for com in fmishing pigs, and the 5/32 in. diameter pellets supported the best efficiencies of gain during nursery and finishing phases. Extruder and/or expander processes would allow the feed industry an increased flexibility to utilize a wider spectrum of feed ingredients, and improve pellet quality of finished feeds. It would appear that extruded or expanded diets containing highly digestible ingredients have little effect on the growth performance of pigs, and the feeding values of the feeds over pelleted diets were not improved as pigs grew. The extruder or expander is much more effective than a pelletizer in salmonella control. Gastric ulcerations and/or keratinizations were consistently reported in pigs fed mash and processed diets containing finely ground grains, whereas carcass quality was not affected by diet processing methods such as pelleting, extruding or expanding. In corn- or sorghum-based diets, the electrical energy consumption is 4-5 times higher in the expanding than in the pelleting process. But the expander's processing cost was half of that shown by an extruder. Finally, the decision of which feed processing technology to adopt would depend on the processing cost, and any potential improvement in growth performance and digestibilities of nutrients should offset the increased operating and capital costs related to the extruder/expander technology over mash or pelleting processes in pigs.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.120-126
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• 2005

목적: 내시경 초음파 검사는 종양의 입체상을 파악하기가 용이하므로 위에 발생하는 점막 하 종양의 진단에 효과적으로 이용된다. 저자들은 위의 위장관 간질성 종양에 대한 내시경 초음파 소견을 분석하여 악성과 양성 종양을 감별할 수 있는 지표를 규명하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 위에 발생한 위장관 간질성 종양으로 수술하고 절제 표본의 조직 진단으로 확진한 30예(양성 종양 23예, 악성 종양 7예)를 대상으로 하였다. 수술 전의 내시경 초음파 검사 소견을 조사하고 양성과 악성 종양으로 구분하여 비교하였다. 내시경 초음파 소견상 감별 지표로는 병변의 크기, 병변의 위치, 종양 내부의 낭성 병변, 종양 내의 에코성 초점, 종양 외벽 변연의 규칙성, 병변 내부의 불균질성, 종양 표면의 궤양 형성 등을 조사하였다. 결과: 병변의 크기는 악성 종양의 $85.7\%$, 양성 종양의 $8.7\%$에서 40 mm 이상이었다(P=0.000). 병변의 위치 분포는 악성과 양성 종양에 차이가 없었다(P=0.437). 병변 내부의 낭성 병변이 악성 종양의 $71.4\%$, 양성 종양의 $8.7\%$에서 관찰되었다(P=0.003). 종양 내 에코성 초점의 존재는 악성 종양 $42.9\%$, 양성 종양 $8.7\%$로 차이가 없었다(P=0.068). 병변 외벽 변연의 규칙성은 악성 종양의 $71.4\%$, 양성 종양의 $17.4\%$가 불규칙한 변연 소견을 보였다(P=0.014).악성 종양의 $85.7\%$, 양성 종양의 $13.0\%$에서 병변 내부의 불균질성을 보였다(P=0.001). 종양 표면의 궤양 형성은 악성 종양의 $28.6\%$, 양성 종양의 $8.7\%$에 발견되어 차이가 없었다(P=0.225). 결론: 종양의 크기가 4 cm 이상, 종양 내 낭성 병변의 존재, 불규칙한 종양의 외측 변연, 종양 내부 에코의 불균질성 등이 악성 종양의 가능성을 시사하는 소견으로 조사되었다. 위의 위장관 간질성 종양의 치료 방침을 결정하는데 이러한 지표들을 임상적으로 유용하게 적용할 수 있을 것이다.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.30-36
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• 1998

목 적: H. pylori가 만성유문부 위염의 원인으로 밝혀지면서 십이지장궤양 환자의 90%이상에서 그 위점막에 H. pylori의 존재가 확인되어 H. pylori의 박멸이 십이지장궤양 치료 및 재발에 미치는 영향에 대해 많은 연구가 이루어져 왔고 여러 보고에서 H. pylori의 박멸로 십이지장궤양의 재발율이 현저히 감소한다고 하였다. 소아에서는 성인에 비해 궤양의 빈도가 낮고 내시경적 검사의 제약으로 인하여 이에 대한 관심이 상대적으로 적었으며 소아 십이지장궤양에 대한 연구는 현재까지 거의 없는 실정이다. 이에 저자들은 내시경으로 진단한 소아 십이지장궤양에서 고식적 궤양치료와 H. pylori 병행치료후의 궤양의 재발에 대해 비교 분석해 보고자 하였다. 방 법: 1987년 7월부터 1995년 8월까지 서울대학병원 어린이 병원에 내원하여 내시경검사상 십이지장궤양으로 진단받은 105명(남:여=78:27)을 대상으로, 고식적 치료(ranitidine+antacid)를 행한 군과, H. pylori 진단을 받은 경우 고식적 치료와 함께 amoxicillin(50 mg/kg) 2주, denol(8 mg/kg) 4주의 균박멸 치료를 병행한 군으로 나누어 궤양재발율에 대하여 비교 조사하여 보았다. H. pylori 양성은 내시경생검을 통한 CLO test, Giemsa 염색과 혈청 IgG 항체검사중 둘 이상이 양성이거나 생검조직의 균배양이 양성인 것으로 하였다. 결 과: 1) 91년 5월이후 진단받은 38명(남:여=30:8) 중 원발성 십이지장궤양은 30명(78.9%)이었으며 모두 H. pylori 검사가 시행되어 이중 27명이 양성으로 H. pylori의 감염율은 90.0%였다. 2) H. pylori 양성인 27명 환아에 대해 고식적 치료와 H. pylori 치료를 병행하였는데 추적내시경검사상 23명에서 궤양치유와 함께 균의 박멸이 확인되어 H. pylori 치료성공율은 85.2%였다. 3) 6주의 치료후 추적검사상 박멸에 실패한 3명은 강화요법으로 균의 소실이 확인되었고 이중 1명(33.3%)이 치료종료 2.4년후 재발하였다. 4) 십이지장궤양 환아의 치료후 추적관찰 1년이내 궤양의 재발율은 고식적 치료만을 시행한 경우 65.3%였고 H. pylori 치료를 병행한 경우는 4.3%였다. 결 론: 십이지장궤양 환아들의 대부분이 H. pylori의 감염이 있으며 H. pylori 양성인 소아 십이지장궤양에서 H. pylori 박멸 요법은 궤양 재발의 방지를 위하여 반드시 필요하다.