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A Case of Metastatic Oral Carcinoma from Rectal Cancer (직장암 유래 전이성 구강 암종의 진단예)

  • Shin, Keum-back;Kang, Kee-hyun;Chae, Gyu-sam
    • Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.171-179
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    • 1999
  • The authors experienced a oral carcinoma involving the medial cortex of the right ramus of mandible and the left side of the maxilla which was metastasized from primary rectal adenocarcinoma based on the comprehensive evaluation of data obtained from (1) the past medical history of primary rectal adenocarcinoma, (2) the computerized tomographic views of the homogeneous mass on the anteromedial region of the right ramus of mandible destructing the medial cortex of the right ramus of mandible, and the irregular mass around the clivus spreading into the sphenoid sinus and destructing the left side of the maxilla ; the bone scanning of hot spots on the nasal region and the left side of maxilla ; the posteroanterior chest radiographic view of multiple nodular radiopacities on the lung, (3) the retrospective review of the sonographic view of a hypoechoic, well-demarcated, target-like mass with central hyperechoic focus on right lobe of liver in a Korean female of 49-year-old who complained the ptosis of left eyelid, the swelling on left zygomatic area, the left facial paralysis, the facial asymmetry and a round-shaped, elevated lesion with a hematoma on the mucosa covering the right ramus of mandible.

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Modulation Effects of Antioxidant Vitamins on Ochratoxin A-induced Oxidative Toxicity in Mice (마우스에서 Ochratoxin A로 유발된 산화적 독성에 대한 항산화 비타민의 완화작용)

  • Park, Jung-Hyun;Kang, Sung-Jo;Kang, Jin-Soon;Ryu, Jae-Chun;Chung, Duck-Hwa
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.831-837
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    • 1999
  • Ochratoxin A (OA), a naturally occurring mycotoxin, has been known to cause renal and hepatic lesion in human and animals. This study was carried out to investigate the modulation effects of antioxidant vitamins on OA-induced lipid peroxidation associated with oxidative damage. Vitamin C (10 mg/kg/day) and vitamin E (63.8 mg/kg/day) were administered by intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection to male ICR mice, and 1 hr later, OA which was dissolved in 0.1 M $NaHCO_3$, treated 4 mg/kg/day by i.p. injection. During 4 days repeated, and then measured superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, catalase activity and malondialdehyde (MDA) formation in microsomes of liver and kidney. Additionally, the relationship between cell damage and modulation effects of antioxidant vitamins was evaluated by comet assay. Results were as followed; i) SOD, catalase activity and MDA level were significantly increased by OA treated, ii) SOD, catalase activity and MDA formation were significantly decreased by antioxidant vitamins combine treated, iii) blood cell damage associated with lipid peroxidation, induced by OA, also modulated by antioxidant vitamins. These results indicated that antioxidant vitamins might be used for prevention of renal and hepatic damage due to ochratoxicosis.

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Studies on Early Detection of the Chemical Hepatocarcinogenesis in Newborn Rats (신생랫드를 이용한 화학적 간암발생의 조기진단에 관한 연구)

  • 장민열;김형진;이영순
    • Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.13-26
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    • 1991
  • This study was performed for searching for non-hepatectomy medium-term bioassay model by using newborn female rats. Newborn female Sprague-Dawley rats (1 day old) were given an intraperitoneal injection of 150 mg/kg of diethylnitrosamine (DENA). After three weeks, all rats were weaned and divided into three groups. Group 1 were fed on diets containing 0.01% 2-acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF) as a promoter for three weeks. Group 2 were given 0.05% phenobarbital (PB) in drinking water as a promoter for 8 weeks. Group 3 was control group. The autopsy was carried out at 4 weeks and 8 weeks after weaning. Preneoplastic lesions were indentified with immunohistochemical staining for glutathione S-transferase placental form (GST-P). In liver weight to body weight ratios, group 2 showed significant difference from group 1 (p<0.001) at 4 weeks after weaning. Group 1 and group 2 showed significant difference from group 3 at 8 weeks after weaning (p<0.0I, p<0.001), respectively. In quantitative analysis for GST-P positive lesion area by using Image Analyzer, group 1 and group 2 represented significant difference in comparison with group 3 at early 4 weeks after weaning (p

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A Case of Unknown Primary Malignant Melanoma with Pulmonary and Endobronchial Metastasis (다발성 폐종괴 및 기관지 점막으로 전이한 원발불명의 악성 흑색종 1예)

  • Min, Young-Hoon;Kim, Sung-Wook;Chin, Hui-Jong;Lee, Tae-Yoo;Song, Hun-Ho;Lee, Keun-Seok;Lee, Jung-Ae;Park, Young-Lee;Hyun, In-Gyu
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • v.53 no.2
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    • pp.196-201
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    • 2002
  • Malignant melanoma is a highly malignant form of cutaneous cancer derived from melanocytes. The lesion frequently metastasizes to the lymph nodes, lung, liver and bone. However, an endobronchial metastasis and a primary malignant. melanoma of the lung are quite rare. We report a case of an unknown primary malignant melanoma with a pulmonary and endobronchial metastasis in a 34 years old male. He complained of coughing and black-colored sputum. Abnormal skin and mucosal lesions were not found during a physical examination. A chest X-ray revealed multiple nodular masses in both lung fields. A flexible bronchoscopy showed two yellowish small nodules at the entry of left lower bronchus. Vimentin, the S-100 protein, and HMB-45 stain positive melanoma cells were detected at the bronchoscopic biopsy specimen.

A study on the direction and an improvement plan of the youth economics education in the Digital Age (디지털 시대(時代)의 청소년(靑少年) 경제교육(經濟敎育)의 방향(方向)과 개선방안(改善方案)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究))

  • Jo, Yeong-Gwan;Ju, Hyeong-Geun
    • 한국디지털정책학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.185-207
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    • 2005
  • 본 논문은 우리나라 청소년들의 경제교육을 좀더 효과적이며 내실 있는 교육방법을 찾는 데에 그 목적을 두고 있다. 이를 위해 세계적 무한경쟁시대(無限競爭時代)에 주역이 되어야 할 우리나라 청소년들에게 어릴 때부터 체계적인 경제 지식과 마인드를 심어줌으로써 미래지향적이고 세계주도적인 인재로 성장할 수 있는 기틀을 잡아주고, 어떻게 교육하는 것이 가장 효과적이며 내실 있는 방법인가를 고찰하였다. 현재 우리나라 초 중 고에서의 경제교육에 관한 현황을 살펴보고, 실태조사를 바탕으로 경제교육의 방향과 활성화에 시사점을 두었으며, 특히 디지털 매스미디어를 중심으로 한 교육방법을 살펴보았다. 연구결과를 바탕으로 디지털 시대의 청소년 경제교육 방향을 제시하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 청년실업자의 활용이라는 측면에서 청소년경제교육을 직접 지도할 수 있는 전문가를 양성하여야 한다. 정년실업자를 청소년 경제교육에 관한 skill 교육을 통해 전문경제교육자로 양성한 후 현장에 투입하여 활용하는 방안이다. 현재 학교교육에서의 경제교육을 전문적으로 도와줄 수 있는 전문가의 부재를 청년실업자를 바탕으로 정책적, 민간기관의 지원을 바탕으로 자격증을 취득한 전문경제교육자를 현장에서 활용하는 것이다. 둘째, 청소년들의 환경에서 가장 큰 영향력을 행사하는 디지털 매스미디어를 경제교육의 도구로 활용하는 웹 활용교육(WBI)이 되어야 한다. 디지털을 이용한 경제교육의 매력은 매스미디어에 대한 청소년들의 거부감이 없다는데 있다. 그리고 웹 활용 교육(WBI)과 프로그램 개발을 통하여 인터넷과 홈페이지 그리고 다양한 경제교육과 학교 수업에 효율적으로 사용될 수 있다.식품으로서 사료의 위생적인 생산을 가져올 수 있을 것으로 생각된다. 서비스에 대한 인지된 유용성과 UI의 편의성은 사용자 선호에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 반면에 정보 품질, 서비스 연계성, 흥미 성, 시스템 품질은 사용자 선호에 영향을 미치지 못하는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 정보 품질과 시스템 품질의 결과는 유의 수준에서 크게 넘어가지 않는 결과가 나와 반드시 영향을 미치지 못하는 것은 아니라고 조사되었다. 본 연구는 검색 서비스라는 특정 서비스에 대해서 사용자 선호에 영향을 미치는 요인에 대해서 알아보고자 하였다. 이는 학문적인 측면에서 기존의 통합적인 웹사이트 평가에 대한 연구의 확장을 가능케 하였고, 개인사용자 측면에서는 좀더 좋은 정보를 제공하는 검색 서비스에 대한 이해를 높일 수 있는 계기가 되었다고 할 수 있다. did not showed any characterized sign of acute or subacute liver damage or intestine lesion. So it is supposed that there is not any tocixants originated from some molds in fermented Korean domestic Meju which is prepared traditionally in winter.의 배설량은 10배 정도 증가하게 되어 진동만의 오염부하를 가중하게 된다. 진동만은 여름철 빈산소수괴 및 적조가 빈번하게 발생하고 있으므로 미더덕 양식장을 새로이 시설할 경우 오염부하가 가중될 것으로 판단되어, 앞으로 진동만의 양식장 수용능력을 파악하여 적정량의

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A Toxicological Study of Young Fronds of Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum var latiusculum) Collected in Kwang Ju Area (한국산 고사리의 독성조사에 관한 연구)

  • Sheo, Hwa-Joong;Lee, Myung-Yul
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.255-264
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    • 1989
  • The results of toxicity test using mice and rats for ethanol extract of Bracken Fern collected in Kwang Ju area were shown as follows ; Up to the dose of 10g per kg of mice administered intraperitoneally there was no lethal toxicity so that it was impossible to calculate the median lethal dose $(LD_{50})$. For the first 7 days experiment all rats administered frond extract grouping in 40mg, 400mg, and 1200mg per kg of rat as the daily oral doses did not show any characterized sign in the weight gain rate, anatomical findings, and biochemical studies. For 3 weeks following the first week the weight gain rates of all test group were reduced to $4.2{\sim}7%$ below the weight gain rate of control. In this period serum GPT, GOT, and Alkaline phosphatase value were increased significantly indicating the symptoms of Bracken Fern poisonings. The pathological findings of all test groups for 28 days showed acute and chronic intestinal lesion and liver damage with steatosis especially in 1200g/kg rat groups. In this experiment the Bracken poisonings appeared slowly in rats of 400mg/kg and 1200mg/kg for two weeks and in rats of 40mg/kg for 3 weeks, showing the symptoms of lowering of weight gain rate, subacute hepatitis, hepatic steatosis and enteritis in 28 days experiment.

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Coronary Arterial Lesions of Kawasaki Disease Observed in a Mouse Model of Sepsis: A Pilot Study and a Review of the Literature (패혈증 마우스 모델에서 가와사키병의 관상동맥 병변 관찰: 예비연구와 문헌고찰)

  • Kim, Joo-Hyun;Kim, Hyo-Jin;Shin, Jung-Ha;Choi, Ui-Yoon;Lee, Soo-Young;Han, Ji-Whan
    • Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.102-107
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: Coronary arterial lesions (CALs) were reported to have developed in children with systemic inflammatory diseases, as well as those with Kawasaki disease (KD). The purpose of this study was to confirm that the CAL development in children with KD occurs in a mouse model of sepsis presenting typical systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). Methods: To induce the sepsis mouse model with SIRS, 6-week-old C57BL/6 mice were intraperitoneally injected with endotoxin. We compared histological findings of the major organs between the control and the sepsis groups and examined CAL in the heart of the septic mice. Results: Infiltrating inflammatory cells were relatively increased in the heart, liver, and kidneys of the sepsis group, compared with those of the control group. We confirmed lymphocytic infiltration in the myocardium (myocarditis) and the pericardial soft tissue of the heart. Furthermore, coronary artery of the septic mouse was identified, but CAL was not observed. Conclusions: In this study, we failed to confirm the existence of CAL in a mouse model of sepsis. However, it is well-known that CALs are seen in many kinds of diseases that cause SIRS. Our findings suggest further investigation into the clinical significance of CAL in various systemic inflammatory diseases, including KD.

Theoretical Determination of Geometrical Structures of the Nitric Oxide Dimer, (NO)₂

  • 박종근;선호성
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.20 no.12
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    • pp.1399-1408
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    • 1999
  • Geometrical structures for the dimerization of (NO)₂ from (NO + NO) have been calculated using ab initio Har-tree-Fock (SCF), second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation (MP2), and coupled cluster with the single, double, and triple substitution [CCSD(T)] methods with a triple zeta plus polarization (TZP) basis set including diffuse Rydberg basis functions. The structure of (NO)₂ can be described by two interactions (N…N, N…O). One is the ONNO structure with an (N…N) interaction. In this structure, acyclic cis-ONNO with $C_{2v}$-symmetry, acyclic trans-ONNO with $C_{2h}$, and cyclic ONNO with trapezoidal structure ($C_{2v}$) are optimized at the MP2 level. The other structure is the ONON structure with an (N…O) interaction. In the structure, acyclic cis-ONON with Cs$^{-symmetry}$ and cyclic ONON of the rectangular ($C_{2h}$), square $(D_{2h})$, rhombic $(D_{2h})$, and parallelogramic $(D_{2h})$ geometries are also optimized. It is found that acyclic cis-ONNO (¹A₁) is the most stable structure and cyclic ONNO (³A₁) is the least stable. Acyclic trans-ONNO (³A₁) with an (N…N) interaction, acyclic trans-ONON and bicyclic ONON $(C_{2v})$ with (N…O) interaction, and acyclic cis- and trans-NOON with an (O…O) interaction can not be optimized at the MP2 level. Particularly, acyclic trans-ONNO with $C_{2h}$-symmetry can not be optimized at the CCSD(T) level. Meanwhile, acyclic NNOO (¹A₁, $C_s)$ and trianglic NNOO (¹A₁,$C_{2v})$ formed by the (O…N) interaction between O₂ and N₂ are optimized at the MP2 level. The binding energies and the relative energy gaps among the isomers are found to be relatively small./sec. Spiral CT scans during the arterial phase were obtained 35 seconds after the injection of contrast medium. CT findings of 78 lesions less than 4cm in diameter were correlated with angiographic findings. Results : The attenuation of lesions was high(n = 69), iso(n = 5), and low(n = 4) compared with liver parenchyma during the arterial phase of spiral CT. In lesions with high-, iso-, and low-attenuation during the arterial phase of spiral CT, hypervascularity on angiograms was found in 63 of 69(91.3%), three of five(60%), and three of four lesions(75%), respectively. Six lesions with high-attenuation on the arterial phase of spiral CT were not seen on angiography. Two iso-attenuated and one low-attenuated lesion were hypovascular on angiograms. Conclusion : The results of this study suggest that with some exceptions there was good correlation between the arterial phase of spiral CT and angiography.

A Rare Case of Acquired Arteriovenous Malformation in Transarterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (간세포암의 경동맥 화학색전술 중 발견된 후천성 동정맥 기형에 관한 드문 증례보고)

  • Moon, Sung-Nam;Seo, Sang-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.188-193
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    • 2019
  • Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is a commonly used and rapidly evolving non-invasive treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). It is important that understanding individual anatomical variants and planning for tumor-feeding artery access to acquire adequate treatment effectiveness. In this study, we will report acquired arteriovenous malformation which interferes with TACE for HCC. A 72-year-old man with persistent abdominal pain for 2 days visited our hospital. The patient was chronic hepatitis B carrier and had a history of HCC treated with conventional TACE 10 years ago. Hypervascular nodular HCC in the liver segment 8 and aberrant right hepatic artery from the superior mesenteric artery were detected on computed tomography (CT). When first TACE was performed, the tumor-feeding artery originating from the left hepatic artery was found and embolized. There was no tumor-feeding artery from the right hepatic artery but arteriovenous malformation was found. After a month, follow up CT showed necrotic lesion and residual HCC and we performed secondary TACE. On secondary TACE, we selected the right hepatic artery and passed through arteriovenous malformation. Superselective-angiogram showed remnant tumoral staining and remnant tumor was embolized using drug-eluting bead and Adriamycin. Final angiogram showed no remnant tumoral staining and the patient was discharged without complication. We found the rare case of arteriovenous malformation adjacent to HCC, and we performed superselective TACE beyond arteriovenous malformation to treat HCC.

Double-Chambered Right Ventricle in an Old Standard Poodle Dog

  • Yunho Jeong;Yoonhwan Kim;Eunchan Lee;Ju-Hyun An;Sooyoung Choi;Jin-Young Chung;Jin-Ok Ahn
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.130-134
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    • 2023
  • A 12-year-old Standard Poodle presented with intermittent weakness and occasional dyspnea at the Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital of Kangwon National University. A grade of 4 out of 6 systolic murmur with an irregular tachycardic rhythm was auscultated on both sides of the chest. Systolic blood pressure was 140 mmHg. Panting was noticed in the hospital, but there was no crackle sound. Blood analysis revealed mild increases in liver panel levels (alanine aminotransferase 149 [reference interval, 19-70] U/L; and alkaline phosphatase, 185 [reference interval, 15-127] U/L) and severe increases in cardiac biomarker levels (n-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, 4169 [reference interval, 50-900] pmol/L; and cardiac troponin I, 0.22 [reference interval, 0.03-0.12] ng/mL). On electrocardiography, irregularly irregular supraventricular tachycardic rhythm with an f-wave and no distinct p-wave was observed. Generalized cardiomegaly with an enlarged right atrium and left ventricle was confirmed on thoracic radiography. Moreover, hepatomegaly and an enlarged caudal vena cava were observed. Echocardiographic evaluation revealed a fibromuscular diaphragm in the right ventricle. Because of the obstructive lesion in the right ventricle, the right atrium and ventricle were enlarged (right atrial area index, 38.82 cm2/m2 [reference interval, 4.2-10.2 cm2/m2]; right ventricle end-diastolic area index, 14.152 cm2/m2 [reference interval, 4.9-10.92 cm2/m2]). Accordingly, the patient was diagnosed with double-chambered right ventricle (DCRV). Pimobendan, furosemide, enalapril, diltiazem, and S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) were prescribed, and all symptoms were relieved. DCRV is a right-sided congenital heart defect resembling pulmonic valve stenosis. If symptoms are not severe, medical therapy can be facilitated without surgery or the balloon dilation.