• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권9호
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• pp.652-655
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• 2005

폐실질내 과오종에 비해 기관지 내 과오종은 드문 질환으로 폐실질 내 과오종이 우연히 발견되는 것에 비해 기관지 내 과오종은 기관지 폐색에 의한 증상이 유발되어 발견되는 경우가 많다. 47세 남자가 한 달간의 기침을 주소로 내원하였다. 기관지 내시경에서 좌상엽 전구역을 페쇄하고 있는 과오종이 발견되었으며 좌상엽전구역 절제술로 제거되었다. 저자들은 좌상엽 전구역 절제술로 제거된 기관지내 과오종을 경험하여 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.246-249
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• 2013

A solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare neoplasm originated from the pleura, but they can occur in a variety of extrathoracic regions. Although many cases of primary SFT have been reported, there are extremely rare repots to date of a malignant SFT in the spine or skull. A 54-year-woman visited our hospital due to low back pain and both leg radiating pain. Several imaging studies including magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography revealed expansive enhanced lesions in the occipital bone, T8, S1-2, and ilium, with neural tissue compression. We performed surgical resection of the tumor in each site, and postoperative radiosurgery and chemotherapy were performed. However, after six months, tumors were recurred and metastasized in multiple regions including whole spine and lung. The authors report here the first case of patient with malignant SFT of tandem lesions in the various bony structures, including skull, thoracic spine, and sacral spine, with a rapid recurrence and metastasis. Although malignant SFT is extremely rare, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis and carful follow-up is needed.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.247-259
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• 2020

Objectives: This review aims to investigate clinical studies related to bee venom pharmacopuncture for cancer patients and to analyze the research trend for further study. Methods: We searched for clinical studies using bee venom pharmacopuncture therapy on patients with cancer through the electronic databases including Pubmed, Cochrane library, OASIS, KISS, NDSL, and KMBASE. There was no restriction on language and publication date, and after selection/exclusion process, the study design, target disease, intervention details including acupoints, treatment frequency and period, outcomes, study results and adverse events were extracted. Results: Thirteen clinical studies were finally selected. There were a randomized controlled trial RCT about the effect of sweet bee venom pharmacopuncture on cancer-related pain, and three case series about chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy. In case reports, there were nine studies about oligodendroglioma, plexiform neurofibroma, breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, urachal adenocarcinoma, malignant melanoma, and atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance. The bee venom therapy affected the improvement of outcomes such as symptoms, quality of life, tumor response, and lab findings. Conclusions: The present study found that bee venom therapy is applicable to the treatment of cancer patients, and showed some effect on various symptoms. However, due to insufficient number and quality of studies, well designed and high-quality clinical trials are necessary to confirm the effectiveness and safety of bee venom pharmacopuncture therapy in patients with cancer.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제40권7호
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• pp.526-528
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• 2007

골조직에 발생하는 거대세포종은 국소적으로는 양성이지만 재발률이 매우 높고, 아주 드물게 원격전이를 일으킬 수 있다. 우측 요골에 발생한 거대세포종이 치료 후 재발되어, 요골을 제거한 후, 다시 동측 흉벽 연부조직에 전이된 29세의 남자환자를 보고하는 바이다. 종양은 흉벽의 골조직과는 연관이 없었다. 수술은 주위 연부조직과 함께 광범위 절제하였으며, 조직학적 검사상 악성 종양을 시사하는 소견은 없었다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제78권3호
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• pp.272-275
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• 2015

Malignant melanoma occurs most frequently on the skin. However, it can also arise in other organs and tissues of the body. Primary pulmonary malignant melanoma is a very rare non-epithelial neoplasm accounting for 0.01% of all primary pulmonary tumors. The treatment of choice is surgical resection of the tumor with an oncologically adequate margin as in lobectomy or pneumonectomy. The prognosis of this condition is rather poor. Based on previous data, its 5-year survival is at least 10%. Here, we report a case of an 82-year-old woman whose primary pulmonary melanoma was detected incidentally.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.268-276
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• 2018

Although patients with breast cancer receive standard treatments, they often experience recurrence or metastasis of tumors. Therefore, patients seeking treatment with traditional Korean medicine (TKM) in addition to conventional treatment have increased. We present a case of 46-year-old female with recurring breast cancer. She underwent surgeries and various hormone therapies since being diagnosed in 2007. Upon follow-up examination, she had metastatic lesions on the lung and multiple bones in 2015 and 2016. She received TKM treatments from May 2017 with Aromasin and Afinitor. However, hepatic metastasis was found after two months, so she started Capecitabine with TKM. After about two months, the liver nodules disappeared and a seeding nodule in the right paracolic gutter was decreased. After two months, the tumor response was stable disease. Back pain due to bone metastasis was improved. We suggest that combination treatment of TKM and chemotherapy is a promising method for treating breast cancer.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.237-239
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• 2013

An ectopic thyroid is caused by abnormalities in migration of the thyroid during development and rarely occurs in the thoracic cavity or the abdominal cavity. We report the case of a 64-year-old female who had abnormal findings from a thyroid hormone test during follow-up after thyroid cancer surgery. Based on the radioisotope diagnostic test, an ectopic thyroid inside the thoracic cavity was suspected. Through surgical treatment, the patient was diagnosed with ectopic intrapulmonary thyroid. Ectopic intrapulmonary thyroid is reported to be very rare and the case is described along with a literature review.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제30권11호
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• pp.1154-1158
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• 1997

활막육종은 관절, 활액낭, 건초 부위에서 발생하는 흔하지 않은 악성 간엽 종양이다. 발생 부위는 전형적으로 사지, 특히 하지에서 호발한다. 복벽이나 흉벽에서도 발생하며 드물지만 두경부에서도 발생한다. 본 병원(삼성의료원) 에서는 17세 여자에서 발생한 늑골의 활막육종 1례를 치험하였다. 수술적 치료로서 우측 두 번째 늑골 종양을 포함하여 첫 번째, 세 번째 늑골 일부를 흉벽과 함께 절제하는 광범위 절제술을 시행하였고, 수술 후 별다른 문제없이 퇴원하였으나, 외래 추적 도중 흉골과 양측 폐에 종양 재발이 발견되어 항암제 치료를 실시하였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.63-65
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• 2014

Ameloblastomas are rare odontogenic epithelial tumors that occur mainly in the mandible. Despite their benign histologic appearance, they are locally aggressive with a high recurrence rate. However, a metastasizing ameloblastoma has been rarely reported. According to the current World Health Organization classification system, the definitive diagnosis of metastasizing ameloblastoma can only be carried out in retrospect, after the event of metastasis. This case report describes a patient with metastatic pulmonary ameloblastoma, 17 years after the surgical excision of an odontogenic tumor, preoperatively misdiagnosed as primary squamous cell carcinoma.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.71-75
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• 2019

Inflammatory myofibrolastic tumor (IMT) is a rare borderline neoplasm. It frequently occurs in the lung but occasionally occurs in extrapulmonary sites such as the genitourinary tract, gastrointestinal tract, breast, salivary glands, sinonasal tract, orbit, and the central nervous system. Laryngeal involvement of IMT is very rare. A 61-year-old woman who complained of hoarseness persisting for 3 months visited our hospital. Laryngoscopy showed an elevated lesion in the right true vocal cord. Incisional biopsy was confirmed as larygeal inflammatory myofibrolastic tumor. We performed a transoral excision with CO₂ LASER under suspension examination. Regional recurrence or distant metastasis was not observed after 9 months of follow-up. Herein we report a case of larygeal inflammatory myofibrolastic tumor that was treated with surgery alone, with a literature review.