• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.24-27
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• 2012

Mycotic hepatic artery aneurysms (HAAs) have become very rare due to antibiotics. Untreated, they have a high possibility of rupture and mortality. In this paper, on the case of a 67-year-old male who had severe right-upper-quadrant abdominal pain and a history of infective endocarditis is reported. The computed tomography (CT) and arterial angiography findings led to a diagnosis of a ruptured mycotic HAA. The CT showed an HAA and the formation of an intrahepatic hematoma caused by aneurysmal rupture. The arterial angiography showed a mycotic HAA that arose from the right posterior hepatic artery. Percutaneous transcatheter arterial embolization was used to successfully treat the HAA. Since then, the patient has been doing well, without symptoms.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.87-89
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• 2006

A 55-year old Korean man, living in Mokpo-city, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea, visited a local clinic complaining of right upper quadrant pain and indigestion. At colonoscopy, he was diagnosed as having a carcinoma of the ascending colon, and thus, a palliative right hemicolectomy was performed. Subsequently, an adult fluke of Gymnophalloides seoi was incidentally found in a surgical pathology specimen of the lymph node around the colon. The worm was found to have invaded gut lymphoid tissue, with characteristic morphologies of a large oral sucker, a small ventral sucker, and a ventral pit surrounded by strong muscle fibers. This is the first reported case of mucosal tissue invasion by G. seoi in the human intestinal tract.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제61권2호
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• pp.194-197
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• 2023

Ascaris lumbricoides causes one of the most common soil-transmitted helminthiases globally. The worms mostly infect the human small intestine and elicit negligible or nonspecific symptoms, but there are reports of extraintestinal ectopic ascariasis. We describe a rare case of biliary ascariasis mistaken for biliary stent in a 72-year-old female patient with a history of liver resection. She visited our outpatient clinic complaining of right upper quadrant pain and fever for the past week. She had previously undergone left lateral sectionectomy for recurrent biliary and intrahepatic duct stones 2 years ago. Besides mildly elevated gamma-glutamyl transferase levels, her liver function tests were normal. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography revealed a linear filling defect closely resembling an internal stent from the common bile duct to the right intrahepatic bile duct. A live female A. lumbricoides adult worm was removed by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Despite a significant decrease of the ascariasis prevalence in Korea, cases of biliary ascariasis are still occasionally reported. In this study, a additional case of biliary ascariasis, which was radiologically misdiagnosed as the biliary stent, was described in a hepatic resection patient by the worm recovery with ERCP in Korea.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.165-172
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• 2023

건강한 소아에서 화농성 간농양은 선진국에서는 드문 질환이지만 진단과 치료가 늦어진다면 치명적일 수 있는 질환이다. 전세계적으로 화농성 간농양의 가장 흔한 원인균은 Staphylococcus aureus이며 국내의 경우 Klebsiella pneumoniae가 가장 흔하지만, 혐기균에 의한 화농성 간농양도 매우 드물게 보고되고 있다. 발열과 우상복부 통증을 주소로 응급실에 온 14세 남아가 우상복부 압통을 보이고 백혈구 상승, 빈혈, 간효소치 상승을 보여 조영증강 복부컴퓨터단층촬영을 시행한 결과 간농양을 진단하였다. 환자는 2주간의 경피적 도관 배액술과 4주간의 항생제 치료 후 완쾌되었다. 간농양 배양검사에서 혐기균이자 구강 상재균인 Prevotella intermedia가 확인되었으나 감염의 근원이 치아조직 감염이라는 증거를 찾지는 못하였다. 본 증례와 같이 건강한 소아에서도 화농성 간농양이 발생할 수 있음을 염두에 두고 진단적 접근을 하는 것이 바람직하겠다.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.70-74
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• 2009

저자들은 급성 복통을 주소로 내원한 10세 남아에서 복부 초음파와 복부 전산화단층촬영을 통하여 대망 경색을 진단하였으며 항생제 및 진통제 등의 보존적인 치료로 증상의 완화를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.643-648
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• 1998

저자들은 평소 건강하던 중 기침, 호흡곤란 등으로 내원한 환자에서 흉부 X-선상 양측 폐야에 결절성 폐침윤 소견과 말초혈액상 호산구증가 등을 보여 경기관지 폐생검 및 폐포세척술 상 호산구성 폐렴을 진단하고 그 원인으로 담낭염을 동반한 간흡충증 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.473-477
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• 2014

Primary leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is a rare malignant tumor. Herein, we report the case of a 52-year-old male patient who had postprandial abdominal distension and right upper quadrant abdominal pain. The abdominal computed tomography (CT) angiogram showed an IVC mass extending from the infrahepatic to the suprarenal inferior vena cava. The radiologic findings were suggestive of an IVC leiomyosarcoma. Surgical resection and reconstruction with a cryopreserved homograft were performed. The follow-up abdominal CT angiogram revealed the patient to be disease-free 6 months after surgery with patency of the IVC and renal vein.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.121-125
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• 1999

To study the role of anomalous pancreatico-biliary ductal union (APBDU) in the development of choledochal cyst, we reviewed 23 cases. APBDU is defined as a long common channel(>0.4 mm). The patients ages ranged from 1 week to 112 months and the mean age was 22.5 months. Right upper quadrant pain was the most prevalent symptom. The diagnosis was made by ultrasonography and operative cholangiography in most patient. The preoperative diagnosis was made in 100 % of the cases. Gallstones were found in 5 cases. Todani type I and type IV were prevalent. A long common channel was found in all cases. The operative treatment consisted of cyst excision and Reux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy or choledochojejunosotmy. One patient had postoperative pancreatitis. There was no mortality. We conclude that detection of choledochal cyst is occurring at a younger age and APBDU seems to play an important role in the pathogenesis of type I and IV cysts. Cyst excision is the treatment of choice to eliminate repeated cholangitis and malignant transformation.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.113-117
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• 2002

저자들은 갑작스럽게 발생한 우상복부 동통을 주소로 내원한 13세 여아에서 간에 다발성으로 전이가 된 I형 총담관낭으로부터 발생한 담관암 1례를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.30-38
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• 1977

Breast cancer is one of the most feared health problems in women ; Recent studies revealed that it had come up to be the second most in this country and high prevalent disease in the western countries among breast disease in women. However, early detection of the cancer mass is known to be easier than in many other malignancies. This study was performed to investigate the various characteristics of patients of breast cancer ; by the structural variables, menstrual, marital, and child bearing, and also their understandings and attitude towards the disease. A hundred any in- and out- patients of 51. Mary's Hospital and National Atomic Institute, Seoul were sampled. Data were gathered through direct interview by the researcher from February 1976 to January 1977 and the clinical records were used as references. Results are as follows ; 1. Breast cancer revealed to be most prevalent in the forties ; average age of 45.2 years. 2. The average age of menarche revealed to be 15.4 years ; the largest group were the 16-20 years (N=75, 68.2%). In 55 cases (50%) menstruation were normal, 38 (34.5%) postmenopausal and only in 17 (15.5%), menstruation revealed irregularity. 3. The average marital age revealed to be 22.3 years ; the largest group were 21-25 group (N=43, 39.1%). The average duration of marital life revealed to be 24.7 years ; 11-20 years group were the largest (M=34, 30.9%). 4. Most of the patients revealed to have pregnancy experiences(N=100, 90.9%) ; the average rate of experience were 5, 3 times the largest group were 3.4 times group(N= 32, 29.1%). 54 patients (49.1%) revealed to have had abortion experience ; the average were 3.4 times. 5. The largest group(N=77, 70%) had been breast feeding : followed by mixed feeding (N=12, 10.9%) and artificial feeding(N=10, 9.1%). 6. Personal health history revealed that in 20 patients (18.2%) revealed to have the past history of Purulent mastitis, 5 patients(4.5%) of breast cancer and 3 patients(2.7%) of uttering cancer family history. 7. In the one half (N=56, 50.9%, they had some information about breast cancer :27 (24.5%) by mass media, 12 (10.9%) through personal contacts and 17 (15.5%) were not able to classify the source of information. 8. In 55 cases (50%) the canoe, mass were discovered incidentally, in 39 cases (35.5%) by manual detection by self, in 10 cases (9%) by others and in 6 cases(5.5%) by observing subjective symptoms. 9. The average duration lapsed between the discovery of cancer mass and the visit to the hospital revealed to be 9.4 month. Chief reason for the delay revealed to be the non-chaplaincy due to the absence of pain(N=50, 45.5 %) followed by the administration of herb and commercial medication (N=19, 17.3%). 10. The left side breast was more affected than the right side breast, represent by 60 cases in the left and 39 cases in the right. The most frequent site of the breast cancer was the upper- outer quadrant in 53 cases (47.7%), and followed by the center in 20 cases(18 %), and the upper inner quadrant, in 19 cases (17.1%). There was / cases of bilateral carcinoma. The most prominent symptom was painless mass.