• 대한수의학회지
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.253-255
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• 2017

A 2-year-old, female Pomeranian dog was referred for dyspnea. Thoracic radiographs revealed left-sided mediastinal shift, increased soft tissue opacity in the caudal aspect of left thorax with loss of the left diaphragmatic silhouette, and dorsal elevation of mediastinal structures and heart from the sternum by lung tissue. The left main bronchus was visualized as an air-bronchogram and observed to abruptly discontinue at the level of the 10th rib. Thoracic computed tomography (CT) revealed absence of the left lung parenchyma and left pulmonary vessels with a rudimentary left main bronchus. The case was congenital pulmonary aplasia diagnosed via radiography and CT.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.232-234
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• 2021

Ependymomas arise from ependymal cells and can grow at any site in the central nervous system (CNS), as well as in some locations outside of the CNS. The latter is rare, contributing to the frequent misdiagnoses of such cases. Herein, we present the case of a 54-year-old man with a history of lower limb weakness and numbness. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an extradural, heterogeneously enhanced solid lesion with a regular and well-defined border in the posterior mediastinum. A post-resection histopathological examination revealed tumor-forming perivascular pseudo-rosettes that showed immunoreactivity against glial fibrillary acidic protein, epithelial membrane antigen, and vimentin, as well as a high Ki-67 labeling index. Based on pathological features, a diagnosis of anaplastic ependymoma was established.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.42-45
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• 2016

Thrombosis at the left ventricular outflow tract occurs without any detectable heart disease or predisposing factors only extremely rarely. A 48-year-old male visited Konkuk University Medical Center with loss of consciousness one month prior to presentation. Before he visited our hospital, he had been diagnosed with a cardiac tumor, which was located between the left atrium and posterior aortic root, and which was adjacent to both the aortic and mitral valves. Cardiac transplantation was recommended at the other hospital because of the high risk of cardiac dysfunction induced by both aortic and mitral valvular dysfunction after surgical resection. Based on preoperative transthoracic echocardiography, cardiac computed tomography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, and intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography, we considered it to be a benign tumor. Complete resection was achieved and the pathology confirmed organizing thrombus. We report a case of organizing thrombus mimicking a cardiac tumor, which was located at the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa of the left ventricular outflow tract without any heart disease.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.52.1-52.11
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• 2020

Background: Intradural-intramedullary intervertebral disc extrusion (IIVDE) is a rare condition of intervertebral disc disease. However, the diagnosis of IIVDE is challenging because the prognosis and imaging characteristics are poorly characterized. Objectives: We aimed to describe the clinical and imaging characteristics of tentatively diagnosed IIVDE in dogs to assess the prognostic utility of neurological grade and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. Methods: Twenty dogs were included in this retrospective cohort study. Results: Nonchondrodystrophic breeds (n = 16) were more predisposed than chondrodystrophic breeds. Most dogs showed acute onset of clinical signs. Neurological examination at admission showed predominant non-ambulatory paraparesis (n = 9); paresis (n = 16) was confirmed more frequently than paralysis (n = 4). Follow-up neurological examination results were only available for 11 dogs, ten of whom showed neurological improvement and 8 showed successful outcomes at 1 month. The characteristic MRI findings include thoracic vertebra (T)2 hyperintense, T1 hypointense, intramedullary linear tracts with reduced disc volume, and cleft of the annulus fibrosus. None of the MRI measurements were significantly correlated with neurological grade at admission. Neurological grade did not differ according to the presence of parenchymal hemorrhage, parenchymal contrast enhancement, and meningeal contrast enhancement. Neurological grades at admission showed a statistical correlation with those observed at the 1-month follow-up (r = 0.814, p = 0.02). Conclusions: IIVDE is a rare form of disc extrusion commonly experienced after physical activity or trauma and most frequently affects the cranial-cervical and thoracolumbar regions of nonchondrodystrophic dog breeds. Neurological score at admission emerged as a more useful prognostic indicator than MRI findings in dogs with suspected IIVDE.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.249-252
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• 2005

상완 신경총에 발생하는 종양은 비교적 드물다 저자들은 상완 신경총의 하부 신경간에 발생한 신경초종을 미세현미경 수술로 치료하였기에 보고한다. 38세 남자 환자가 우측 쇄골상부 및 전완부의 6, 7번 경부신경 지배영역에 통증을 호소하였다. 고무탄력의 딱딱한 종괴가 우측 쇄골 상부에서 촉지되었고 자기공명영상소견 상 우측 상완 신경총 부위에 주위와 경계가 뚜렷하고 낭성 부위를 포함하며 조영제에 잘 조영되는 타원형의 종괴였다. 상완 신경총 종양은 전방 경흉부 접근법(Dartevelle 변형술식)을 통해 완전히 제거되었다. 수술 후 3개월째 아무런 신경 증상이 없이 외래 추적관찰 중이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.335-344
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• 2015

Background: A raised carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) may be associated with significant pathology during the postoperative follow-up of lung adenocarcinoma. Methods: We reviewed the medical records of 305 patients who underwent surgical resections for primary lung adenocarcinoma at a single institution between April 2006 and February 2013. Results: Preoperative CEA levels were significantly associated with age, smoking history, pathologic stage including pT (pathologic tumor stge), pN (pathologic nodal stage) and overall pathological stage, tumor size and differentiation, pathologically positive total lymph node, N1 and N2 lymph node, N2 nodal station (0/1/2=1.83/2.94/7.21 ng/mL, p=0.019), and 5-year disease-free survival (0.591 in group with normal preoperative CEA levels vs. 0.40 in group with high preoperative CEA levels, p=0.001). Preoperative CEA levels were significantly higher than postoperative CEA levels (p<0.001, Wilcoxon signed-rank test). Postoperative CEA level was also significantly associated with disease-free survival (p<0.001). A follow-up serum CEA value of >2.57 ng/mL was found to be the appropriate cutoff value for the prediction of cancer recurrence with sensitivity and specificity of 71.4% and 72.3%, respectively. Twenty percent of patients who had recurrence of disease had a CEA level elevated above this cutoff value prior to radiographic evidence of recurrence. Postoperative CEA, pathologic stage, differentiation, vascular invasion, and neoadjuvant therapy were identified as independent predictors of 5-year disease-free survival in a multivariate analysis. Conclusion: The follow-up CEA level can be a useful tool for detecting early recurrence undetected by postoperative imaging studies. The perioperative follow-up CEA levels may be helpful for providing personalized evaluation of lung adenocarcinoma.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제40권11호
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• pp.793-797
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• 2007

Communicating bronchopulmonary foregut malformation (CBPFM)은 매우 드문 선천성 기형으로 격리된 호흡계 조직과 식도 또는 위장 사이의 누관이 특징적이다. 원시위장관에서 기원한 부속의 폐조직이 모든 종류의 bronchopulmonary furegut malformation 발생의 중요한 요인이 된다. 반복되는 폐렴이 있는 환자의 chest X-ray에서 낭성 병변이 보인다면 CBPFM을 생각해봐야 하며, 진단적 방법으로 식도조영술, 기관조영술, 컴퓨터 단층촬영, 자기공명영상 그리고 혈관조영술 등이 도움이 된다. 치료는 수술적 제거가 권장되며 예후도 좋다. 좌측 완전 심낭결손증과 동반되었으며, 이중식도에 연결된 외엽성 폐격리증과 기관지성 낭종을 보인 CBPFM 1예를 보고한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.270-274
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• 2017

Background: We evaluated the operative outcomes of an extra-anatomic bypass from the ascending aorta to the abdominal aorta in patients with type II or III Takayasu arteritis (TA) with mid-aortic syndrome. Methods: From 1988 to 2014, 8 patients with type II (n=2) or III (n=6) TA underwent an ascending aorta to abdominal aorta bypass. The mean patient age was $43.5{\pm}12.2years$ and the mean peak pressure gradient between the upper and lower extremities was $54.8{\pm}39.0mm\;Hg$. The median follow-up duration was 54.4 months (range, 17.8 to 177.4 months). Results: There were no cases of operative mortality. The mean peak pressure gradient significantly decreased to $-2.4{\pm}32.3mm\;Hg$ (p=0.017 compared to the preoperative value). Late death occurred in 2 patients. The symptoms of upper extremity hypertension and claudication improved in all patients. The bypass grafts were patent at $47.1{\pm}58.9months$ in 7 patients who underwent follow-up imaging studies. Conclusion: An extra-anatomic ascending aorta to abdominal aorta bypass could be an effective treatment option for severe aortic steno-occlusive disease in patients with type II or III TA, with favorable early and long-term outcomes.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.390-393
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• 2013

폐염전으로 진단한 소형견 4 마리의 흉부 방사선 사진 및 컴퓨터단층촬영 (CT) 영상을 평가하였다. 흉수 및 폐염전이 발생한 폐엽의 밀도 증가는 4 마리 환자의 흉부 방사선 사진 및 CT 영상에서 모두 확인되었다. 폐염전이 발생한 기시부에서의 기관지의 협착/허탈은 CT 영상을 통해 4 마리의 개에서 모두 확인된 반면, 흉부 방사선 사진에서는 오직 1 마리의 환자에서만 확인되었다. 폐포성 폐기종 패턴 (vesicular emphysema pattern) 역시, CT 영상을 통해 4 마리의 환자에서 모두 확인된 반면, 흉부 방사선 사진에서는 3 마리에서 관찰되었다. 폐염전의 특이소견은 폐포성 폐기종 패턴과 폐염전이 발생한 폐엽 기시부의 기관지의 협착/허탈이며, 이 소견은 흉부 방사선 사진보다 CT 영상을 통해 좀 더 용이하고 빈번하게 확인되었다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.469-472
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• 2015

10년령의 중성화된 수컷 Poodle이 기흉이 의심되어 내원하였다. 어릴 때부터 기침증상을 보이다가 약 2주 전부터 악화되었으며, 혈액검사 및 요검사에서 유의적인 특이소견은 발견되지 않았다. 흉부 방사선 영상에서 기흉 소견 및 좌측 전엽 부위 기관지의 단절과 고도로 감소된 폐 실질이 관찰되었다. 흉부의 CT 영상 검사에서, 좌측 전엽과 덧엽에서 몇 개의 cyst들과 허탈된 폐가 관찰되었다. 또한 이 부위에서 기관지와 세기관지들은 비정상적인 형태로 끝부분이 가늘어지지 않았으며, 그 외에도 기흉, 기종격, 그리고 피하 기종이 확인되었다. 이러한 영상학적 특징들로부터 기종성 수포의 파열에 의해 발생한 자발성 기흉이 고려되었으며, 그 원인으로는 선천적인 기관지의 이상 또는 기관지 가지의 기형이 고려되었다. 부분적인 폐 덧엽 절제술이 실시되었으며, 좌측 전엽, 우측 중엽, 그리고 덧엽의 저형성이 확인되었고 특히 덧엽에서는 공기가 새고 있는 수포가 확인되었다. 조직병리학적 검사를 통해 기관지 연골 저형성으로 최종 진단되었다.