• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.312-315
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• 2013

In chest wall reconstruction after wide chest wall resection, the use of a musculocutaneous flap or prosthetic materials is inevitable for maintaining thoracic movement and a closed pleural cavity. We report a case of a 63-year-old male with a large invasive thymic carcinoma in the anterior mediastinum. The mass measured 6.8 cm and involved the sternum, left side of the parasternal area, ribs, and intercostal muscles. The patient underwent subtotal sternectomy, radical thymectomy, and reconstruction with biological mesh (Permacol). Successful chest wall reconstruction without any other complications was achieved, demonstrating the effectiveness of Permacol.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.454-461
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• 1988

Myasthenia gravis is a functional neuromuscular disorder with characteristic voluntary muscle weakness. The role of thymus in pathogenesis of this disorder has become apparent that thymectomy in treatment has gained acceptance. Between January 1976 and June 1987, twenty patients underwent thymectomy for myasthenia gravis at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Korea University. A clinical study that is focused on the factors affecting the operative results was analyzed and the following results were obtained. Among the 20 patients, male to female ratio was 8:12 and the age of onset was ranged from 3 years to 67 years. The chief complaints in order of frequency were as follows; ocular symptoms such as ptosis and diplopia[7 cases], general weakness[4 cases], swallowing difficulty[3 cases], dyspnea[3 cases], dysphasia[1 case], headache[1 case] and dizziness[1 case]. The severity of disease was classified by modified Osserman`s method that Group IIa was 8 cases, Group IIb; 7 cases, Group IIc; 3 cases and Group I; 2 cases. In histopathology of thymus, the most frequent finding was hyperplasia[11 cases] followed by thymoma[4 cases], normal tissue[3 cases] and malignant` thymoma[2 cases]. There were two cases of postoperative complications; one case was wound infection and the other was mediastinitis. One case of malignant thymoma died due to respiratory failure with pulmonary metastasis. There was 16 cases[80%] of improvement after thymectomy as follows; complete remission was 4 cases[20%], marked improvement was 9 cases[45%] and subjective improvement only was 3 cases[15%]. The effect of severity and duration of disease on operative result has statistically significant. The effect of thymus histopathology on operative result was not statistically significant. But there were comparable results between thymoma cases and non-thymoma cases.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제40권11호
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• pp.759-764
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• 2007

배경: 중증근무력증 환자의 약 10% 정도에서 흉선종이 동반된다. 흉선과 흉선종은 중증근무력증의 병태생리에 의미 있는 역할을 한다. 그러나 흉선 절제술 후 환자의 증상과 예후에 흉선종이 미치는 영향에 대해 아직 정립되어 있지 않은 실정이다. 흉선종이 중증근무력증 환자의 증상 관해에 미치는 영향에 대해 후향적으로 연구하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1992년 7월부터 2002년 12월까지 중증근무력증으로 확대 흉선절제술을 시행받은 100명의 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 흉선종군은 30명, 비흉선종군은 70명이었고, 두 군간의 수술 전후 Ossermann병기 변화를 비교하였다. 결과: 비흉선종군은 평균 나이가 34.7 ($12.7{\sim}47.7$)세였다. 그리고, 수술 전 Ossermann 병기는 평균 3.06이었고, 수술 우 평균 1.41로 감소하였다 흉선종군은 평균 나이가 50.9 ($37.3{\sim}64.5$)세였다. 그리고, 수술 전 Ossermann 병기는 평균 3.00이었고, 수술 후 평균 1.47로 감소하였다. 남자의 비율은 흉선종군보다 비흉선종군에서 더 높았다(35% vs 30%). 흉선종의 Masaoka 병기는 1기가 27명, 2기가 3명이었다. 흉선종군과 비 흉선종군 간의 Ossermann 병기 변화는 통계적으로 차이가 없었다(p=0.09). 결론: 흉선종의 유무는 흉선제거술을 시행받은 중증근무력증 증상의 관해나 호전에 영향이 없었다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.219-223
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• 1993

Myasthenia gravis is disorder of neuromuscular transmission that is characterized by weakness and fatigue of voluntary muscle. A clinical study of 18 cases of myasthenia gravis was performed at Chosun university college of medicine, from 1988 to 1992. Maximal thymectomy was performed in 7 cases and only medical treatment had been done in 11 cases.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.382-385
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• 2017

A 47-year-old man with myasthenia gravis (MG) was admitted for a lung transplant. He had bronchiolitis obliterans after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation due to acute myeloid leukemia. MG developed after stem cell transplantation. Bilateral sequential lung transplantations and a total thymectomy were performed. The patient underwent right diaphragmatic plication simultaneously due to preoperatively diagnosed right diaphragmatic paralysis. A tracheostomy was performed and bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) was applied on postoperative days 8 and 9, respectively. The patient was transferred to the general ward on postoperative day 12, successfully weaned off BiPAP on postoperative day 18, and finally discharged on postoperative day 62.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.796-803
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• 1984

Pure Red-Cell Aplasia [P.R.C.A.] is rare disease characterized by absence of erythroid precursors in the bone marrow, normocytic normochromic anemia with profound reticulocytopenia in the peripheral blood, and relatively or completely spared granulopoiesis and thrombopoiesis. The association rates of P.R.C.A. with Thymoma is approximately 50%, but only 5-10% of all patients with a Thymoma have a P.R.C.A.. P.R.C.A. is thought to be a variety of autoimmune disease, and humoral inhibitor, i.e. IgG, has been demonstrated experimentally. Its treatments such as thymectomy, immunosuppressants, steroid, androgenic hormone, and splenectomy have been tried but the result is not satisfactory and the prognosis is poor. We experienced a case of P.R.C.A. with Thymoma treated with thymectomy and postoperative steroid therapy, and which showed good postoperative recovery clinically and hematologically.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.571-583
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• 1983

Thymic tumor is the most common neoplasm originating in the anterior mediastinum. Histologically, thymic tumors and tumorlike conditions have been classified into thymic cyst, thymolipoma, true thymic hyperplasia, thymoma and carcinoid tumor of the thymus gland. We have experienced several tumors and a few tumorlike conditions of the thymus gland in 10 patients: thymoma 6, thymic hyperplasia 2, carcinoid tumor 1 and thymic cyst 1. The age distributions were ranging from 30 to 60 years except for one 3 year old child [malignant thymoma, lymphocytic type], and male to female ratio was 1:1.5. In 6 cases, thymic lesions were removed through lateral thoracic incision [right 2, left 4] because the mediastinal masses were growing far into the pleural space, meanwhile, medially located lesions [4 cases] through median sternotomy incision. Among these 10 patients, 3 were malignant thymomas, in which 2 were died of recurrence after tumor resection. Myasthenia gravis was all noted in 3 females [thymoma 2, thymic follicular hyperplasia 1], in which only two revealed remission in symptoms following thymectomy. The authors would like to recommend early radical thymectomy through median sternotomy incision whenever patients demonstrate suspicious thymic tumor lesions on the chest roentgenogram or generalized myasthenic symptoms.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.589-592
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• 1996

기관 절개술을 시행받은 중증 근무력증 환자(Osserman's Group-ll-C-1) 2례에서 흥강내시경을 이용 하여 흉선 절제술을 시행하였다. 첫 환자는47세 남자로서 기관지 절개 부위로 기계적 보조호흡을받고 있는 상태였으며, 두번째 환자는 60세 남자로서 기계적 보조호흡치료에서 일단 회복되 였으나 다시 호흡 부전이 악화되는 상태였다. 두 예 모두 기관 절개술이 되어 있었으므로,정중흥골절골술등의 기존 방 식에 의한 수술의 경우 수술후 종격동염의 발생 가능성이 높을 것으로 예상되어 흥강내시경을 이용하 여 흉선 절제술을 시행하였다. 수술후 각각 16일째와 3일째에 기계적 보조호흡을 중단할수 있었고,종격동염의 발생없이 회복되었 다. 따라서 기관지 절개술을 시행받고 있는 중증 근무력증 환자에게 흥강내시경을 이용한 흉선 절제술 이 기존의 수술 방식을 대체할 수 있는 중요한 술식이라고 보고한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.15-20
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• 2003

중증근무력증은 신경과 수의근과의 접합부에서 아세틸콜린 수용체와 자가항체에 의한 자가면역반응으로 발생되는 비교적 드문 질환으로 이것의 치료법으로 내과적 치료와 수술적인 치료법이 있다. 저자들은 흉선절제술의 효과를 알아보고 흉선절제술후의 증상의 호전에 영향을 미치는 인자를 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 1986년 3월부터 1998년 12월까지 경희대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실에서 중증근무력증으로 흉선 절제술을 받은 37명의 환자의 의무기록을 대상으로 후향적으로 분석하였다. 결과 : 37례중 21례(57%)에서 증상의 호전을 보였으며, 흉선종의 경우 총 16례중에서 8례에서(50%), 흉선증식의 경우 총 21례중 13례에서(62%)에서 호전을 보였다. 술후 합병증으로는 수술후의 증상의 악화로 인한 호흡부전으로 9례에서 기관내 삽관후 인공호흡기 치료를 하였고 폐렴 3례, 기흉 2례, 좌측 성대마비 1례가 있었으며, 술후 1개월이내에 사망한 경우는 1례 있었다. 성별(P=0.3222), 나이(P=0.7642), 흉선의 병리학적 차이(P=0.4335), 흉선종의 병리학적 등급과 술후 증상호전과의 관계(P=0.20)는 통계적으로 의미있는 관계를 보이지 않았다. 그러나 술전 증상의 정도가 낮을수록 술후 증상의 정도가 낮을 것을 예측할 수 있는 통계적인 의미를 보였다. (P=0.0032) 술후 생존자 36명을 대상으로 외래 진찰 기록 및 환자들과의 전화 통화를 통해 2002년 10월에 추적 조사를 시행하였다. 총 36명 중 33명(91.7%)에서 추적이 가능하였고 3명은 추적이 불가능하였으며, 평균 추적 기간은 83.2개월이었다. 추적이 가능했던 33례 중 25례(75.8%)에서 증상의 호전을 보였으며, 흉선종의 경우 15례 중 8례(53.3%)에서, 흉선증식의 경우 18례 중 17례(94.4%)에서 호전을 보였다. 결론: 중증 근무력증은 흉선절제술로서 우수한 증상의 호전을 볼 수 있었으며, 술후 증상의 정도에 영향을 미치는 인자로서는 술전의 증상의 정도가 중요하다. 중증 근무력증으로 흠선절제술을 시행받은 환자들에 대한 중장기 추적 결과 술전에 비해 우수한 증상의 호전을 보였다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.112-127
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• 1987

Myasthenia gravis is a neuromuscular transmission function disorder characterized by fatigue and weakness of voluntary muscles. This muscular weakness is intensified by activity and stress, and improved by the use of anticholinesterase compounds. It was initially described by Erb in 1879 and later named myasthenia gravis by Jolly in 1895. Although the pathogenesis is Known to be an autoimmune related reduction in the number of available acetylcholine receptors at neuromuscular junctions, the role of thymus in myasthenia gravis is still unclear and under investigation. Thymectomy in the management of myasthenia gravis has become increasingly important since Dr. Blalock observed in 1939 that some patients with thymic tumors and myasthenia gravis improved following thymectomy. A clinical study of 102 cases of myasthenia gravis was performed at Yonsei University College of Medicine. Seoul, Korea from Jan. 1976 to Jun. 1986. In order to determine which factors are of prognostic significance, attention is focused upon pre-operative patient evaluation, problems in operative and post-operative care, and long-term follow-up observations. The results were as follows: 1. The sex distribution was 67 females and 35 males, the mean age of onset was 28.95*1.69 years, and the maximal incidence occurred between 21 and 40 years of age [56 cases: 54.9%]. 2. Clinical manifestations of ocular symptoms were seen to 70 patients [68.6%] extremities weakness in 33 [32.3%], bulbar weakness in 29 [28.4%], and dyspnea in 13 [12.7%]. 3. Study cases more than two thirds were classified as mild types [MG 1 and MG 11A] and 6 cases as grave [MG 1V] based on the modified Osserman`s classification system, 4. Thymectomy was performed in 19 cases which presented in severe myasthenia symptoms and showed no improvement with cholinergic drugs. Histologic examination of the excised thymus glands revealed no abnormalities in 4 cases, thymic hyperplasia in 5, benign thymoma in 5, and malignant thymoma in 5. 5. Immediate post-operative complications included 2 cases of pneumothorax which were treated by tube thoracostomies, there was no operative mortality. 6. The response to cholinergic drugs in 36 cases younger than 20 years old and in 27 cases older than 40 years was relatively poor, while that in 35 cases between the ages of 21 and 40 years old was good. 7. Thirty of 39 cases in groups IIB, III & IV improved markedly with medical or surgical management while only 16 of 59 cases in the mild groups [I and IIA] improved, almost all surgical cases improved in all categories. 8. There were 5 deaths. occurring between 7 months and 3 years 3 months of treatment of myasthenia gravis. The causes of death were myasthenic crisis in 2 cases, respiratory failure due to candidiasis & radiation pneumonitis in one case, cerebral hemorrhage due to high blood pressure in two case.