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Case Report
Mediastinal Single Nodal Relapse of a Nasal Nk/T cell Lymphoma
Kyoung Hoon Rhee, Seok Chan Hong, Jeong Min An, Jooryung Huh, Ryu Jin Sook, Jin Seong Lee, Cheolwon Suh
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(3):201-205. Published online September 30, 2007
A nasal NK/T cell lymphoma is a very aggressive form of lymphoma. Patterns of relapse after treatment have not been systematically evaluated, and mediastinal nodal relapse at a primary site has never been documented. We describe here a 40-year old man who presented with a nasal obstruction caused..
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Original Article
Docetaxel Monotherapy as Second-Line Treatment for Pretreated Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients
Yoon Ho Ko, Myung Ah Lee, Yeong Seon Hong, Kyung Shik Lee, Hyun Jin Park, Ie Ryung Yoo, Yeon Sil Kim, Young Kyoon Kim, Keon Hyun Jo, Young Pil Wang, Kyo Young Lee, Jin Hyoung Kang
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(3):178-185. Published online September 30, 2007
BackgroundSecond-line chemotherapy offers advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients a small, but significant increase in survival. Docetaxel is usually administered as a 3-week schedule, yet there is significant toxicity with this therapy. Therefore, a weekly schedu..
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Original Article
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease and Diabetic Nephropathy: A Single Center Experience
Ki Sun Bae, Hyeong Cheon Park, Byung Seung Kang, Jong Won Park, Nu Ri Chon, Kyung Jin Oh, Young Won Yoon, You Sun Hong, Sung Kyu Ha
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(3):139-146. Published online September 30, 2007
BackgroundPatients with diabetic nephropathy (DN) and coronary artery disease (CAD) represent a subset of patients with high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The optimal revascularization strategy using either percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery ..
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Case Report
Castleman Disease Presenting with Jaundice: A Case with the Multicentric Hyaline Vascular Variant
Jun bean Park, Jin Hyeok Hwang, Haeryoung Kim, Hyung Sim Choe, Yu Kyeong Kim, Hong Bin Kim, Soo-Mee Bang
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(2):113-117. Published online June 30, 2007
Castleman disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder of unknown etiology with different clinical manifestations. A previous healthy 50 year-old man was hospitalized for right upper quadrant (RUQ) abdominal pain. He had jaundice and a 1 cm-sized lymph node in the right supraclavicular are..
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Case Report
A Case of Granular Cell Tumor of the Trachea
Mi-Kyong Joung, Yu Jin Lee, Chae-Uk Chung, Jeong Eun Lee, Sung Soo Jung, Sun Young Kim, Ju Ock Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(2):101-105. Published online June 30, 2007
A 20-year-old man presented to our outpatient clinic with hemoptysis, cough, and pleuritic chest pain. His chest radiograph and pulmonary function tests (PFT) were normal. A bronchoscopy showed a small yellowish patch with a regular surface. A direct bronchoscopic biopsy was performed. The pathol..
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Original Article
Comparison of the Applicability of Two Prognostic Scoring Systems In Patients with Fulminant Hepatic Failure
Won-Choong Choi, Walid C. Arnaout, Federico G. Villamil, Achilles A. Demetriou, John M. Vierling
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(2):93-100. Published online June 30, 2007
BackgroundDistinguishing those patients with fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) and who require transplantation from those FHF patients who will survive with receiving only intensive medical care remains problematic, and this distinction is important because of the chronic shorta..
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Original Article
The Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Patients Admitted for Coronary Angiography to Evaluate Ischemic Heart Disease
Jong Seon Park, Hyun Ju Lee, Young Jo Kim, In Whan Seong, Jae Hwan Lee, Chong Jin Kim, Jin Man Cho, Myeong Chan Cho, Jang Whan Bae, Myung Ho Jeong, Young Keun Ahn, Kyoo Rok Han, Jun Hee Lee, Moo Hyun Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(2):87-92. Published online June 30, 2007
BackgroundMost of the known risk factors associated with ischemic heart disease are based on studies from Western countries; there is only limited information on Korean populations. This study was designed to analyze age related differences in epidemiologic and clinical charac..
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Original Article
Clinical Outcomes of Delayed Clearance of Serum HBsAg in Patients with Chronic HBV Infection
Soon Woo Nam, Jeong Jo Jung, Si Hyun Bae, Jong Young Choi, Seung Kew Yoon, Se Hyun Cho, Joon Yeol Han, Nam Ik Han, Jin Mo Yang, Young Suk Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(2):73-76. Published online June 30, 2007
BackgroundSpontaneous delayed clearance of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in patients with chronic HBV infection is a rare event. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of delayed clearance of serum HBsAg in chronic HBV infection and to determine the chara..
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Original Article
Relationship between Pulmonary Surfactant Protein and Lipid Peroxidation in Lung Injury due to Paraquat Intoxication in Rats
Hyo-Wook Gil, Mi-Hae Oh, Kee-Min Woo, Eun-Young Lee, Myung-Ho Oh, Sae-Yong Hong
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(2):67-72. Published online June 30, 2007
BackgroundPulmonary damage resulting from lipid peroxidation is a principal effect of paraquat intoxication. The host-defense functions of surfactant are known to be mediated by the surfactant proteins A and D (SP-A and SP-D, respectively). The primary objective of this study ..
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Case Report
Paroxysmal Autonomic Dysregulation with Fever that was Controlled by Propranolol in a Brain Neoplasm Patient
Su Jin Oh, Yun Kyung Hong, Eun-Kee Song
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(1):51-54. Published online March 31, 2007
Intractable fever in cancer patients is problematic and the causes of this fever can be diverse. Paroxysmal persistent hyperthermia after sudden mental change or neurologic deficit can develop via autonomic dysregulation without infection or any other causes of fever. Paroxysmal hyperthermic auto..
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Case Report
Pneumatosis Intestinalis with Pneumoperitoneum Mimicking Intestinal Perforation in a Patient with Myelodysplastic Syndrome after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Bhumsuk Keam, Jeong-Hoon Lee, Myoung-Don Oh, Inho Kim, Sung-Soo Yoon, Byoung Kook Kim, Seonyang Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(1):40-44. Published online March 31, 2007
Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) is an uncommon disorder characterized by an accumulation of gas in the bowel wall, and has been associated with a variety of disorders and procedures. We describe a 35-year-old man who undertook hematopoietic stem cell transplantation due to myelodysplastic syndrome...
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Case Report
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Complicated by Left Ventricular Apical Necrosis and Aneurysm in a Young Man: FDG-PET Findings
Jong-Seon Park, Ihn-Ho Cho, Dong-Gu Shin, Young-Jo Kim, Gu-Ru Hong, Bong-Sup Shim
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(1):28-31. Published online March 31, 2007
A 29-year old male was transferred to our hospital with an abnormal chest X-ray finding diagnosed as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with apical necrosis and aneurysm formation. Four years after the initial hospitalization, we confirmed the aneurysm and necrosis using both integrated positron emissio..
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Original Article
The Usefulness of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme in the Differential Diagnosis of Crohn's Disease and Intestinal Tuberculosis
Chang-Il Kwon, Pil Won Park, Haeyoun Kang, Gwang Il Kim, Sung Tae Cha, Kyung Soo Kim, Kwang Hyun Ko, Sung Pyo Hong, Seong Gyu Hwang, Kyu Sung Rim
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(1):1-7. Published online March 31, 2007
BackgroundSince the pathologic findings of Crohn's disease (CD) and intestinal tuberculosis (IT) overlap to a large degree, the development of other biomarkers will be of great help for making the differential diagnosis of these 2 diseases. The aim of the present study is to e..
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Case Report
Case of Pseudomembranous Necrotizing Tracheobronchial Aspergillosis in an Immunocompetent Host
Hyo-Jeong Oh, Hak-Ryul Kim, Ki-Eun Hwang, So-Young Kim, Sun-Ho Ahn, Sei-Hoon Yang, Eun-Taik Jeong
Korean J Intern Med. 2006;21(4):279-282. Published online December 31, 2006
A 44-year-old Korean male died of rapidly progressive respiratory failure and refractory hypoxemia in 8 days after being admitted with a fever and dyspnea. The patient was diagnosed with pseudomembranous necrotizing tracheobronchial aspergillosis by fibroptic bronchoscopy and it was not related t..
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Case Report
Anorectal and gastric peripheral T-cell lymphoma, unspecified in a non-AIDS patient
Eun-A Eum, Hawk Kim, Young-Min Kim, Soon Joo Woo, Joon Hyun Cho, Young Joo Min, Jae-Hoo Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2006;21(4):262-265. Published online December 31, 2006
Anorectum is a rare location for malignant lymphoma. Involvement of is rare even for the lymphoma associated with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and AIDS has a relatively increased frequency of anorectal lymphoma. Most lymphomas in AIDS patients are of a B-cell origin, and T-cell lym..
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Case Report
Pancreatitis from Metastatic Small Cell Lung Cancer: Successful Treatment with Endoscopic Intrapancreatic Stenting
Jong-Shin Woo, Kwang Ro Joo, Yong Sik Woo, Jae Young Jang, Young Woon Chang, Joung Il Lee, Rin Chang
Korean J Intern Med. 2006;21(4):256-261. Published online December 31, 2006
Lung cancer metastases can occur in almost any organ. However, metastasis of small cell lung cancer to the pancreas is rare. Moreover, not all cases present with clinically diagnosed pancreatitis. We recently treated a patient with small cell lung carcinoma that invaded the pancreatic duct causin..
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Case Report
Primary malignant melanoma of the lacrimal sac: A case report
Ji Hyung Nam, Seung Min Kim, Jae Hyeuk Choi, Yong Kuk Lee, Jin Ho Baek, Tae Jung Jang, Keon Uk Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2006;21(4):248-251. Published online December 31, 2006
Malignant melanoma of the lacrimal sac is very rare and primary malignant melanoma is extremely rare. It is usually diagnosed at an advanced stage after excision or biopsy of a tumor. We treated a patient with tearing and bloody discharge from the left eye. We performed a dacryocystectomy with th..
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Case Report
Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Associated with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody levels in a Pregnant Woman Taking Propylthiouracil
Ah Young Kang, Yang Hyun Baek, You Jung Sohn, Soo-Keol Lee, Choon Hee Son, KyeongHee Kim, Doo Kyung Yang
Korean J Intern Med. 2006;21(4):240-243. Published online December 31, 2006
Propylthiouracil (PTU) is known to be a potential cause of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) positive small vessel vasculitis, resulting in glomerulonephritis and diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH). Herein, we describe a 25-year-old pregnant woman who developed a perinulcear ANCA (p-ANCA)..
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Original Article
Diagnostic Usefulness of the Janus Kinase 2 Mutation in non BCR/ABL Myeloproliferative Disorders
Soo-Mee Bang, Jeong Yeal Ahn, Jiyoon Park, Soo Jin Yoo, Se Hoon Park, Eun Mi Nam, Pil Whan Park, Yiel Hea Seo, Eun Kyung Cho, Dong Bok Shin, Jae Hoon Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2006;21(4):219-224. Published online December 31, 2006
BackgroundWe investigated the Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) mutation and its diagnostic value in patients suffering with non BCR/ABL myeloproliferative diseases (nMPD) or other reactive conditions. Methods..
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Case Report
A Case of Multiple Organ Failure due to Heat Stoke Following a Warm Bath
Seung Young Kim, Su Ah Sung, Gang Jee Ko, Chang Su Boo, Sang Kyung Jo, Won Yong Cho, Hyoung Kyu Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2006;21(3):210-212. Published online September 30, 2006
Heat stroke is a potentially fatal disorder that's caused by an extreme elevation in body temperature. We report here an unusual case of multiple organ failure that was caused by classical, nonexertional heat stroke due to taking a warm bath at home. A 68 year old diabetic man was hospitalized fo..
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