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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
Photodynamic Therapy in Early Lung Cancer: A Report of Two Cases
Tae Won Jang, Hee Kyoo Kim, Chul Ho Oak, Mann Hong Jung
Korean J Intern Med. 2006;21(3):178-182. Published online September 30, 2006
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) that is based on the science of photochemistry has been recognized as a lung sparing local therapeutic modality that can achieve remarkable responses. It is an alternative treatment for early stage lung cancer patients who have poor lung function or multiple sites of ca..
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Case Report
Pancreatic Metastasis and Obstructive Jaundice in Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
In Beom Jeong, Sun Moon Kim, Tae Hee Lee, Euyi Hyeog Im, Kyu Chan Huh, Young Woo Kang, Young Woo Choi
Korean J Intern Med. 2006;21(2):132-135. Published online June 30, 2006
Primary lung cancer frequently metastasizes to distant organs. The pancreas is a relatively infrequent site of metastasis. Furthermore, obstructive jaundice resulting from pancreatic metastasis is extremely rare. This paper examines the case of a 65-year-old woman with small cell lung cancer init..
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Original Article
ThE Role of Endoscopic Surgery for Completely Obstructive Endobronchial Benign Tumor
Jae-Chol Choi, Chang Min Yu, Yon Ju Ryu, Kyeongman Jeon, Kyoung A Choi, O Jung Kwon, Hojoong Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2006;21(1):15-19. Published online March 30, 2006
BackgroundThe improving techniques of therapeutic bronchoscopy have been replacing conventional surgery for resecting endobronchial benign tumor. However, there could be some limitation for performing bronchoscopic intervention for the patients with complete bronchial obstruct..
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Case Report
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Initially Presenting with Intracardiac Metastasis
Jung Han Kim, Joo Young Jung, Young Iee Park, Sang Ik Hwang, Chull Sung Jung, Sang Hak Lee, Chong Woo Yoo
Korean J Intern Med. 2005;20(1):86-89. Published online March 31, 2005
Intracardiac metastasis as the initial presentation of malignant neoplasm is very rare. We report here on a 64-year-old man with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) initially presenting with intracardiac metastasis which was identified with 18-F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG..
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