Hemato-oncology
Assessment of bone marrow involvement in patients with lymphoma: report on a consensus meeting of the Korean Society of Hematology Lymphoma Working Party
Yong Park, Byung Bae Park, Ji Yun Jeong, Wook Youn Kim, Seongsoo Jang, Bong Kyung Shin, Dong Soon Lee, Jae Ho Han, Chan-Jeoung Park, Cheolwon Suh, Insun Kim, Hyun-Sook Chi
Korean J Intern Med. 2016;31(6):1030-1041. Published online November 1, 2016
In September 2011, the Korean Society of Hematology Lymphoma Working Party held a nationwide conference to establish a consensus for assessing bone marrow (BM) involvement in patients with lymphoma. At this conference, many clinicians, hematopathologists, and diagnostic hematologists discussed vario..
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Occurrence of sarcoidosis after chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Hyungwoo Cho, Dok Hyun Yoon, Jwa Hoon Kim, Young Bo Ko, Byoung Soo Kwon, In-Hye Song, Cheolwon Suh
Korean J Intern Med. 2016;31(3):605-607. Published online March 12, 2016
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Angiosarcomas of the Bilateral Breast and Heart: Which One is the Primary Site?
Eun Kyoung Kim, Ik-Soo Park, Byeong Seok Sohn, Jeong Eun Kim, Dae Ho Lee, Sang-We Kim, Cheolwon Suh
Korean J Intern Med. 2012;27(2):224-228. Published online May 31, 2012
A 29-year-old pregnant woman with recurrent pericardial effusion and a cardiac tumor, diagnosed as an angiosarcoma, was treated with surgical resection of the tumor followed by radiotherapy. Immediately after completion of radiotherapy, she developed bilateral breast masses, which were also confi..
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False-Positive Hypermetabolic Lesions on Post-Treatment PET-CT after Influenza Vaccination
Jeong-Eun Kim, Eun Kyoung Kim, Dae Ho Lee, Sang-We Kim, Cheolwon Suh, Jung-Shin Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2011;26(2):210-212. Published online June 1, 2011
We report a case of a 59-year-old man with testicular germ cell tumor who showed new hypermetabolic lesions at the left axillary lymph nodes on a post-treatment positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) scan. The hypermetabolic lesions were found to be caused by an influenza vacci..
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Modified Number of Extranodal Involved Sites as a Prognosticator in R-CHOP-Treated Patients with Disseminated Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
Changhoon Yoo, Shin Kim, Byeong Seok Sohn, Jeong-Eun Kim, Dok Hyun Yoon, Jooryung Huh, Dae Ho Lee, Sang-We Kim, Jung-Shin Lee, Cheolwon Suh
Korean J Intern Med. 2010;25(3):301-308. Published online August 31, 2010
Background/AimsRituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone chemotherapy (R-CHOP) has improved survival in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and weakened the prognostic power of the international prognostic index (IPI). We evaluat..
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Non-gastric Marginal Zone B-cell Lymphoma in Korea: Clinical Features, Treatment, and Prognostic Factors
Sung Yong Oh, Cheolwon Suh
Korean J Intern Med. 2010;25(3):227-236. Published online August 31, 2010
Marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (MZL) is the second most common subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Korea (17.3%). Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) can develop in almost any organ as a result of exposure to a persistent stimulus, such as chronic infection or certain autoimmune processes. U..
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Clinicopathologic Characteristics of T-cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A Single Institution Experience
Ock Bae Ko, Dae Ho Lee, Sang We Kim, Jung Shin Lee, Shin Kim, Jooryung Huh, Cheolwon Suh
Korean J Intern Med. 2009;24(2):128-134. Published online June 8, 2009
Background/AimsAlthough the incidence of T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is higher in Far East Asia than in Western countries, its incidence and clinical course in Korea are not well-defined. Therefore, we assessed the relative frequency and clinical features of T-cell NHL..
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Autologous stem cell transplantation for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with residual extranodal involvement
Ock Bae Ko, Geundoo Jang, Shin Kim, Jooryung Huh, Cheolwon Suh
Korean J Intern Med. 2008;23(4):182-190. Published online December 29, 2008
Background/AimsDiffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in Koreans is frequently accompanied by extranodal (EN) disease at the time of autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). We sought to determine whether high EN involvement affected survival following ASCT in Koreans. <..
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Epstein-Barr Virus-Positivity in Tumor has no Correlation with the Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma
Yuna Lee, Keun-Wook Lee, Jee-Hyun Kim, Soo-Mee Bang, Jong Seok Lee, Byeong-Bae Park, Won Seok Kim, Cheolwon Suh, Jung Hun Kang, Baek Yeol Ryoo, Jae Hoon Lee, Dong Bok Shin
Korean J Intern Med. 2008;23(1):30-36. Published online March 20, 2008
Background/AimsEpstein-Barr virus (EBV) is involved in the pathogenesis of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AILT), but its precise role and prognostic impact are not clear. This study aimed to evaluate the incidence of EBV-postitivity in the tumor and bone ..
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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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ESHAP Salvage Therapy for Refractory and Relapsed Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A Single Center Experience
Sang Hyoung Park, Shin Kim, Ok Bae Ko, Ja Eun Koo, Danbi Lee, Yong Pil Jeong, Jooryung Huh, Sung-Bae Kim, Sang We Kim, Jae-Lyun Lee, Cheolwon Suh
Korean J Intern Med. 2006;21(3):159-164. Published online September 30, 2006
BackgroundThe ESHAP chemotherapy regimen, that is, the combination of the etoposide, methylprednisolone, high-dose cytarabine and cisplatin, has been shown to be active against relapsing or refractory non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in previous therapeutic trials. We attempted to..
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Double Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Multiple Myeloma: A Korean Single Center Study
Ock Bae Ko, Shin Kim, Hyeok Shim, Jung-Hun Lee, Jung-Min Ahn, Soon-Man Yoon, Min-Hyok Jeon, Il-No Do, So-young Lee, Yong Gil Kim, Sang We Kim, Sung-Bae Kim, Sang-Hee Kim, Jung Shin Lee, Wookun Kim, Chan-Jung Park, Hyun-sook Chi, Cheolwon Suh
Korean J Intern Med. 2005;20(3):237-242. Published online September 30, 2005
BackgroundAlthough high dose chemotherapy coupled with an autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is widely accepted as effective therapy for multiple myeloma (MM), few reports are available in Korea, especially in the area of double ASCT. We present the results of an inst..
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