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Original Article
Effects of TNF-α and Leptin on Weight Loss in Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Kyeong-Cheol Shin, Jin Hong Chung, Kwan Ho Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(4):249-255. Published online December 20, 2007
BackgroundWeight loss is common in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the mechanisms of this weight loss are still unclear. MethodsSixty male patients with stable COPD and 45 healthy male cont..
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Case Report
Adenosquamous Carcinoma of Extrahepatic Bile Duct: A Case Report
Sin Hyung Lim, Hyeon Woong Yang, Anna Kim, Sang Woo Cha, Sung Hee Jung, Hoon Go, Woong Chul Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(3):206-210. Published online September 30, 2007
Most malignant tumors originating from the biliary tract are adenocarcinomas, and adenosqamous carcinoma of Klatskin's tumor is a very rare finding. An 83-yr-old man was admitted to our hospital because of jaundice. The abdominal computed tomography and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography..
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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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Case Report
Adenoviral Pneumonia During Etanercept Treatment in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Min-Jung Kang, Myung-Sin Kim, Eun-Hwa Choi, Kyoung-Eun Lee, You-Kyoung Kim, Hee-Jung Choi
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(1):63-66. Published online March 31, 2007
Inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) have been approved for treating rheumatoid arthritis. As one of the biological response modifiers, etanercept has also been used in the treatment of psoriatic arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. While etanercept is effective, certain infect..
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Case Report
A Case of Pulmonary Vein Tumor Presenting as a Left Atrial Mass
Hyo Keun Jeon, Jung Ho Kim, Gwon Hyun Cho, Sun Young Kyung, Sung Hwan Jeong, Wook Jin Chung, Na Rae Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(1):32-36. Published online March 31, 2007
Primary cardiac tumors are extremely rare and can originate within the heart or be the result of tumor spread from other sites. We report a female patient with a pulmonary vein tumor extending into the left atrium that had a suspicious primary malignant origin with a sacral metastatic carcinoma. ..
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Case Report
Remission of intestinal Behçet's disease treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor α monoclonal antibody (Infliximab)
Jung Hoon Lee, Tae Nyeun Kim, Sun Taek Choi, Byung Ik Jang, Kyeong-Cheol Shin, Sam Beom Lee, Young Ran Shim
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(1):24-27. Published online March 31, 2007
Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic relapsing multisystem disease characterized by oral ulceration, genital ulceration and ocular lesions. Gastrointestinal involvement is rare, often difficult to treat and associated with a high mortality rate. We treated a 47-year-old Korean man with BD who had ..
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Case Report
Malignant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis type 1
Sang Hoon Han, Se Hoon Park, Gwon Hyun Cho, Na Rae Kim, Jae Hwan Oh, Eunmi Nam, Dong Bok Shin
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(1):21-23. Published online March 31, 2007
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (von Recklinghausen's disease, NF-1) is an autosomal-dominant neurocutaneous disorder characterized by abnormal skin pigmentation (café au lait spots and axillary freckling), cutaneous and plexiform neurofibromas, skeletal dysplasias, and Lisch nodules (pigmented iris h..
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Case Report
Ovarian Granulosa Cell Tumor presenting as Meigs' Syndrome with elevated CA125
Kwon Choi, Hyun Jong Lee, Ji Cheul Pae, Suk Joong Oh, Seong Yong Lim, Eun Yoon Cho, Seung Sei Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2005;20(1):105-109. Published online March 31, 2005
Herein, a rare case of ovarian granulosa cell tumor, presenting as Meigs' syndrome, with elevated carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125), is reported. A 69-year-old woman was admitted for the investigation of abdominal fullness and dyspnea. A preoperative examination revealed a huge pelvic tumor and an..
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