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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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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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Comparison of the Clinical Manifestations, Brain MRI and Prognosis between NeuroBehçet's Disease and Neuropsychiatric Lupus
Byung-Sik Cho, Hyun-Sook Kim, Su-Jin Oh, Hyeok-Jae Ko, Chong-Hyun Yoon, So-Lyung Jung, Do-June Min, Wan-Uk Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(2):77-86. Published online June 30, 2007
BackgroundNeuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) shows some similarities to neuroBehçet's disease (NBD) in that both conditions have some analogous clinical features and they are both pathologically associated cerebral vasculopathy. This study compared the cli..
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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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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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Case Reports |
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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Journey of a Swallowed Toothbrush to the Colon
In Hee Kim, Hyun Chul Kim, Kang Hun Koh, Seong Hun Kim, Sang Wook Kim, Seung Ok Lee, Soo Teik Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(2):106-108. Published online June 30, 2007
Toothbrush swallowing is a rare event. Because no cases of spontaneous passage have been reported, prompt removal is recommended to prevent the development of complications. Most swallowed toothbrushes have been found in the esophagus or the stomach of affected patients, and there has been no pre..
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Hand-Foot Syndrome with Scleroderma-like Change Induced by the Oral Capecitabine: A Case Report
Sehe-Dong Lee, Hye-Jeong Kim, Seung-Jae Hwang, Yoon-Jung Kim, Seung-Hyun Nam, Bong-Seog Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(2):109-112. Published online June 30, 2007
Hand-foot syndrome (HFS) is a well-known adverse event associated with capecitabine, a prodrug of 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU). HFS manifests as acral erythema, with swelling and dysesthesia of the palms and plantar aspects of the feet, which in the absence of dosage reduction or drug cessation, progres..
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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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Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Caused by Encircling Soft Tissue
Dae Hyeok Kim, Yong Sun Jeon, Gi Chang Kim, In Sun Ahn, Jun Kwan, Keum Soo Park, Woo Hyung Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(2):118-121. Published online June 30, 2007
Superior vena cava syndrome can occur from benign conditions that might not alter life expectancy. Here we present a case of a superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction caused by soft tissue encircling the SVC, which was strongly suspected of being an unusual focal type of fibrosing mediastinitis. A 3..
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Pulmonary Pleomorphic Adenoma : Report of a Rare Case
Heung-Yong Jin, Tae-Sun Park
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(2):122-124. Published online June 30, 2007
Primary pleomorphic adenoma of the lung is a type of pulmonary adenoma that is extremely rare, and it predominantly occurs in the proximal airway. We recently experienced a case of a peripheral solitary pulmonary nodule that was discovered on the CT scans. We performed wedge resection with video-..
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Sclerosing Encapsulating Peritonitis (Abdominal Cocoon) after Abdominal Hysterectomy
Won Na Suh, Sang Kil Lee, Hyun Chang, Hye Jin Hwang, Woo Jin Hyung, Young Nyun Park, Tae Il Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(2):125-129. Published online June 30, 2007
Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis (SEP) is a poorly understood and rarely documented cause of small bowel obstruction. Although recurrent peritonitis has been reported as the main contributory factor leading to secondary SEP, the pathogenesis of primary (idiopathic) SEP is still uncertain. ..
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Two Cases of Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome that were Treated with Pentastarch
Young Seok Lee, Sun Young Kim, Chin Woo Kwon, Hae Geun Song, Young Kyung Lee, Hyo Jung Kim, Dae Young Zang
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(2):130-132. Published online June 30, 2007
Systemic capillary leak syndrome (SCLS) is a condition that's caused by the shift of fluid and protein from the intravascular space to the interstitial space as a result of repetitive episodes of capillary hyperpermeability. The pathogenesis of SCLS is still unclear, but there's recently been a r..
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Extraskeletal Ewing's Sarcoma of the Head and Neck Presenting as Blindness
Sung In Cho, Yeon Hee Park, Jang Hyun Cho, Baek-Yeol Ryoo, Sung Hyun Yang, Sang Min Youn, Jae Soo Ko
Korean J Intern Med. 2007;22(2):133-137. Published online June 30, 2007
Extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma is rarely found in the head and neck regions. We report an unusual case of extraskeletal Ewing's Sarcoma of the parapharynx region in a 49-year-old man who presented with blindness. MRI examination showed marked enhancement of tumor thrombosis involving the superior ..
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