1.alpha-subunit secretion of pituitary adenomas.
Kyeong Mi LEE ; Eun Jig LEE ; Kyung Rae KIM ; Yoon Sok CHUNG ; Byoung Kwon LEE ; Seg Won PARK ; Sung Kil LIM ; Hyun Chul LEE ; Doe Heum YOON ; Young Soo KIM ; Kap Bum HUH
Journal of Korean Society of Endocrinology 1993;8(2):127-133
No abstract available.
Pituitary Neoplasms*
2.A Case of Successful Endoscopic Injection Sclerotherapy with N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate for Bleeding Duodenal Varices Misdiagnosed Initially.
Ji Yeon BAEK ; Hiun Suk CHAE ; Hae Rim KIM ; Seung Ki KWOK ; Jae Hyuck CHANG ; Byoung Sik CHO ; Youn Jeong LEE ; Bo In LEE ; Young Seok CHO ; Sung Soo KIM ; Sok Won HAN ; Chang Don LEE ; Kyu Yong CHOI ; In Sik CHUNG
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2002;25(3):153-157
Duodenal varices are a rare site of hemorrhage in patients with intrahepatic and extrahepatic portal hypertension, but their bleeding is life-threatening complication. Diagnosis of duodenal varices may be difficult, requiring careful inspection of the duodenal bulb during endoscopy. Diagnosis of duodenal varices may also be revealed using angiography and transhepatic portography. Treatment of duodenal varices include endoscopic injection sclerotherapy (EIS), endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL), surgical procedures, and interventional radiology. A 50-year-old woman with liver cirrhosis was admitted with melena and hematochezia. An endoscopy on admission showed esophageal and fundal varices without any bleeding stigma. Colonoscopy showed moderate amount of fresh blood in the terminal ileum. 99mTc-labelled RBC scan showed a suspicion of a distal jejunal bleeding. She had explo-laparotomy of small bowel segmental resection based on 99mTc-labelled RBC but rebleeding occured. Selective mesenteric angiography failed to reveal the source of bleeding. Repeat endoscopy revealed undetected duodenal varix which was covered with fresh blood clots. Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy with n-butyl-2-cyano acrylate (Histoacryl) was performed and achieved succesful hemostasis.
Angiography
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Colonoscopy
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Diagnosis
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Enbucrilate*
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Endoscopy
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Female
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
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Hemorrhage*
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Hemostasis
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Humans
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Hypertension, Portal
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Ileum
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Ligation
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Liver Cirrhosis
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Melena
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Middle Aged
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Portography
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Radiology, Interventional
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Sclerotherapy*
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Varicose Veins*
3.The Efficacy of Levofloxacin Based Triple Therapy for Helicobacter pylori Eradication.
Ji Hyun LEE ; Sung Pyo HONG ; Chang Il KWON ; Lea Hyun PHYUN ; Byoung Sok LEE ; Han Ul SONG ; Kwang Hyun KO ; Seong Gyu HWANG ; Pil Won PARK ; Kyu Sung RIM ; Sehyun KI
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2006;48(1):19-24
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The failure rates of first and second line therapies of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication range from 15 to 20%. This study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of levofloxacin based triple therapy compared with standard triple or quadruple therapy for H. pylori eradication in Korea. METHODS: We enrolled two hundred and sixty seven patients with presence of H. pylori infection. One hundred and forty-one patients were treated with levofloxacin based triple therapy (LAP; levofloxacin, amoxicillin, proton pump inhibitor; PPI), and 126 patients were treated with standard triple therapy (CAP; clarithromycin, amoxicillin, PPI). We retreated the patients who had failed in H. pylori eradication with standard quadruple second-line therapy (MTPB; metronidazole, tetracycline, PPI, bismuth subcitrate) or levofloxacin based therapy (LAP or LCP; levofloxacin, clarithromycin, PPI). RESULTS: In first line therapy of H. pylori eradication, the eradication rates of levofloxacin based triple therapy and standard triple therapy were 69.8% and 74.0% respectively (p=0.52). In second-line therapy, the eradication rate of levofloxacin based triple therapy and standard quadruple therapy were 62.5% and 40.0% respectively (p=0.34). CONCLUSIONS: Levofloxacin based triple therapy is effective as standard regimen to eradicate H. pylori infection and is useful for an alternative rescue therapy as well.
Adult
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Aged
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Anti-Bacterial Agents/*administration & dosage
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Drug Therapy, Combination
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Female
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Helicobacter Infections/*drug therapy
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*Helicobacter pylori
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Ofloxacin/*administration & dosage