1.A Case of Sacrococcygeal Chordoma Diagnosed by Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Cytology.
Ja June JANG ; Kyung Ja CHO ; Soo Yong LEE
Korean Journal of Pathology 1988;22(3):356-359
A case of sacrococcygeal chordoma diagnosed by fine needle aspiration is presented. This is a case of a 54-year-old woman who came with coccygeal pain of 5-6 months duration. Aspiration biopsy cytology revealed many nests of cells having abundant bubbly cytoplasm and round to oval variably sized nuclei. The cells had indistinct cytoplasmic borders and many of the cells had cytoplasmic vacuoles. The nuclei had thin regular nuclear membranes, finely granular chromatin and one or two small nucleoli. The cells were generally monotonous, but focally pleomorphic with giant cell formation. Mitotic figures were scanty. The backgroud of the aspirate contained abundant mucinous materal. These findings were typical of those of recorded chordoma cases and the diagnosis was confirmed by a following open biopsy. The patient received 4,000 rads of neutron radiotherapy and has been well till March '88.
Female
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Humans
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Biopsy
2.Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Chondrosarcoma.
Kyung Ja CHO ; Ja June JANG ; Soo Yong LEE
Korean Journal of Pathology 1988;22(3):348-352
Fine needle aspiration cytologic findings of four cases of chondrosarcoma were described. The cases consisted of one primary scapular tumor, two recurrent shoulder masses, and right upper quadrant mass which developed after an A-K amputation for an unknown tumor. The aspirates characteristically revealed cell-rich smears containing clusters and isolated cells having abundant cyanophilic cytoplasm and round to oval or elongated vesicular nuclei. The cytoplasm was occasionally foamy. The nuclei were usually small but prominent. Nuclear atypism and pleomorphism were frequently associated. The last case showed epithelioid sheets of polygonal cells, possibly representing chondroblasts, and a well differentiated chondroid element. The fine needle aspiration could be a good diagnostic tool for primary, recurrent, and metastatic chondrosarcomas.
Neoplasm Metastasis
3.Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Chondrosarcoma.
Kyung Ja CHO ; Ja June JANG ; Soo Yong LEE
Korean Journal of Pathology 1988;22(3):348-352
Fine needle aspiration cytologic findings of four cases of chondrosarcoma were described. The cases consisted of one primary scapular tumor, two recurrent shoulder masses, and right upper quadrant mass which developed after an A-K amputation for an unknown tumor. The aspirates characteristically revealed cell-rich smears containing clusters and isolated cells having abundant cyanophilic cytoplasm and round to oval or elongated vesicular nuclei. The cytoplasm was occasionally foamy. The nuclei were usually small but prominent. Nuclear atypism and pleomorphism were frequently associated. The last case showed epithelioid sheets of polygonal cells, possibly representing chondroblasts, and a well differentiated chondroid element. The fine needle aspiration could be a good diagnostic tool for primary, recurrent, and metastatic chondrosarcomas.
Neoplasm Metastasis
4.A Case Report of Extraskeletal Osteogenic Sarcoma
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association 1987;22(2):581-586
Osteosarcoma in soft tissue is rare and its prognosis is very grave. Comparing with the osteosarcoma of bone, the former is rarer in incidence, poorer in prognosis and found in older patients. Trauma, irradiation or myositis ossificans are considered to be the causes of this tumor. The radical and meticulous surgery is indispensable to eradicate the focus, but there is not infrequent local recurrence and metastasis. We experienced a case of osteosarcoma in the calf muscle, which seemed apparently to have developed from the myositis ossificans without any definite trauma history. In this case the tumor focus was controlled with surgery and radiation therapy but it was found metastasized to the lung and scalp afterwards.
Humans
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Incidence
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Lung
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Myositis Ossificans
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Neoplasm Metastasis
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Osteosarcoma
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Prognosis
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Recurrence
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Scalp
5.Locally Infiltrative Glomus Tumor: A case report.
Jung Youn KIM ; Kyung Ja CHO ; Soo Yong LEE ; Ja June JANG
Korean Journal of Pathology 1994;28(3):325-327
Malignant glomus tumor is a rare neoplasm arising from the glomus body, comprising categories of locally infiltrative glomus tumor, sarcoma arising in benign glomus tumor and de novo glomangiosarcoma. We report one case of locally infiltrative glomus tumor arising in nail bed of the right thumb of a 50 year-old woman. The tumor showed the architectural features of glomus tumor but cytologically bizarre, pleomorphic features without mitosis and infiltrative growth pattern to adjacent connective tissue and nerve. Immunohistochemical results were consistent with glomus tumor. This category of malignant glomus tumor must be distinguished from other round cell tumors because of its good prognosis.
Female
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Humans
6.A Case report of Bird-headed Dwarfism(Seckel's Syndrome).
Yong Soon KIM ; Sang Bum LEE ; Ja Hoon KOO
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 1981;24(11):1116-1120
No abstract available.
7.The Relationship between Human Neutrophil Elastase and Coronary Arterial Dilatation in Kawasaki Disease .
Jun Yong SHIM ; Hee Won CHOI ; Ja Hyun HONG ; Jong Kyun LEE ; Hae Yong LEE
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 2003;46(9):903-908
PURPOSE: Kawasaki disease is notorious for coronary arterial complication which is usually developed as a febrile disease in early childhood. Increased polymorphonucleus(PMN) cell levels in acute phases may be associated with the pathophysiology of Kawasaki disease. We studied the relationship between coronary arterial dilatation and elastase activity which was excreted from PMN cell and roles as an important factor for vasculitis. METHODS: Ten patients diagnosed with Kawasaki disease in Yonsei University Medical Center were examined between November, 2001 and January, 2002. In addition, 15 patients with other febrile diseases were also examined. Echocardiography was done in patients with Kawasaki disease on the first day of admission and four weeks after the onset of the disease. At each time, venous samples were drawn and separated into plasma and leukocytes. In patients with other febrile disease, samples were drawn on admission. Elastase activities in plasma and neutrophil extracts were measured. RESULTS: The significant increased plasma elastase activity, 6.19+/-0.74 U/mL, found in Kawasaki disease patients compared with the other febrile disease patients, 4.86+/-1.17 U/mL(P<0.05). And there was no significance between the above two diseases in terms of the elastase activity in neutrophil extracts. The relationship between initial elastase activity and the coronary arterial complication which was shown in subacute phase wasn't significant. CONCLUSION: Plasma elastase activity was increased in Kawasaki disease significantly, but the initial plasma elastase activity in the acute phase could not reflect the range of coronary arterial complication.
Academic Medical Centers
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Dilatation*
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Echocardiography
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Humans*
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Leukocyte Elastase*
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Leukocytes
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Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome*
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Neutrophils*
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Pancreatic Elastase
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Plasma
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Vasculitis
8.Case of Chronic Pancreatitis Complicated Pancreatic Ascites and Pleural Effusion.
Gye Ja LEE ; Yong Aee CHUN ; Hey Sun LEE ; Yong Mi HONG ; Young Min AHN
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 1987;30(1):108-113
No abstract available.
Ascites*
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Pancreatitis, Chronic*
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Pleural Effusion*
9.Plasma cell leukemia.
Yong Ho KO ; Seon Ja PARK ; Byung Joon LEE ; Jae Who PARK ; Si Rhae LEE ; Sook Ja PARK
Korean Journal of Hematology 1991;26(2):397-403
No abstract available.
Leukemia, Plasma Cell*
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Plasma Cells*
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Plasma*
10.Korean Hemorrhagic Fever in Children.
Won Seok LEE ; Yong Hoon PARK ; Ja Hoon KOO ; Doo Hong AHN ; Yong Jin KIM
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 1984;27(3):265-270
No abstract available.
Child*
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Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome*
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Humans