1.A Case of Acute Pancreatitis due to Impaction of Ascaris lumbricoides into the Pancreatic Duct.
Tae Young LEE ; San HWANG ; Nak Weon LEE ; Jae Rak SUNG ; Woo Bong CHOI ; Young Chang LEE ; Ji Oh MOG ; Il Kwun CHUNG ; Hong Su KIM ; Sang Heum PARK ; Moon Ho LEE ; Sung Joo KIM
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1997;17(5):723-728
Acute pancreatitis due to impaction of Ascaris lumbricoides into the pancreatic duct is very rare. Authors hnve experienced one case of pancreatic ascariasis. Patient was a 62-year-old female with epigastric pain. Abdominal USG and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography showed characteristic finding of pancreatic ascariasis. Ascaris was removed with palypectomy snare and acute pancreatitis was resolved completely.
Ascariasis
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Ascaris lumbricoides*
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Ascaris*
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Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
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Female
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Humans
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Middle Aged
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Pancreatic Ducts*
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Pancreatitis*
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SNARE Proteins
2.Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Recurring as a Solitary Renal Mass.
Do Hyoung LIM ; Young Hyuck IM ; Sang Hoon JI ; Byeong Bae PARK ; Mi Jung OH ; Jeeyun LEE ; Keun Woo PARK ; Se Hoon LEE ; Joon Oh PARK ; Kihyun KIM ; Won Seog KIM ; Chul Won JUNG ; Young Suk PARK ; Won Ki KANG ; Mark H LEE ; Kwanmien KIM ; Young Mog SHIM ; Keunchil PARK
Cancer Research and Treatment 2004;36(4):271-274
Herein, a case of solitary, unilateral renal metastasis in a patient with curatively resected thoracic esophageal carcinoma, who achieved a pathological complete remission after neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy, is reported. The kidney is the 4th or 5th most common visceral metastasis site of a primary esophageal carcinoma. More than 50% of renal metastases typically show bilateral involvement. Solitary, unilateral renal metastasis is extremely rare. Renal metastases from a primary esophageal carcinoma are usually latent and its diagnosis is very unusual in a live patient. The solitary renal metastasis in this case was not accompanied by metastases to other sites. The value of a nephrectomy in solitary renal metastasis of esophageal cancer is not known due to the rarity of such cases. A nephrectomy could be justified in limited situations, such as with uncertainty of histological diagnosis, severe life-threatening hematuria, which cannot be controlled by embolization, or solitary renal metastasis with a long disease-free interval.
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell*
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Chemoradiotherapy
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Diagnosis
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Esophageal Neoplasms
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Hematuria
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Humans
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Kidney
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Neoplasm Metastasis
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Nephrectomy
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Uncertainty