2.Recurrent Aspiration Pneumonia due to Anterior Cervical Osteophyte.
Jae Jun LEE ; Ji Young HONG ; Jun Han JUNG ; Jun Hyeok YANG ; Jun Young SOHN
Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2017;32(1):74-78
A 74-year-old man presented with recurrent vomiting and aspiration pneumonia in the left lower lobe. He entered the intensive care unit to manage the pneumonia and septic shock. Although a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube was implanted for recurrent vomiting, vomiting and aspiration recurred frequently during admission. Subsequently, he complained of neck pain when in an upright position. A videofluoroscopic swallowing study showed compression of the esophagus by cervical osteophytes and tracheal aspiration caused by an abnormality at the laryngeal inlet. Cervical spine X-rays and computed tomography showed anterior cervical osteophytes at the C3-6 levels. Surgical decompression was scheduled, but was cancelled due to his frailty. Unfortunately, further recurrent vomiting and aspiration resulted in respiratory arrest leading to hypoxic brain damage and death. Physicians should consider cervical spine disease, such as diffuse skeletal hyperostosis as an uncommon cause of recurrent aspiration pneumonia.
Aged
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Bays
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Decompression, Surgical
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Deglutition
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Esophagus
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Gastrostomy
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Humans
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Hyperostosis
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Hypoxia, Brain
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Intensive Care Units
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Neck Pain
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Osteophyte*
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Pneumonia
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Pneumonia, Aspiration*
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Shock, Septic
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Spine
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Vomiting
3.Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Associated with Myelodysplastic Syndrome.
Jun Young LEE ; Young Min PARK ; Hyung Ok KIM ; Jun Young LEE
Korean Journal of Dermatology 2013;51(10):841-843
No abstract available.
Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell*
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Myelodysplastic Syndromes*
;
Skin
4.The measurement of aflatoxin B in urine of some Korean.
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society 1992;42(3):376-390
No abstract available.
Aflatoxin B1*
;
Aflatoxins*
5.The Comparison of Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy Between Laser and Electrohydraulic Lithoriptor.
Korean Journal of Urology 2000;41(11):1342-1349
No abstract available.
Lithotripsy*
6.A Case of Narcolepsy.
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 1989;32(9):1309-1314
No abstract available.
Narcolepsy*
7.Effects of ascorbate on the immune responses to tumor cell;mechanism of anticancer effects.
Korean Journal of Immunology 1993;15(2):235-241
No abstract available.
8.Clinical Study of Therapeutic Effect in Status Epilepticus.
Young Hyuk LEE ; Chang Jun COE
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 1986;29(1):72-78
No abstract available.
Status Epilepticus*
9.The clinical reviews of the diverticular diseases.
Myung Kyun KIM ; Kyu Young JUN
Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology 1992;8(3):201-206
No abstract available.
10.A comparative study on the efficacy of low-dose intradermal hepatitis B vaccination.
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 1992;13(1):28-34
No abstract available.
Hepatitis B*
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Hepatitis*
;
Vaccination*