1.Experimental study of autogenous auricular cartilage-perichondrial grafts in bone defect.
Doojong OH ; Kihwan HAN ; Jinsung KANG ; Kunyoung KWON
Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 1992;19(2):194-204
No abstract available.
Transplants*
2.Brucella Prostatitis: A First Case Report Diagnosed in Korea.
Seong Yeol RYU ; Hyun Ah KIM ; Jiyoung PARK ; Misun CHOE ; Kunyoung KWON
Korean Journal of Pathology 2011;45(Suppl 1):S66-S69
Brucellosis is a zoonosis caused by several species of Brucella. Brucellosis is usually an acute or sub-acute febrile illness that histologically develops granulomatous inflammation. Brucella prostatitis is a very rare complication and is usually accompanied by epididymo-orchitis. We now report a case of histologically proven granulomatous prostatitis due to Brucella without clinical evidence of epididymo-orchitis. A 61-year-old farmer presented with myalgia, low back pain, and fever. A needle biopsy of the prostate was performed due to symptoms of urinary frequency and high prostate specific antigen levels (17.3 ng/mL). Histologically, the prostate showed granulomatous inflammation without caseous necrosis. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) studies of blood and prostatic tissue for Brucella were positive, while a PCR study for Mycobacterium tuberculosis was negative. The patient was treated with doxycycline and rifampin. A possibility of Brucella prostatitis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of granulomatous prostatitis or prostatitis of unknown origin associated with or without epididymo-orchitis.
Biopsy, Needle
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Brucella
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Brucellosis
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Doxycycline
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Fever
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Granuloma
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Humans
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Inflammation
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Korea
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Low Back Pain
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Middle Aged
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Necrosis
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Prostate
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Prostate-Specific Antigen
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Prostatitis
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Rifampin