1.Recurrent thymic carcinoid tumor in familial isolated primary hyperparathyroidism.
Jeong Eun SONG ; Mu Hyun SHON ; Ga Young KIM ; Da Young LEE ; Jung Hun LEE ; Jong Ho KIM ; Ho Sang SHON ; Ji Hyun LEE ; Eon Ju JEON ; Eui Dal JUNG
Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine 2014;31(2):131-134
Familial isolated primary hyperparathyroidism(FIPH) is associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) syndrome, primary hyperparathyroidism accompanied by jaw-tumor syndrome, and familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia. FIPH may be an early stage of MEN1 or an allelic variant of MEN1. Thymic carcinoid tumor is a rare tumor in MEN1 syndrome. Here, the authors report the case of a 40-year-old man diagnosed with recurrent thymic carcinoid tumor and FIPH. Both the patient and his elder sister had been previously diagnosed to have FIPH with a novel frameshift mutation in the MEN1 gene. Initially, the patient underwent thymectomy because of an incidental finding of a mediastinal mass in his chest X-ray, and had remained asymptomatic over the following 4 years. Pancreas computed tomography conducted to evaluate MEN1 syndrome revealed anterior and middle mediastinal masses, and resultantly, massive mass excision was performed. Histological findings disclosed atypical carcinoids with infiltrative margins. In view of the thymic carcinoid tumor relapse that occurred in this patient, the authors recommend that regular pancreas and pituitary imaging studies be conducted for FIPH associated with a MEN1 gene mutation.
Adult
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Carcinoid Tumor*
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Frameshift Mutation
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Humans
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Hypercalcemia
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Hyperparathyroidism
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Hyperparathyroidism, Primary*
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Incidental Findings
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Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1
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Pancreas
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Recurrence
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Siblings
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Thorax
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Thymectomy
2.A Case Study for the Reconstruction of Crime Scene by Computer Simulation.
Sung Ji PARK ; Bong Woo LEE ; Joong Seok SEO ; Sung Kun SHON ; Ha Sun PARK ; Jong Chan PARK ; Jong Cheol BAG ; Sang Hyun KIM ; Hyun Mu KANG ; Soo Won CHAE
Korean Journal of Legal Medicine 2006;30(2):168-176
Especially in design of automobile, there are many professional softwares based finite element or multi-body like Madymo, Pam-Crash, Ansys. These program have been released almost every car maker and university. Also in accident reconstruction fields, there are some softwares like PC-Crash, HVE was developed. Unfortunately these programs for accident reconstruction are so general and its input data are so limited, it is very difficult or even impossible to analyze some special cases. In this study, we reconstruct two crime scenes using Madymo program. Although this program was developed for design of car, we apply to crime scene reconstruction. First case is regarding traffic accident. A car was fell under 5m from the road and turn over and then move about 40m. Finally the driver eject from the car. Second case is regarding suicide by hanging. When the police investigate the crime scene at first time, they assume that this crime is a murder case but we carried out autopsy and investigated the crime scene again and analyzed by computer simulation and finally find out this crime is suicide case not murder.
Accidents, Traffic
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Automobiles
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Autopsy
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Computer Simulation*
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Crime*
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Homicide
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Humans
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Police
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Suicide