1.Ultrastructural Feature of Proximal Convoluted Tubular Cells of Rat Induced by Gentamicin.
Byoung Yuk LEE ; Tae Jung SHON ; Jong Min CHAE
Korean Journal of Pathology 1998;32(1):43-50
Myeloid body formation is an ultrastructural feature of gentamicin induced nephrotoxicity in human being and experimental animals. The origin of the myeloid body is not satisfactorily understood and morphological verification of the developing process of this structure is not fully accomplished. We injected 100 mg/kg/12 hour of gentamicin in 20 Spraque-Dawley rats and examined the ultrastructural feature of the proximal convoluted tubular cells of the kidney every 30 minutes in the first 4 hours, and in 5 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours and 48 hours after injection of gentamicin, with a TEM and a SEM. Myeloid bodies were noted as concentric layers of membranous structures of degenerated endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria in the lysosome. The number and size of the myeloid body containing lysosomes were increased with time. We can deduce from this observation that injured cell organelles by diffusible gentamicin within the cells are autophagocytosed by lysosomes which were also injured by the drug from pinocytotic vesicles, and incompletely digested organellar remnants are retained in the lysosomes as myeloid bodies. So we think that the myeloid body formation is a result of an exaggerated and a pathologic autophagocytic process due to cell injury induced by gentamicin.
Animals
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Endoplasmic Reticulum
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Gentamicins*
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Humans
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Kidney
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Lysosomes
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Mitochondria
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Organelles
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Rats*
2.Ultrastructure of 2 Malignant Fibrous Histiocytomas with Reference to the Histogenesis.
Tae Jung KWON ; Keum Min PARK ; Dong Wha LEE
Korean Journal of Pathology 1986;20(4):475-483
Electron microscopic study of two malignant fibrous histiocytomas confirmed the presence of previously described tumor cells in the literature. In addition, there existed intermediate cells with morphologic features of both myofibroblasts and histiocytes, or both histiocytes and smooth muscle cells. Our result supported the idea that malignant fibrous histiocytoma may be derived from the undifferentiated mesenchymal cells that differentiate primarily along a fibroblastic and histiocytic cells.
3.Longitudinal Supraspinatus Tear Associated with Antegrade Humeral Intramedullary Nailing: A Case Report and Literature Review with Focus Placed on Nail Entry Point.
Min Soo SHON ; Tae Jung BANG ; Jae Chul YOO
Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow 2015;18(1):47-51
Iatrogenic damage of the rotator cuff followed by postoperative shoulder function loss is a potential complication after antegrade intramedullary nailing (AIN) for a humeral fracture. The authors present a case of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair and subacromial decompression of a non-healed rotator cuff tendon (mainly supraspinatus) and secondary impingement syndrome caused either by the tear or a proud nail after AIN for a mid-shaft humeral fracture. At presentation, the patient complained of right shoulder pain and 'snapping', especially during forward elevation and abduction of the shoulder, of 4 years duration. Right shoulder pain started sometime after pain due to the humeral shaft fracture, operation had subsided, and persisted after nail removal. Arthroscopic findings showed a longitudinal rotator cuff tear at the nail entry point that had not healed and severe fibrous hypertrophy on the acromion underspace, which is a unique finding since most longitudinal splits of tendon fibers are more likely to heal than conventional rotator cuff tears detached from bone. The torn rotator cuff was repaired after debridement and placing side-to-side sutures. At his 34-month follow-up after rotator cuff repair, the patient showed complete recovery and had excellent clinical scores.
Acromion
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Arthroscopy
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Debridement
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Decompression
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Follow-Up Studies
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Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary*
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Humans
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Humeral Fractures
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Hypertrophy
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Rotator Cuff
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Shoulder
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Shoulder Pain
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Sutures
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Tendons
4.A study of surgical management for peptic ulcer.
Min Oh LEE ; Tae Hyung CHO ; Yang Soo JUNG
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society 1991;40(2):158-167
No abstract available.
Peptic Ulcer*
5.Point Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression among Cancer Inpatients in a General Hospital: A Preliminary Study for the Development of Distress Management Strategies in Cancer Patients.
Min A LEE ; Hyu Jung HUH ; Jung Ah MIN ; Chang Uk LEE ; Chul LEE ; Tae Suk KIM
Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine 2013;21(2):122-131
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to examine the point prevalence of anxiety, depression and the associated risk factors in hospitalized patients with cancer. METHODS: A total of 114 patients with cancer who admitted to the Cancer Center in St. Mary's Hospital were enrolled for a day. The patients were asked to complete Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale(HADS). Sociodemographic and cancer related clinical variables were also evaluated. RESULTS: The point prevalence of anxiety and depression was 10.5% and 34.2%, respectively, as assessed with HADS. Logistic regression models revealed that distant metastasis was significantly associated with anxiety in patients with cancer and previous chemotherapy and Low socioeconomic status were significantly associated with depression. CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate that more than one third of patients with cancer suffer from either anxiety or depression. In addition, previous chemotherapy as well as low socioeconomic status and distant metastasis were associated risk factors of anxiety and depression, respectively. These findings suggest the need for screening and systematized psychosocial intervention for psychological distress in hospitalized patients with cancer.
Anxiety*
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Depression*
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Drug Therapy
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Hospitals, General*
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Humans
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Inpatients*
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Logistic Models
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Mass Screening
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Neoplasm Metastasis
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Prevalence*
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Risk Factors
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Social Class
6.A Case of Giant Fibrous Histiocytoma.
Yoon Kee PARK ; Min Geol LEE ; Dong Sik BANG ; Tae Jung KWON ; Jung Sook KIM
Korean Journal of Dermatology 1984;22(1):83-88
Fibrous histiocytomas are characterized by a variable combination of cells with fibroblastic and histiocytic features. They exhibit a distinctive but inconstant cellular arrangement referred to as a storiform or cartwheel pattern. Considerable corfusion has enveloped these tumors as a result of their various terminology-fibrous histiocytoma, dermatofibroma, sclerosing hemangioma, fibroxanthoma, subepidermal nodular fibrosis, xanthogranuloma, giant cell tumor of tendon sheath. A histologically benign but locally infiltrating, 15 * 20cm sized, fibrous histiocytoma was found in the posterior aspect of left thigh of a 17-year-old man. The tumor was incompletely excised due to adhesion of the tumor mass to sciatic nerve and then radiation therpy was combined, Histogenesis and prognostic aspects of the tumor are discussed.
Adolescent
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Fibroblasts
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Fibrosis
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Giant Cell Tumors
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Histiocytoma
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Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous*
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Humans
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Sciatic Nerve
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Tendons
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Thigh
7.Foreign Bodies in the Chest: How Come They Are Seen in Adults?.
Tae Jung KIM ; Jin Mo GOO ; Min Hoan MOON ; Jung Gi IM ; Mi Young KIM
Korean Journal of Radiology 2001;2(2):87-96
The radiologic and clinical findings of foreign bodies in the chest of children are well recognized. Foreign bodies in adults are infrequent, however, and the radiologic findings of these unusual circumstances have rarely been described. We classified various thoracic foreign bodies into three types according to their cause: Type I, Aspiration, Type II, Trauma or Accident; Type III, Iatrogenic. This pictorial essay will illustrate the radiologic findings and consequences of thoracic foreign bodies in adults, which have rarely been described in the radiologic literature. The clinical significance of thoracic foreign bodies will be also be discussed.
Accidents
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aspiration
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Esophagus/radiography
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Female
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Foreign Bodies/*etiology/*radiography
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Heart/radiography
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Human
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Iatrogenic Disease
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Male
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Middle Age
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Radiography, Thoracic
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Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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*Thorax
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Wounds and Injuries/complications
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Wounds, Gunshot/complications
8.A Stable Secondary Gliosarcoma with Extensive Systemic Metastases: A Case Report.
Tae Min CHOI ; Young Jun CHEON ; Tae Young JUNG ; Kyung Hwa LEE
Brain Tumor Research and Treatment 2016;4(2):133-137
A 63-year-old man complained of intermittent motor weakness of his arm. The magnetic resonance image (MRI) of his brain displayed a high signal lesion in right cingulate gyrus on T2 weighted image. One year later, he showed a stuporous mental status with repeated seizures, and the follow-up brain MRI showed heterogeneously enhanced mass associated with bleeding. He was treated with surgery and radiotherapy for secondary glioblastomas in right cingulate gyrus. One year more later, a mass recurred on the left frontal base, and gliosarcoma was diagnosed. After tumor resection, ventriculoperitoneal shunt, chemotherapy, and re-radiation therapy, all brain lesions were stable. Fourteen months after the diagnosis of gliosarcoma, he complained of dyspnea and back pain. Torso positron emission tomography/computed tomography revealed multiple metastatic lesions in both lungs, pericardium, pleura, liver, lymph nodes, and bones, and metastatic gliosarcoma was diagnosed. One month later, the patient died because of the systemic metastases. We present an unusual case of secondary gliosarcoma with stable brain lesions and extensive systemic metastases.
Arm
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Back Pain
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Brain
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Brain Neoplasms
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Diagnosis
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Drug Therapy
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Dyspnea
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Electrons
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Follow-Up Studies
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Glioblastoma
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Gliosarcoma*
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Gyrus Cinguli
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Hemorrhage
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Humans
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Liver
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Lung
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Lymph Nodes
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Middle Aged
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Neoplasm Metastasis*
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Pericardium
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Pleura
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Radiotherapy
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Seizures
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Stupor
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Torso
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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
9.Use of big data for evidence-based healthcare.
Journal of the Korean Medical Association 2014;57(5):413-418
Data pools and their integration are fueling the big data revolution in health care with the recent advances in information technology. Korea has shown tremendous promise in the utilization of big data for its advanced technology, computerized health data, and unique identifiers. However, the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) severely limits access to personal identifiers, which has discouraged the use of health data even for the public good. In contrast, western countries have focused on research without the use of identifiers, which has augmented the use of the available data while maintaining and respecting privacy; they have allowed some exemptions of informed consent and utilized limited data sets, which have the identifiers removed. The amount of research output has increased rapidly and an in-depth understanding of cancer has been made possible based on the linkage of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) and Medicare in the US. More than 700 projects covering a wide range of medical areas have been conducted, which has led to changes in clinical practice based on the Western Australian Data Linkage System. Although rare, evidence-driven decisions based on data linkage have been found in some cases in Korea; the adoption of prostate cancer screening as a national screening program was suspended as its cost-effectiveness has not been verified on the basis of data linkage by the National Evidence-Based Healthcare Collaboration Agency. For the active use of health data, there is an urgent need to amend PIPA, prepare regulations for data analysis, and foster collaboration among data-related institutions. Great projects based on data linkage will guarantee the world's leading research output and will be major sources for moving forward to success.
Computer Security
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Cooperative Behavior
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Dataset
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Delivery of Health Care*
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Epidemiology
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Evidence-Based Practice
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Humans
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Information Storage and Retrieval
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Informed Consent
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Korea
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Mass Screening
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Medicare
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Privacy
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Prostatic Neoplasms
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Social Control, Formal
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Statistics as Topic
10.Three Cases of Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Meningitis.
Jae Kwang HONG ; Hyun Mo CHEONG ; Jung Sik MIN ; June Tae PARK ; Chang Hee CHOI
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society 1987;30(7):777-783
No abstract available.
Meningitis*