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Although intussusception is primarily a disease of children, about 5 to 10 percent of cases occur in adults. The underlying causes of adult intussusception are tumor, postoperative complication, local bowel ischemia, abnormal motility and rarely intestinal tuberculosis. Recently, we experienced a 62-year-old man with intussusception underlying pulmonary tuberculosis. The postoperative pathologic finding was intestinal tuberculosis. For its rarity, we report this case with review of literatures.
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Adult , Child , Humans , Middle Aged , Intussusception , Ischemia , Postoperative Complications , Tuberculosis , Tuberculosis, PulmonaryABSTRACT
A 38-year-old woman was admitted for evaluation of cyst-like lesion of the pancreas, which was incidentally found on physical check up. She has been well until the lesion was found except epigastric pain. On endoscopic retrograde pancreatogram, pancreatic head portion revealed a 2 x 2 cm sized cystic mass with marginal calcification. There was no definitive communication between pancreatic duct and cyatic mass, but amylase level of cystic content was increased. Surgical excision was performed, Microspically, the cystic wall showed flat lining epithelium with dense fibrosis and dysplastic calcification accompanied by chronic pancreatitis of adjacent pancreatic tissue.
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Adult , Female , Humans , Amylases , Epithelium , Fibrosis , Head , Pancreas , Pancreatic Ducts , Pancreatitis, ChronicABSTRACT
A 38-year-old woman was admitted for evaluation of cyst-like lesion of the pancreas, which was incidentally found on physical check up. She has been well until the lesion was found except epigastric pain. On endoscopic retrograde pancreatogram, pancreatic head portion revealed a 2 x 2 cm sized cystic mass with marginal calcification. There was no definitive communication between pancreatic duct and cyatic mass, but amylase level of cystic content was increased. Surgical excision was performed, Microspically, the cystic wall showed flat lining epithelium with dense fibrosis and dysplastic calcification accompanied by chronic pancreatitis of adjacent pancreatic tissue.
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Adult , Female , Humans , Amylases , Epithelium , Fibrosis , Head , Pancreas , Pancreatic Ducts , Pancreatitis, ChronicABSTRACT
Salmonellosis is one of communicable disease and still occur in sporadic in Korea frequently. They are four main clinical manifestations in salmonellosis. They are gastroenteritis, typhoidal or septisemia syndrome, focal manifestation and carrier state. Among them, focal manifestation is rarely seen. Saphra, et al. reported that localized salmonella infection is about 5%. Localized salmonella infection frequently occur during salmonella bacteremia, but may also occur with enteric fever or gastroenteritis. Gray, et al reported 3390 cases of minor gunshot wound infection that bacterial isolates from infected wounds consisted of Staphylococcus aureus(90%), Streptococcus sp.(6%), and mixed organisms(4%). Incresed host susceptibility to infection secondary to lowered resistance due to debilitating disease is an important determinant of Salmonella infection. Since salmonella is seldom suspected as a cause of soft tissue infections,there is usually a dangerous delay in the institution of appropriate antimicrobial therapy and isolation procedure. We experienced one case of subcutaneous salmonella abscess developed on gunshot wound area in lung cancer patient, which was confirmed by pus culture.
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Humans , Abscess , Bacteremia , Carrier State , Communicable Diseases , Gastroenteritis , Korea , Lung Neoplasms , Lung , Salmonella Infections , Salmonella , Staphylococcus , Streptococcus , Suppuration , Typhoid Fever , Wounds and Injuries , Wounds, GunshotABSTRACT
Double primary cancer of the stomach and esophagus has been revealed a very low incidence in the world except Japan and reported only 6 cases in Korea. Furthermore, it is difficult to manage this type of double cancer because esophageal cancer has a biologic tendency to early metastasis. This paper is concerned with a case of double primary cancer, which we have synchroniously confi~rmed esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and gastric adenocarcinoma with gastrofiberscopic biopsy, and then treated them by radical resec tion and systemic chemotherapy.
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Adenocarcinoma , Biopsy , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell , Drug Therapy , Esophageal Neoplasms , Esophagus , Incidence , Japan , Korea , Neoplasm Metastasis , Stomach NeoplasmsABSTRACT
Hemorrhage into a pancreatic pseudocyst is a rare, but increasingly recognized as a cause of massive gastrointestial bleeding. Bleeding pseudocysts may rupture into the stomach, duodenum, common bile duct, and splenic vein, or can be decompressed via the duct of Wirsung. Also it will result in upper gastrointestinal bleeding. This represents a life-threatening and frequently unrecognized complication of pancreatic disease. Proper diagnostic workup and prompt surgical management afford the patient the best chance for survival. We report a patient with pseudocyst bleeding into the gastrointestinal tract via the duct of Wirsung and discuss the current diagnostic and therapeutic approach.