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Eosinophils are derived from hematopoietic stem cells. Peripheral blood eosinophilia is defined as an absolute eosinophil count of > or =0.5x10(9)/L. Eosinophilia is classified into primary or clonal eosinophilia, secondary eosinophilia, and idiopathic categories including idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome. Both hematopoietic and solid neoplasms may be associated with peripheral blood eosinophilia, but multiple myeloma is rarely associated with eosinophilia. We now report the case of a 31-year-old man with multiple myeloma associated with marked eosinophilia who developed multiple organ dysfunction with infiltration of eosinophils. He recovered after treatment with chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation.
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Adulto , Humanos , Eosinofilia , Eosinófilos , Células Madre Hematopoyéticas , Síndrome Hipereosinofílico , Mieloma Múltiple , Trasplante de Células Madre , Células Madre , Trasplante AutólogoRESUMEN
Eosinophils are derived from hematopoietic stem cells. Peripheral blood eosinophilia is defined as an absolute eosinophil count of > or =0.5x10(9)/L. Eosinophilia is classified into primary or clonal eosinophilia, secondary eosinophilia, and idiopathic categories including idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome. Both hematopoietic and solid neoplasms may be associated with peripheral blood eosinophilia, but multiple myeloma is rarely associated with eosinophilia. We now report the case of a 31-year-old man with multiple myeloma associated with marked eosinophilia who developed multiple organ dysfunction with infiltration of eosinophils. He recovered after treatment with chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation.
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Adulto , Humanos , Eosinofilia , Eosinófilos , Células Madre Hematopoyéticas , Síndrome Hipereosinofílico , Mieloma Múltiple , Trasplante de Células Madre , Células Madre , Trasplante AutólogoRESUMEN
A 42-year-old man with Erdheim-Chester disease (EC) is presented. This is the first case of this disease reported in Korea. The patient complained of knee pain and plain roentgenogram of the bilateral legs revealed diffusely increased density, coarsened trabecular pattern, and cortical thickening in the diaphysis, and metaphysis as well as epiphysis. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed that the lesions showed low signal intensity on T1-weighted images and heterogeneously low and high signal intensity on T2-weighted images. Histological examination of the biopsy specimen showed a xanthogranulomatous lesion consisting aggregations of foamy histiocytes and Touton-type giant cells. Immunohistochemical staining showed positive reaction to anti-S-100 and lysozyme in the cytoplasm of the giant cells.
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Adulto , Humanos , Masculino , Médula Ósea/patología , Histiocitosis/patología , Rodilla/diagnóstico por imagen , Rodilla/patología , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Osteosclerosis/diagnóstico por imagen , Osteosclerosis/patologíaRESUMEN
Clinical heterotopic liver transplantation(HLT) has been carried out in the several institutions since 1962. Recently, Rotterdam group reported a successful clinical series of HLT in spite of several negative viewpoints against orthotopic liver transplantation. Among the successful HLT cases till now, several occurrences of hepatocellular carcinoma in the native liver had been reported. In the current study, a thirty percent liver was transplanted heterotopically in the dimethylnitrosoamine(DMN)-induced cirrhotic rats and the feasibility of host-hepatectomy after regeneration of the graft was tested, and we are going to introduce the concept of host liver resection(HR) to the clinical auxiliary liver transplantation. Of the thirty syngeneic partial HLT with portal blood input only, 16 rats died following transplantation and three rats dies after HR. The DMN-induced cirrhotic liver specimen showed a microscopic finding of nodular cirrhosis with thick intralobular fibrous septa. Grafts examined at three posttransplant weeks appeared architecturally normal and well regenerated and the atrophied host livers were small hard showing micronodularity on the surface. Of all the animals examined, no host liver tissues were regrowing after one month following near total HR. We conclude that HLT can be performed in the clinically relevant cirrhotic rats and HR is feasible after graft regeneration and expect that this experimental model can be used for the study of cirrhosis and HLT.
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Animales , Ratas , Carcinoma Hepatocelular , Fibrosis , Hepatectomía , Trasplante de Hígado , Hígado , Modelos Teóricos , Regeneración , TrasplantesRESUMEN
PURPOSE: Results of 181 percutaneous needle aspiration biopsies performed with an 18-gauge needle during a period of 3 years were analyzed to determine efficacy and safety of the procedure. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Biposies were performed in patients that could not be diagnosed by bronchoscopy or sputum cytology. The biopsy procedure with 18-gauge Crown needle was guided by fiuoroscopy. The biopsy specimen placed in 10% formalin solution were histologically confirmed. RESULTS: In 160 patients(89%), the positive diagnosis was made by percutaneous needle aspiration biopsy. There were 153 lung lesions(120 malignant and 33 benign lesions) and 7 mediastinal lesions. the diagnostic accuracy of malignant and benign disease was 91% and 80% respectively. Complications included pneumothorax(n=11) and hemothorax(n=l):six of them required treatment with chest tube and the remainder showed spontaneous resporption. CONCLUSION: PCNB with an 18-gauge needle provided a reliable, relatively safe diagnostic tool to establish the diagnosis of both malignant and benign chest lesions.
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Humanos , Biopsia , Biopsia con Aguja , Broncoscopía , Tubos Torácicos , Coronas , Diagnóstico , Formaldehído , Pulmón , Agujas , Esputo , TóraxRESUMEN
PURPOSE: Results of 181 percutaneous needle aspiration biopsies performed with an 18-gauge needle during a period of 3 years were analyzed to determine efficacy and safety of the procedure. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Biposies were performed in patients that could not be diagnosed by bronchoscopy or sputum cytology. The biopsy procedure with 18-gauge Crown needle was guided by fiuoroscopy. The biopsy specimen placed in 10% formalin solution were histologically confirmed. RESULTS: In 160 patients(89%), the positive diagnosis was made by percutaneous needle aspiration biopsy. There were 153 lung lesions(120 malignant and 33 benign lesions) and 7 mediastinal lesions. the diagnostic accuracy of malignant and benign disease was 91% and 80% respectively. Complications included pneumothorax(n=11) and hemothorax(n=l):six of them required treatment with chest tube and the remainder showed spontaneous resporption. CONCLUSION: PCNB with an 18-gauge needle provided a reliable, relatively safe diagnostic tool to establish the diagnosis of both malignant and benign chest lesions.