A Case of Alstrom Syndrome / 대한내분비학회지

The Alstrom syndrome is inherited autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by obesity, diabetes mellitus, pigmentary retinal degeneration, normal intelligence, sensorineural hearing loss, baldness, acanthosis nigricans, male hypogonadism, hyperuricemia and hypertriglyceridemia. There is no reported case of Alstrom syndrome in Korea yet. We experienced a 29-year-old female patient with clinical characteristics similar to Alstrom syndrome who was admitted due to poorly controlled diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy with hemorrhage. We report this case with the review of literatures.

A Case of MALToma Involving Stomach and Small Intestine / 대한소화기내시경학회지

A 74-year old male was admitted to St. Mary's Hospital due to symptoms of diarrhea and fever. He was diagnosed with MALToma in the jejunum 6 months previously, but had refused any treatment. This time, an endoscopy revealed multiple erosions and nodular mucosa in the body, fundus of the stomach and 3rd portion of duodenum. Abdominal computed tomography showed wall thickening in 3rd portion of the duodenum and upper jejunum with multiple lymph nodes enlargement. Additionally, an endoscopic biopsy revealed MALToma in the stomach and duodenum. Salmonella group B grew in a blood culture and a chest PA determined pneumonic infiltration in the left lower lobe. He received sulperazone for 7 days, but again refused any further treatment and was thereby discharged after had improved condition.

A Case of Primary Bilateral B-cell Renal Lymphoma / 대한신장학회잡지

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma frequently involves the kidneys, with previous reports demonstrating approximately a 48 Yo incidence at autopsy. In contrast, lymphoma originating within the kidneys is a rare event, because the renal parenchyma does not have lymphatics. Most common type of primary renal lyrnphoma that calssified by Working formulation and irnmunohistochemistry was diffuse large B-cell, intermediate grade. A 43-year-old woman presented with epigastric discomfort, anorexia, fever, and weight loss. The past rnedical history was unremarkable. On physical examination, she was febrile, and conjunctiva was pale. Lymph node was enlarged and palpated at right inguinal area. But no other lymphadenopathy or hepatosplenomegaly was found. Laboratory study showed WBC 6,900/mm, hemoglobin 6.7g/dL, serum LDH 783IU/L, GFR 31.45 ml/min. The chest X-ray was within normal limit; no mediastinal lympha- denopathy was present. The abdominal X-ray revealed enlargement of right kidney. The abdominal CT scan showed markedly enlarged both kidneys containing inhomogeneous solid masses with poor excretion of intravenous contrast, a few small paraaortic lymphadenopathies, and contour bulging on the pancreas body. A percutaneous renal biopsy was obtained from this patient at the right kidney. Microscopic exarnination showed a diffuse infiltrate of predominantly large lymphoid cells having round to oval vescicular nuclei. Immunohistochemical studies revealed a B-cell-type lymphoma. The tumor was judged to be an intermediate-grade, large-cell, diffused, B-cell-type non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. We report a case of primary bilateral B-cell renal lymphoma in a 43-year-old female patient with review of the literature.