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At present, surgical treatment is the only curative option for gallbladder (GB) cancer. Manyefforts therefore have been made to improve resectability and the survival rate. However,GB cancer has a low incidence, and no randomized, controlled trials have been conductedto establish the optimal treatment modalities. The present guidelines include recentrecommendations based on current understanding and highlight controversial issues thatrequire further research. For T1a GB cancer, the optimal treat

Purpose: Obesity has been shown to have important effects related to breast cancer. But there have been few data available on the distribution of body mass index (BMI) among Korean breast cancer patients and on the effects of this distribution on patient prognosis. Therefore we investigated the BMI distribution of Korean breast cancer patient’s and its relationship with other tumor markers, in order to elucidate the relationship between BMI and patient prognosis. Methods: We measured the BMI of

A tumoral calcinosis is considered a rare disorder with a poorly understood etiology. This uncommon soft tissue calcification is characterized clinically by the presence of an irregular, painless, periarticular soft tissue calcifying mass. People from African decent are mainly affected with the disease, which typically occurs in the periarticular regions. We report a case of a middle aged woman who complained a left inguinal subcutaneous mass. The characteristic clinical features, radiological a

Purpose: A pancreatic leak is a major source of morbidity associated with pancreatic surgery. A review of the indication for distal pancreatectomy and the disease and technique dependent factors associated with morbidity and mortality after this procedure were sought. Methods: A retrospective analysis of the hospital records of all patients having undergone a distal pancreatectomy between January 1998 and December 2002 was prformed. The clinical, technical and pathological data were correlated w

We report here a rare case of mesenteric Castleman's disease presenting as a mesenteric mass. A 13-year-old female child was admitted to our hospital complaining of intermittent vague abdominal pain. She had hypochromic anemia, thrombocytosis and an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Ultrasonography and computed tomography indicated an intra- abdominal mass might represent a lymphoma or gastrointestinal stromal tumor or leiomyoma, but the definitive preoperative diagnosis couldn't be

목적: 담석에 의한 담낭 점막의 만성적인 자극과 염증에의해 점막의 이형성 및 악성 종양이 발생할 수 있음은 이미알려져 있다. 이번 연구는 무증상 담석 환자에서 이형성 및악성 종양의 조기진단 및 치료로서 담낭 절제술의 유용성을알아보고자 시행하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2004년 1월부터2008년 7월까지 고려대학교 구로병원에서 담석으로 담낭절제술을 시행하였던 703예를 대상으로 후향적으로 의무기록을 분석하였고 수술 후 병리조직에서 이형성 및 악성 종양의 빈도를 조사하였다. 결과: 담석으로 담낭 절제술을 시행하였던 703예 중 증상이 있어 담낭 절제술을 시행하였던경우는 542예(77.1%), 무증상으로 수술을 시행한 경우는 161예(22.9%)였다. 수술 후 병리조직에서 증상군에서 저도이형성 4예, 고도이형성 1예가 관찰되었다. 무증상군에서는 저도이형성 4예, 악성종양 2예가 관찰되었다(p=0.012). 증상군에서 이형성은 용종과 연관이 없었고 무증상군에서 이형성이나 악성종양은 용종과 연관