Recent advances in endoscopic technology, including high-definition and image-enhanced endoscopy such as narrow-band imaging have facilitated close observation detailed of the gastric mucosa. Currently, is performed Korea primarily for evaluation premalignant conditions cancer detection. research has established Kyoto classification gastritis, a novel grading system which enables prediction Hel...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this article is to provide a practical review of the conditions other than cirrhosis that can result in diffuse surface nodularity of the liver or portal hypertension. CONCLUSION Conditions that can mimic cirrhosis on imaging include pseudocirrhosis of treated breast cancer metastases to the liver, fulminant hepatic failure, miliary metastases, sarcoidosis, schistos...

Two children developed papillary thyroid carcinoma after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) probably due to radiotherapy during remission and pretransplantation conditioning. Establishing a relationship between the cellular thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) effect and development of carcinoma in cases with high serum TSH concentrations is difficult. After BMT, patients should be regul...

An 80-year old woman complained of a 1-month history of dry cough. Bronchoscopy and tracheobronchial biopsy revealed tracheobronchial amyloidosis. Compted tomography scan showed narrowing of the trachea with intraluminal nodularity. Whole body and single photon emission computed tomography Tc pyrophosphate scan revealed diffuse uptake in the tracheobronchial tree, liver, and myocardium — with a...

We examined 812 subjects with a history of radiation to the head for the treatment of scalp worm infestation in during childhood. 36% of the subjects had goiters grades IA and II3. Another 134 subjects ( 17%) were found to have thyroid nodularity, 85 of whom bad solitary cold nodules. 43 patients whith either a solitary cold nodule or a multinodular goiter with a priominent cold nodule were ope...

Fifty two cases of tuberculosis of the breast encountered over a 15 year period and accounting for 3% of all breast lesions are reported. The classic presentation was a breast lump with associated sinus in 39%, isolated breast lump in 23%, sinus without lump in 12%, and tender nodularity in 23% of the patients. Associated axillary lymphadenopathy was found in 41%. Diagnosis was confirmed by fin...