- A Case with Multifocal Langerhans Cell Granulomatosis Involving the Thyroid Gland.
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Kwan Woo Lee, Chul Kwon Chung, Sung Chul Hwang, Hyun Hee Yim, So Yun Park, Sung Kyu Lee, Yun Suk Chung, Hyun Man Kim, Yoon Jung Kim, Eun Kyung Hong, Bong Nam Chae
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J Korean Endocr Soc. 1998;13(3):466-472. Published online January 1, 2001
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- Langerhans cell granulomatosis(LCG), previously termed 'Histiocytosis-X', is one of the rare disease. LCG is characterized by proliferation of Langerhans cells in a unifocal or multifocal pattern. And LCG may be manifested in a variety of way, ranging from a spontaneously regressing solitary lesion to a multisystem life-threatening disorder. This disease usually involves the bone, lung, skin and lymph node. The most common endocrinologic abnormalities in LCG are diabetes insipidus and growth hormone deficiency. LCG involving the thyroid gland is extremely rare and only a small numbers of cases have been reported worldwide. A 41-year-old diabetic female visited the hospital due to the neck swelling for 3 months and she also complained of polyuria, polydipsia and easy fatigue. LCG involving multiple organs included thyroid gland was diagnosed by high-resolution CT of lung, by characteristic histological findings of the thyroid lesion and by the immunohistochemical staining for S-100 protein and OKT 6(CD la). She is followed at OPD without any medication.
- Two Cases with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Thyroid Gland.
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Kwan Woo Lee, So Yun Park, Sung Kyu Lee, Yun Suk Chung, Hyun Man Kim, Yun Mi JIn, Yoon Jung Kim, Eun Kyung Hong, Bong Nam Chae, Ho Young Lim
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J Korean Endocr Soc. 1998;13(3):446-452. Published online January 1, 2001
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- Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid is rare, presenting much less than one percent of all primary thyroid malignancies. Most cases have been reported in elderly patients with a history of goiter. It is necessary to differentiate between primary squamous cell carcinoma and secondary involvement from other sites. Secondary involvement of the thyroid may be more amenable to palliation or cure. The treatment of choice in primary squamous cell carcinoma is radical surgery in resectable cases, but the squamous cell carcinoma behaves aggressively and carries a uniformly poor prognosis regardless of the treatment. We had an experience of a primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid in two elderly patients. These patients presented a typical feature of a primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid, which has been rarely reported in Korea.
- A Case of Surgically Treated Insulinoma in Pregnancy.
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Kwan Woo Lee, Euy Young Soh, Young Goo Shin, Sung Keun Lee, So Yun Park, Sung Kyu Lee, Yun Suk Chung, Hyun Man Kim, Kyung Joo Hwang, Yun Mi JIn
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J Korean Endocr Soc. 1998;13(2):288-294. Published online January 1, 2001
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- Insuliin secreting tumor is 70% prevalent disease in female and predoadnant in forth and sixth deeade. The incidence of insulinoma is one case per 250,000 patient-years. Insulinoma in pregnancy was extremely rare, and the prevalence was not reported. The diagnosis of an insulinoma is depend on demonstration of hypoglycemia with high insulin and C-peptide levels. Immunoreactive insulin/plasma glucose ratio0.3 in particular support the diagnosis of an insulinoma. Fetal complication would be developed because of hypoglycemia. In approximately half of the cases reported, surgical exploration was done during pregrancy, the remainder were treated after delivery. Insulinoma poses serious diagnostic and therapeutic problems when she is pregnant. We experienced a case of insulinoma in pregnancy that represented Whipples triad and was treated by surgical intervention.
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