Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science

Byung Woo Yoo

2 Articles

Massive barium sulfate aspiration during upper gastrointestinal contrast material study in an elderly patient with dysphagia.: Hae Ryong Yun, Chang Gon Kim, Jihye Park, Yong Eun Park, Yong Il lee, Byung Woo Yoo, Kyung Soo Chung, Young Sam Kim, Joo Han Song; Yeungnam Univ J Med. 2016;33(2):162-165. Published online December 31, 2016; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2016.33.2.162

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Abstract PDF: Barium sulfate is an inert material used as a radiographic contrast medium during upper gastrointestinal contrast studies for evaluation of patients with dysphagia. Oral barium aspiration is an uncommon but well-reported complication of this procedure. While barium aspiration of small amounts may not cause any symptoms, massive barium aspiration can be life-threatening, particularly in elderly patients with multiple comorbidities. In this case report, we describe an elderly patient with multiple comorbidities who presented with thyrotoxicosis and dysphagia, and then died after massive barium aspiration. Despite administration of intensive medical care with ventilator support and therapeutic bronchoalveolar lavage to remove the aspirated barium, the patient died of multiple organ failure 9 days after barium aspiration. Clinicians should pay attention to elderly patients with predisposing factors for aspiration in whom upper gastrointestinal barium contrast studies are indicated, and should consider other diagnostic tools for evaluation of dysphagia in this population.

Brain meningioma in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.: Byung Woo Yoo, Sung Soo Ahn, Jung Yoon Pyo, Se Jin Byun, Jason Jungsik Song, Yong Beom Park, Soo Kon Lee, Jung Soo Song, Sang Won Lee; Yeungnam Univ J Med. 2016;33(2):159-161. Published online December 31, 2016; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2016.33.2.159

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Brain meningioma, the most common benign brain tumor, has been reported to account for 13-26% of all intracranial tumors, with a crude incidence rate of 2.3 per 100,000 persons for all types of meningiomas. The prevalence of neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus is 15-91% and its clinical manifestations are diverse: from mild cognitive dysfunction to serious neurological or psychiatric symptoms. Here, we report the first Korean patient with brain meningioma and systemic lupus erythematosus who had undergone surgical tumor resection.

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