Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science

Ho Jung Kang

3 Articles

A Case of Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Hepatic Artery Ligation.: Jeong Ill Suh, Joon Hwan Kim, Dong Joon Lee, Ki Yoon Kim, Ho Jung Kang, Chan Won Park, Heon Ju Lee; Yeungnam Univ J Med. 1996;13(1):146-151. Published online June 30, 1996; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.1996.13.1.146

Abstract PDF: Majority of .hepatocellular carcinoma is evolved from a well differentiated cancerous condition such as hypetptastic lesions eg; adenomatous hyperplasia in cirrhotic liver or de no vo carcinogenesis and prolifenation along with dedifferentiation. Adenomatous hyperplasia is may be seen in severe acute hepatic injury, like svhmassive hepatic necrosis, or in chronic liver diseases, particularly liver cirrhosis and it has recently attracted much interest from both clinicians and pathologists because it is regarded as a precursor lesion of hepatocObdar carcinoma. Hepatic. denomatous hyperplasia resembling focal nodular hyperplasia might have developed from localized vascular changes associated with chronic liver disease, pre-existing arterial malformation and early stage of angiogenesis in hepatocarcinogenesis. .fie present a patient who developed hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatic artery ligation.

An Analysis of 94 Percutaneous Renal Biopsies.: Ho Jung Kang, Sang Woo Lim, Joo Yeung Do, Kyung Woo Yoon; Yeungnam Univ J Med. 1995;12(1):84-95. Published online June 30, 1995; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.1995.12.1.84

Abstract PDF: A clinical and histopathological study was performed on ninety-four patients with nephrotic syndrome (91 idiopathic and 3 secondary) who were admitted to Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University Hospital during the period of nine years, from January 1985 to May 1994. The results were as following. 1. the ratio of male to female was 1.76:1. In young age group, minimal change was the most predominant type. In old age group, membranous glomerulonephritis and focal glomerulosclerosis were predominant types. 2.- The primary nephrotic syndromes were 96.8% and secondary nephrotic syndromes were 3.2%. Histopathologic findings of 94 renal biopsy tissue were classified into minimal change (43.6%) mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (29.8%), membranous glomerulonephritis (12.8%), Typel membranous proliferative glomerulonephritis (4.3%), focal glomerulosclerosis (3.2%) .and others (6.4%). 3. The response of eighty-six patients treated with steroid showed complete remission in 51.2%, partial remission in 20.9%, steroid dependent in 2.3%, and no effect in 25.6% of cases respectively. The response to steroid therapy was most effective in the patients with minimal change lesion. 4. In the patient with membranous proliferative glomerulonephlitis, long-term angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor treatment showed less deterioration of renal function.

A Study on the Serologic Parameters in Petients with Anemia of Chronic Renal Failure-According to Erythropoietin Treatment: Jong Sik Lim, Ho Jung Kang, Won Jong Park, Jun Young Do, Kyeung Woo Yun; Yeungnam Univ J Med. 1994;11(1):82-93. Published online June 30, 1994; DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.1994.11.1.82

Abstract PDF: Clinical study was carried out on the 64 hemodialysis patients (HD) with chronic renal failure who had been treated from December 1992 to July 1993 in Yeungnam University Hospital. The following results were obtained. In hematologic parameters, MCH was 28.8±2.0 pg, and MCV was 92.4±4.7 fl. Result revealed normochromic and normocytic anemia. Mean values of serum ferritin were 657.4±292.0 ng/ml in men and 511.5±370 g in women. Mean values of serum iron were 145.5±63.7 µg/dl. Mean values of transferrin saturation was 61.6±28.4%. Serum ferritin, serum iron and transferrin saturation were higher in HD group than normal reference. In erythropoietin treatment group, Hb and Hct were significantly higher than non-erythropoietin treatment group. Amount of transfusion was significantly higher in non-erythropoietin treatment group than erythropoietin treatment group (p<0.05). Values of iron, transferrin saturation were significantly higher in abnormal liver function test (LFT0 hemodialysis group than normal LFT group (p<0.05). Transfusion amounts revealed positive correlation with ferritin (r=0.4675), transferrin saturation (r=0.3823) and iron (r=0.3386) (p<0.05). In conclusion, erythropoietin treatment can reduce requirement of blood transfusion and transfusion related side effects such as iron overload, hemosiderosis and hemochromatosis.

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