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Comparison of Guidelines for Management of Chronic Hepatitis C

Kim KA

Therapeutic options for patients with hepatitis C virus infection have evolved substantially with the advent of highly effective direct-acting antiviral agents (DAA). Guidelines for treatment of hepatitis C have changed...
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Four Cases of Toxic Hepatitis after Ingestion of Sea Hare

Song JH, Kwon TH, Suh JI

The sea hare is a marine mollusk in the family Aplysiidae that has long been consumed as food. Rarely, toxic hepatitis can occur after eating sea hare. We herein discuss...
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Spondylitis with an Epidural Abscess due to Mycobacterium fortuitum: A Case Report

Jeon JH, Choi MJ, Park DW, Choi WS

Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing mycobacteria that causes skin and soft tissue infection, pulmonary infection, and occasionally disseminated disease in severely immunocompromised patients. While three cases of spondylitis caused...
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Treatment of Hepatitis C in Special Conditions: Liver Cirrhosis

Gwak GY

Acquiring a sustained virological response (SVR) in patients with cirrhosis or advanced hepatic fibrosis reduces liver disease-related mortality and the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the SVR rate of the...
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Recurrence of Tuberculosis after Resuming a TNF-Inhibitor in a Patient with Crohn's Disease

Park S, Yang JY, Song MJ, Cheon J, Kim SH, Kim MJ, Jo KW

The use of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) increases a patient's risk of developing tuberculosis (TB). There is no consensus on whether restarting a TNFi after treating an active TB...
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Risk of Stent Stenosis after Implanting a First-Generation Drug-Eluting Stent and Drug Balloon Angioplasty

Kim O, Rhee I, Jang J, Song W, Lee J, Kim M

In patients with coronary artery disease, coronary stenting with a drug-eluting stent (DES) is associated with lower rates of in-stent restenosis and re-surgery for the target lesion compared with a...
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Treatment of Special Populations with Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Chronic Kidney Disease

Chung WJ

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease, especially those on hemodialysis. Chronic HCV infection in patients with end-stage renal disease is associated with increased...
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A Case of Primary Leiomyosarcoma of the Femur

Ahn JS, Rhee S, Do BJ, Park IY, Shin SH, Lee JH, Song H

Primary leiomyosarcoma rarely occurs in bone; when it occurs, it is more frequent in middle-aged individuals and frequently metastasizes to the lung. Here, we report a case of primary leiomyosarcoma...
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Evaluation of Fever in the Intensive Care Unit

Yun NR

Fever is a common and serious problem in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), but its cause is sometimes difficult to determine. Such fevers may be infectious or noninfectious....
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A Case of Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma with Liver Involvement in a 67-Year-Old Woman Given Methotrexate for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Cheon JY, Choi HS, Jo SH, Lee S, Cho MO, Lee MY, Kim YR

Prolonged inflammation or immunosuppression may cause lymphoproliferative disorders (LPD). Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) itself causes LPD. The immunosuppressive drug methotrexate (MTX) is used widely to treat RA, and is also related...
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An Acute Pulmonary Embolism Accompanying Greater Saphenous Vein Thrombosis

Ryu SM, Jang M, Kwon SC, Kim DH, Kim RH, Choi YM, Kim JH

Pulmonary embolism is most commonly related to deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremities. However, recent studies show that the thrombosis of superficial veins can also progress to deep vein...
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A Case of Thyrotropin (TSH)-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma in a Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Park JH, Lee SG, Park EK, Koo DW, Kim BH, Kim IJ, Kim GT

A thyrotropin (TSH)-secreting pituitary adenoma is a rare cause of hyperthyroidism, with an incidence of one case per million. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease of the...
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A Case of Small Cell Carcinoma of the Maxillary Sinus with Distant Metastasis

Ha S, An HJ, Cho K, Yoo C, Cho JH, Kim SH, Kim HK

Primary small cell carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses is extremely rare. It is aggressively locally invasive, with high recurrence and metastatic rates. A combination of systemic chemotherapy and locoregional treatment,...
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A Case of Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis with Fanconi Syndrome

Kim M, Kim HW, Kim JY, Jeong J, Park EJ, Kim J, Kim SM

Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis (TINU) syndrome is a rare disease that comprises 4.7% of acute interstitial nephritis. With reno-ocular manifestations, TINU syndrome is accompanied by symptoms such as fever, fatigue,...
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Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Using Newly Developed Oral Antiviral Agents

Lee HW, Jung KS, Ahn SH

Standard care for chronic hepatitis C has been a combination of pegylated interferon-alpha and ribavirin, although this treatment has suboptimal antiviral efficacy and significant adverse events. The hepatitis C virus...
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Rapid Regrowth of Left Atrial Myxoid Fibrosarcoma Considered to be Myxoma after Surgical Resection

Seo J, Yoon B, Choi JH, Chun KH, Joo HC, Oh EJ, Lee SH

Malignant primary cardiac tumors are rare with the most common type among them being sarcomas. However, a myxoid sarcoma in the heart is very rare and differentiating it from from...
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Epidemiology of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Korea

Jeong SH

The anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence in South Korean adults is estimated to be 0.8%, suggesting that at least 290,000 people are HCV infected. HCV positivity increases with age and...
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A Case of MELAS Syndrome Presenting with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Jung CH, Roh E, Ahn CH, Kim LK, Lim S, Jang HC, Choi SH

Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome presents with various clinical features, including seizures, stroke-like episodes, encephalopathy, myopathy, cardiac involvement, and diabetes. However, due to its clinical heterogeneity,...
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Allergic Reaction to Meperidine in a Patient with Aspirin Idiosyncrasy

Seo MG, No TH, Jeong HJ, Kim YW, Kim YH, Jung JW, Park CS

Although narcotic analgesics are potent releasers of histamine, IgE-mediated allergic reactions to these drugs are rare. Here we report the case of a 56-year-old male who suffered from chronic urticarial...
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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Past, Present and Future

Jung JS

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was originated from heart-lung machine for cardiac surgery. This technique that receive the blood from venous system, oxygenate it and support to selected patients with severe...
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