Radiation induced pemphigoid disease

Among the possible complications of radiation therapy, acute and chronic side effects on the skin can be induced by percutaneous radiotherapy in the target site. Common skin lesions include radiation dermatitis, which can be treated by topical application of dressing and ointment. Pemphigoid disease, which displays similar clinical features as other skin diseases such as recurrent cancer and herpes zoster, rarely occurs in the site of radiotherapy; therefore, care must be taken during diagnosis for a timely treatment. The present report is a case of pemphigoid disease that had developed in a patient with endometrioid/clear cell carcinoma after radiation therapy, and the time between onset and radiotherapy was more than 6 months.

Radiation induced pemphigoid disease

Among the possible complications of radiation therapy, acute and chronic side effects on the skin can be induced by percutaneous radiotherapy in the target site. Common skin lesions include radiation dermatitis, which can be treated by topical application of dressing and ointment. Pemphigoid disease, which displays similar clinical features as other skin diseases such as recurrent cancer and herpes zoster, rarely occurs in the site of radiotherapy; therefore, care must be taken during diagnosis for a timely treatment. The present report is a case of pemphigoid disease that had developed in a patient with endometrioid/clear cell carcinoma after radiation therapy, and the time between onset and radiotherapy was more than 6 months.

A retroperitoneal dedifferentiated liposarcoma mimicking an ovarian tumor

A 74-year-old postmenopausal woman visited our gynecology clinic complaining of a palpable abdominal mass. Physical and radiological evaluation indicated that the mass exhibited features of a left ovarian neoplasm showing heterogeneous enhancement. Surgical resection was performed to confirm this suspicion. During surgery, a mass was observed only in the left ovary with no invasive growth, but adhesions to the surrounding peritoneum were seen. Given the patient's age, large mass size, and accompanying uterine myoma and right ovarian cyst, total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was performed. The final pathologic diagnosis was dedifferentiated liposarcoma. The liposarcoma was suspected to originate from retroperitoneal adipose tissue rather than the ovary. Radiotherapy was planned if a gross lesion indicating recurrence followed 6 months later. This case required a considerable multi-disciplinary approach for diagnosis and treatment because of its ambiguous clinical and radiological findings.

One case of Lynch type II syndrome / 대한산부인과학회지

Lynch syndrome is also called Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). It is characterized by a risk of colorectal cancer and other cancers of the endometrium, ovary, stomach, small intestine etc. The increased risk is due to inherited mutations that impaired DNA mismatch repair. Two to three percentage of colon cancer is caused by Lynch syndrome. A family history of colon cancer occurs at a young age. We experienced one case of Lynch syndrome who had had stomach cancer, endometrial cancer and colon cancer recently. Hence we report this case with a brief review of literature.

Comparison of treatment of cervical lesion by use of cold knife conization, electric conizer or large loop / 부인종양

OBJECTIVE: The treatment of intraepithelial neoplasia and microinvasive cervical cancer ranges from local destruvtive methods to total hysterectomy. The conservative treatment has increased as more lesions are being detected in young women. METHODS: This study was designed to compare the 112 microinvasive cervical cancer treatment reliability, efficacy, and safety of cold knife conization (23), electric conizer (31), and largr loop (58). RESULTS: The mean age for cold cone, conizer, and LEEP were 41.1, 41.4, and 42.2 years old. The parity for cold cone, conizer and LEEP were 3.1, 2.1, and 2.7 siblings. Resection margine involved pathologic finding were 47.8%, 54.8%, and 74.1% (P<0.05). After hysterectomy, residual disease for cold cone, conizer and LEEP were 1, 24, and 30 cases CONCLUSION: The results suggest that LEEP is quicker, safer, and lower cost than cold knife conization for the management of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and micro invasive cancer.