- The Significance of Ventricular Volume in the Evaluation of Secondary Cardiomyopathy at Autopsy.
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Joo Young Na, Byung Woo Min, Yeong Hui Kim, Seung Hyun Chung, Young Jik Lee, Hyung Seok Kim, Jong Tae Park
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Korean J Pathol. 2011;45(4):336-347.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2011.45.4.336
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The weight, shape and consistency of the heart, and the thickness of the ventricular wall are used as parameters for evaluating postmortem heart and diagnosing cardiomyopathy at autopsy.
METHODS
The weight and volume of the ventricles and the thickness of the left ventricular wall of 58 hearts were measured and analyzed.
RESULTS
In the group of dilated hearts, the ventricular weight, ventricular volume, ventricular volume/ventricular weight, and left ventricular volume/right ventricular volume increased, whereas ventricular wall thickness decreased. In the group of hypertrophied hearts, the ventricular weight, ventricular volume, and thickness of the ventricular wall increased but ventricular volume/ventricular weight and left ventricular volume/right ventricular volume did not change significantly. In the group of undetermined hearts, it was later found that four of the cases should have been included in the dilated heart group and another two cases in the hypertrophied heart group.
CONCLUSIONS
In addition to conventional methods, the measuring ventricular volume is useful for evaluating a postmortem heart and may suggest postmortem differential diagnoses of dilated or hypertrophied forms of secondary cardiomyopathies.
- HPV Genotyping in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Upper Aerodigestive Tract.
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Young Kim, Eun Hui Jeong, Byung Woo Min, Sung Sun Kim, Yoo Duk Choi, Woon Jae Jung, Jong Hee Nam, Chang Soo Park
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Korean J Pathol. 2010;44(5):483-487.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2010.44.5.483
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Smoking and alcohol consumption are the main risk factors for squamous cell carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract (SCCUAT). However, human papillomavirus (HPV) has been etiologically linked with tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC). Therefore, we investigated the etiologic role of HPV in the context of SCCUAT in Korea.
METHODS
Archival paraffin block samples from 136 cases previously diagnosed as SCCUAT were randomly selected. A commercial HPV DNA chip was used for HPV genotyping.
RESULTS
One hundred and seventeen cases were available after checking beta-globin (47 cases of tonsil and 70 of non-tonsil). A HPV-positive result (HPV 16 and 18) occurred in 13 cases of SCCUAT, and 12 cases were tonsil (25.5%, 12/47). Among the 12 HPV-positive patients with TSCC, nine were non-smokers and non-drinkers. Most HPV-negative patients with TSCC had a history of alcohol drinking and smoking (32/35, 91.4%). HPV infection status was not significantly associated with histological grade, clinical stage, or survival in patients with TSCC.
CONCLUSIONS
HPV infection was significantly higher in patients with TSCC among those with SCCUAT. HPV may be independent risk factor in development of TSCC, such as smoking and alcohol drinking.
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Yuil Kim, Young-Hoon Joo, Min-Sik Kim, Youn Soo Lee
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