Hodgkin's disease (HD) is a hematologic malignancy which shows common features regardless of race, but racial differences may be considered with certain clinical characteristics. HD in Korea shows somewhat different characteristics when compared to cases in Western countries. We evaluated the clinical and histopathologic characteristics of HD, the outcomes of various chemotherapy regimens, and ...

Background: Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer with high mortality in women all around the world. The present evidence shows that younger patients have poor survival. Thus, the aim of this study was to compare the pathologic characteristics of breast cancer in women younger than 40 years compared with older. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study which contains 681 patients wit...

HLP: hypertrophic lichen planus LP: lichen planus PEH: pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia SCC: squamous cell carcinoma INTRODUCTION Hypertrophic lichen planus (HLP) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) share many clinical and histopathologic characteristics, making them difficult to distinguish. HLP may undergo malignant transformation, leading to the development of SCC within HLP. We present a cas...

PURPOSE To investigate the correlations between clinical findings and histopathologic changes in eyes with pterygium. METHODS This prospective study included 70 eyes with primary pterygia undergoing surgical excision. Prior to surgery, clinical features of the pterygia including extension over the cornea, redness, fleshiness (based on obscuration of the underlying episcleral vessels), and obl...

Iris varix is rare and little is known about its clinical characteristics. We treated a thrombosed iris varix that simulated an iris melanoma. A 53-year-old man developed a dark brown iris mass and hyphema in his left eye. Ultrasound biomicroscopy revealed a circumscribed mass of the iris stroma. Because of suspicion for melanoma, it was removed by sector iridectomy. Histopathologic examination...

OBJECTIVE To characterize the histopathologic characteristics of the cricoarytenoid joint (CAJ) as a means to understand the mechanisms of vocal cord fixation in children after prolonged intubation. DESIGN Histologic analysis of laryngeal specimens obtained from infants who had died secondary to various causes and who had been intubated from 1 to 30 days. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Histopathologi...

Cranial fasciitis is an uncommon benign disorder characterized by a fibroblast-like cell proliferation, observed almost exclusively in children. Clinically, it manifests as a rapidly growing, solitary nodule in the head or neck area. Underlying bone involvement (cranial cortical erosion) is frequently detected. Histopathologic analysis allows differentiation between cranial fasciitis and fibroh...