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Relapsed Wilms' tumor with multiple brain metastasis
Akın Akakın, Baran Yılmaz, Murat Şakir Ekşi, Özlem Yapıcıer, Türker Kılıç
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(Suppl 1):S96-S98.   Published online November 30, 2016

Wilms' tumor is the most common malignant renal tumor in childhood. The brain metastasis of a Wilms' tumor with anaplastic histopathology is rare. We present the case of an 8-year-old girl with Wilms' tumor, who presented with multiple brain metastases 5 years after her primary diagnosis. The brain masses were diagnosed after a generalized tonic-clonic seizure attack. The big solid...

Original Article
Effects of enucleation and chemotherapy in advanced intraocular and intraorbital retinoblastoma with or without radiotherapy
Jae Min Lee, Hyun Dong Lee, Jeong Ok Hah
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2008;51(1):84-88.   Published online January 15, 2008
Purpose : Radiotherapy is effective in local treatment for retinoblastoma. However, asymmetric facial hypoplasia after radiation is a serious late effect. This study was performed to investigate the effects of enucleation and chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy in advanced intraocular and intraorbital retinoblastoma. Methods : Between 1985 October and 2006 December, the records of thirty five patients who were diagnosed as...
The effect of dietary fats of immune response in sublethally irradiated rats.
Soon Hwan Oh, Dong Soo Kim, Hae Won Nam, Juhn Kyu Loh
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(11):1494-1504.   Published online November 30, 1991
To investigate the effect of dietary fats on cellular immune response in the immunosuppressed rats, different compositions in the quality and quantity of dietary fats were fed to sublethally irradiated male rats. The results are as follows; 1) After 2 weeks of irradiation, the mean body weight of the fat free dietary group was significant- ly lower than the com oil group. The organ weight, especially...
Two cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in children.
Tae Sun Ha, Chul Ho Jang, Hee Young Shin, Hyo Seop Ahn
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(4):587-593.   Published online April 30, 1991
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a primary malignancy of nasopharyngeal epithelium, firstly de- scribed as a separate entity by Regaud and Schmincke in 1921. Although it is a rare tumor, reprsent- ing less than 1% of pediatric malignancies, it accounts for 9% of the nasopharyngeal neoplasms of childhood, and has not been reported in Korean child. We experienced two cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a 10...
Clinical study of Kasabach-Merritt syndrome.
Eun Jung Bae, Young Ah Lee, Hee Young Shin, Hyo Seop Ahn
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(3):371-379.   Published online March 31, 1991
A retrospective analysis of clinical findings in 20 patients with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome who visited Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Hospital from January, 1979 to June, 1990 was performed. The average age of occurrence was 6.4 month and male to female ratio was 1: 1.2. The mean size of hemangioma was 11.0x8.5 cm and the locations were cutanous in 18 (extrem- ities 5, trunk...