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The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine 2008;29(3): 827-834. |
| 전이성 유두상 갑상선암 환자를 대상으로 투여한 알러젠 제거 옻나무 추출물의 종양 소퇴 1례 |
| 이진수1, 정의민1, 정종수1,2, 박재우2, 정현식1, 윤성우1,2 |
1경희대학교 동서신의학병원 M·μ 통합암센터
2경희대학교 한의과대학 비계내과학교실 |
| Tumor Regression Effect of Allergen-removed Rhus Verniciflua Stokes based Traditional Korean Medicine on a Patient with Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma : Single
Case Report |
| Jin-soo Lee1, Ui-min Jerng1, Jong-soo Jeong1,2, Jae-woo Park2, Hyun-sik Jung1, Seong-woo Yoon1,2 |
1M·μ integrative Cancer Center, Kyung Hee University East-West Neo Medical Center
23rd Dept. of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-hee University |
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Published online: September 30, 2008. |
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Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common type of thyroid malignancy. It has better prognosis and rarer incidence of distant metastasis than other types of thyroid malignancy. However, once distant metastasis happens, its result will be bad. They mostly spread to the lungs and bones, and rarely to the brain. We report a patient with a papillary thyroid carcinoma metastasis to the lymph nodes, the ribs, the brain, and the lungs. The patient underwent total thyroidectomy, radioiodine ablation, rib partial resection, and lung wedge resection. However, upon progress of metastasis, the patient insisted on being treated with traditional Korean medical treatment using allergen-removed Rhus Verniciflua Stokes (A-RVS) instead of the conventional treatment including chemotherapy. The size of the tumor partly decreased, and the patient showed no side effects. This case report brings forth the importance of a thorough study in papillary thyroid carcinomas and their metastasis from the traditional Korean medical point of view, along with the long-term effect of allergen-removed Rhus Verniciflua Stokes (A-RVS). |
| Key words:
Thyroid carcinoma, Regression, Rhus Verniciflua Stokes |
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