Korean Journal of Family Medicine

"Soo Jin Jung"

Case Report

Malakoplakia of the Kidney Extending to the Descending Colon in a Patient with Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency: A Case Report: Soo Jin Jung, Hee Cheol Kang, Jun Jeong Choi; Korean J Fam Med 2011;32(6):367-372. Published online September 28, 2011; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2011.32.6.367

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Malakoplakia is an uncommon but distinctive type of chronic granulomatous inflammation that occurs most commonly in the genitourinary tract, especially the urinary bladder. Most patients have associated conditions characterized by some degree of immunosuppression, as seen in solid-organ transplants, autoimmune diseases requiring steroid use, chemotherapy, chronic systemic diseases, alcohol abuse and poorly controlled diabetes. We report an unusual case of the renal malakoplakia that involved the perirenal space, extending to the descending colon in a 65-year-old Korean woman with secondary adrenal insufficiency and diabetes mellitus.

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Do Patients Want Physicians to Inquire about Their Religion?.: Serng Bai Pak, Moon Chul Kang, Bok Gi Lee, Soo Jin Jung, Hee Cheol Kang, Bang Bu Youn; J Korean Acad Fam Med 2003;24(1):72-79. Published online January 10, 2003

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Background
: In Korea, there has been a few medical studies on the relationship between religion and health. In future, active research is anticipated in this area. However, the validity and methods of performing religious inquiry should be tested beforehand. This study was designed to look into the attitudes of patients about religious inquiries by their physicians and to suggest better methods of religious approach to aid future researches on the effect of religion on health.

Methods : A survey was performed on the religious attitude among 177 patients among which 92 were randomly selected from an outpatient clinic of tertiary teaching hospitals and 85 from two local family practice offices on August, 2002. Χ²test was used to verify the difference of results between the subgroups.

Results : As a whole, more than half of patients disagreed with religious inquiries by their physicians regardless of medical situation; however, there was a trend that a critical health reasons produced a higher percentage of patients accepting religious inquiry than in ordinary patients. There was no significant difference in answer between the two practice settings but a significant difference among the subgroups with strong religious belief and among those with a particular type of religion existed.

Conclusion : The results of this study may be used as data on the method of approaching patients with religious inquiries for future studies on the relationship between religion and health, and also should encourage active researches on this subject.