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Review article
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Kouichi ASANO, Junji UMENO, Takayuki MATSUMOTO2011 Volume 108 Issue 12 Pages 1967-1976
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Monthly report; Up-to-Date treatment and management of ulcerative colitis
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Yasuo SUZUKI2011 Volume 108 Issue 12 Pages 1977-1982
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Seiichi TAKAHASHI, Yoshitaka KINOUCHI, Katsuya ENDO, Hisashi SHIGA, To ...2011 Volume 108 Issue 12 Pages 1983-1995
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Akira SUGITA, Hiroki IKEUCHI, Yuji FUNAYAMA, Hideaki KIMURA, Tsuneo II ...2011 Volume 108 Issue 12 Pages 1996-2002
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Original article
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Toshihiko MATSUMOTO, Satoru TAKEJI, Akinori ASAGI, Takeshi KAJIWARA, T ...2011 Volume 108 Issue 12 Pages 2003-2009
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JOURNAL FREE ACCESSPancreatic cancer shows the worst prognosis among the solid tumors, and survival for patients with high-grade liver metastasis is estimated at around a few months. We reported the effects of combination therapy with gemcitabine and S-1 (GS therapy) on pancreatic cancer patients with high-grade hepatic metastasis. Patients with severe metastatic pancreatic cancer received chemotherapy comprising S-1 (30mg/m2 p.o. b.i.d., days 1-14) and gemcitabine (1000mg/m2 on days 1 and 8), repeated every 3 weeks. Fourteen patients (7 men, 7 women) received treatment at a mean age of 56.5 years (range, 39-76 years), achieving complete response in 1 patient, partial response in 5 patients, and stable disease in 3 patients and progressive disease in 5 patients. The response rate was thus 43%. Median progression-free survival was 186 days (95% confidence interval, 40-247 days). Median overall survival was 261 days (95% confidence interval, 162-358 days). GS therapy appears to be well-tolerated and effective in patients with high-grade hepatic metastasis.
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Case report
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Ryo MIYATA, Hiromitsu TORIMARU, Shunji SHIMAOKA, Akio MATSUDA, Kotaro ...2011 Volume 108 Issue 12 Pages 2010-2015
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JOURNAL FREE ACCESSWe report the case of a 15-year-old Japanese boy with eosinophilic gastroenteritis. The patient complained of abdominal pain and watery diarrhea and had a history of allergic rhinitis. Laboratory data on admission showed leukocytosis with remarkable eosinophilia. Microscopic examination of the biopsied specimens taken from the esophagus, stomach, duodenum, lower ileum and colon showed eosinophilic infiltration. Especially in the lower esophagus, there was a ring-like discoloration with remarkable eosinophil infiltration. We diagnosed eosinophilic gastroenteritis and his clinical symptoms and eosinophilia improved following starting corticosteroid therapy. After 5 months therapy with prednisolone, discoloration of upper digestive tract disappeared. There have been no reports describing discoloration in the lower end of the esophagus seen by gastroscopy.
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Sho TAKAHASHI, Ganji KUROIWA, Michiaki HIRAYAMA, Hirotoshi TOBIOKA2011 Volume 108 Issue 12 Pages 2016-2022
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JOURNAL FREE ACCESSA 53-year-old woman had a tumor in the ascending colon. CT revealed tumor invasion to the surrounding tissue and also showed multiple swollen lymph nodes, liver metastases and ascites. Colonic tumor with severe stenosis was diagnosed by colonoscopy and the obtained biopsy specimen revealed poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. Immunohistochemically, the tumor was positive for CEA, CK7, MUC2, MUC5AC·MUC6 (spotty) and negative for CK20, CDX2, TTF-1, GCDFP-15. Cytology of ascites also showed malignant cells. Although these protein expressions were specific for not primary colonic cancer but metastasis from ovarian cancer, the case was clinically and pathologically diagnosed as poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the colon with peritoneal metastases composed of micropapillary carcinoma. MLH1 and MSH2 protein expressions were normal. Even though modified FOLFOX6 chemotherapy was administered, the patient rapidly worsened due to pulmonary carcinomatous lymphangiosis and died a month after diagnosis. To determine the high-risk group of metastases, it seems necessary to require the accumulation of further cases evaluated by a precise immunohistochemistrical approach.
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Tomoyuki WAKAHARA, Tadashi TSUKAMOTO, Akihiro TOYOKAWA, Takeshi IWASAK ...2011 Volume 108 Issue 12 Pages 2023-2029
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JOURNAL FREE ACCESSA 67-year-old man underwent laparoscopic low anterior resection and open medial segmentectomy of the liver for rectal cancer and liver metastasis. During the operation, a cystic duct mass, 1cm in diameter, was found. Therefore cholecystectomy with partial resection of the common bile duct was also performed. The rectal tumor and liver tumor were diagnosed pathologically as moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma. The cystic duct mass was mainly located in the lamina propria and its histological aspects were similar to the rectal cancer. Immunohistochemical staining revealed that rectal, hepatic, and cystic duct lesions were all negative for CK7 but were all positive for CK20. These findings confirmed the diagnosis of rectal cancer with metastases to the liver and the cystic duct. Metastatic cystic duct tumor is extremely rare and has never been reported in the Japanese literature.
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Soichi ITABA, Kazuya AKAHOSHI, Yasuaki MOTOMURA, Risa IWAO, Yoshimasa ...2011 Volume 108 Issue 12 Pages 2030-2035
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JOURNAL FREE ACCESSA 73-year-old woman was referred to our hospital complaining of bloody stool. She had undergone high anterior resection with the double stapling technique for a sigmoid colon cancer 2 years prior to this admission. Colonoscopy revealed a soft submucosal tumor, 4cm in size, on the anal side of the previous anastomosis in the rectum. EUS revealed a cystic lesion located in the third and fourth layers of the rectal wall. EUS-FNA was performed, and the content of the cystic lesion was transparent mucinous liquid. Histologically, the specimen revealed PAS and Alcian blue-positive mucinous material and a small number of inflammatory cells such as foamy macrophages. Therefore, this cystic lesion was diagnosed as a rectal implantation cyst.
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Makiko MATSUMURA, Koichi TASHIRO, Akihiro MIURA, Takehiro TAJIMA, Ikuh ...2011 Volume 108 Issue 12 Pages 2036-2041
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JOURNAL FREE ACCESSA 70-year-old woman presented with abnormal liver function test 3 months after the introduction of daily intake of raloxifene, a selective estrogen receptor modulator, for osteoporosis. She had a history of NAFLD, diabetes mellitus and depression. The ratio of the computed-tomographic value of the liver against that of the spleen decreased remarkably. Pathological examination of the liver biopsy revealed severe steatosis. We thought her NAFLD was aggravated by raloxifene and discontinued the drug. The liver function test results improved and the computed tomographic liver-spleen ratio rose. This is the second case report of NAFLD becoming aggravated after treatment with raloxifene. It still remains unclear how raloxifene affects liver. Monitoring liver function is recommended when treating with raloxifene.
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Tomonori MATSUMOTO, Satoko INOUE, Kenji MASUO, Yoshiko OKAMOTO, Masash ...2011 Volume 108 Issue 12 Pages 2042-2049
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JOURNAL FREE ACCESSA 72-year-old man was admitted with obstructive jaundice. Computed tomography revealed a 4cm tumor with multiple cystic components obstructing the common bile duct. Endoscopic ultrasonography, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and intraductal ultrasonography demonstrated the tumor, which derived from the lower bile duct, grew into the bile duct lumen. Peroral cholangioscopy revealed distended tumor vessels on the surface of the tumor. Signet ring cell carcinoma of the bile duct was diagnosed by biopsy. The patient died 3 months after the first hospital admission despite chemotherapy.
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Eriko NAKANO, Michio KUROKI, Nana KANNO, Keiichiro HIRAMOTO, Yoshifumi ...2011 Volume 108 Issue 12 Pages 2050-2055
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JOURNAL FREE ACCESSA 40's woman was seen at the emergency room because of severe back pain and vomiting. Abdominal CT scan revealed a tumor about 7cm in diameter located on the retroperitoneum. For 6 hours after admission, her body temperature was 39°C and respiratory failure occurred. After 30 hours, the patient died because of a complication in circulatory failure. From the abnormally high level of catecholamines in the blood and autopsy results, we determined that pheochromocytoma multisystem crisis had been caused by the retroperitoneal paraganglioma.
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