Nippon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi
Online ISSN : 1349-7693
Print ISSN : 0446-6586
Volume 111, Issue 4
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Review article
Monthly report; Forefront of pancreaticobiliary maljunction
Round-table discussion
Original article
  • Koji NATSUDA, Akihiko SOYAMA, Mitsuhisa TAKATSUKI, Tohei YAMAGUCHI, Ya ...
    2014 Volume 111 Issue 4 Pages 737-742
    Published: April 05, 2014
    Released on J-STAGE: April 25, 2014
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    Background: Survival of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients has improved due to the widespread use of anti-retroviral therapy. However, mortality has increased when HIV-infected patients are co-infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), and the liver disease in such patients is rapidly progressive compared with that in HCV monoinfected patients. Therefore, accurate staging of the liver disease is critical when determining appropriate treatment. Aim: To clarify the efficacy of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography for the evaluation of liver fibrosis and hepatic functional reserve in HIV/HCV co-infected patients. Methods: The correlation of shear wave velocity (Vs), measured by ARFI elastography, with liver fibrosis or hepatic functional reserve was analyzed. Results: Vs was significantly correlated with platelet count, splenic volume, hyaluronic acid, type IV collagen, and LHL15 (receptor index: uptake ratio of the liver to the liver plus heart at 15min) in 99mTc-GSA (technetium-99m-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid-galactosyl human serum albumin) scintigraphy. Conclusion: ARFI elastography was useful for the staging of liver disease in HIV/HCV co-infected patients and it facilitated minimally invasive and accessible evaluation of fibrosis and functional reserve.
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Case report
  • Shingo MIYAMOTO
    2014 Volume 111 Issue 4 Pages 743-747
    Published: April 05, 2014
    Released on J-STAGE: April 25, 2014
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    We report a rare case of a 67-year-old woman with metastatic colorectal cancer whose bevacizumab (B-mab) +m-FOLFOX6 treatment was complicated by reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS). In July 2011, she underwent a right hemicolectomy for cecal carcinoma with peritoneal dissemination; therefore, m-FOLFOX6 was started in September 2011. In November 2011, she was hospitalized to add B-mab to the existing regimen. Subsequently, she developed hypertension on day 4 after the first B-mab infusion, followed by headache, convulsions, and disturbance of consciousness on day 5. T2-weighted and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) non-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed bilateral high signal intensities in the posterior lobes. She was diagnosed with RPLS and referred to our department where she was treated with antihypertensives and anticonvulsives. Her symptoms entirely resolved over 12 days. Medical oncologists should be aware that multidrug chemotherapies with B-mab may increase the risk of fatal neurological complications such as RPLS.
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  • Masatake MIYAMOTO, Shunichi MISAWA
    2014 Volume 111 Issue 4 Pages 748-755
    Published: April 05, 2014
    Released on J-STAGE: April 25, 2014
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    A 79-year-old man presented with a history of vomiting. Laboratory data indicated leukocytosis (26360/μl), and elevated granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) level (155 pg/ml). Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a type 3 gastric cancer, and subsequent G-CSF immunohistochemical staining of a biopsy specimen was positive. He was therefore diagnosed with a G-CSF-producing gastric cancer. Computed tomography revealed multiple liver metastases. Chemotherapy was initiated, resulting in a partial response for 5 months. G-CSF-producing gastric cancer is rare; thus, we take this opportunity to report our case and to summarize the G-CSF-producing gastric cancer cases reported in Japan.
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  • Toshiyuki YOSHIKAWA, Hisafumi SHIRANE, Masanori MATSUDA, Naoyuki SUZUK ...
    2014 Volume 111 Issue 4 Pages 756-764
    Published: April 05, 2014
    Released on J-STAGE: April 25, 2014
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    A 39-year-old female presented to our hospital with diarrhea, vomiting, anemia, and hypoalbuminemia. Virtual enteroscopy was performed to evaluate the small bowel; we found annular stenoses at 89, 100, 116, 147, and 154 cm from the ligament of Treitz. Small bowel resection was performed, and annular ulcers were confirmed at 58, 71, 90, 130, 138, 218, and 225 cm from the ligament of Treitz. Clinical records and pathological examination failed to determine the cause of these ulcers, and we diagnosed chronic multiple ulcers of the small intestine. Thus, we believe that virtual enteroscopy can be beneficial in preoperatively diagnosing multiple ulcers and stenoses in the small bowel.
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  • Nobutoshi KOMATSU, Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI, Yuya TSUKUI, Hiroshi HAYAKAWA, S ...
    2014 Volume 111 Issue 4 Pages 765-772
    Published: April 05, 2014
    Released on J-STAGE: April 25, 2014
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    A 72-year-old male was admitted because of hearing impairment, blurred vision, right hemifacial numbness, and difficulty walking. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed two enhancing lesions with infiltration around the cranial nerves indicating either metastatic brain tumors or meningeal carcinomatosis. Cytological examination of the cerebrospinal fluid revealed malignant cells with keratotic changes. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed, which revealed type 1 squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus;this led to the diagnosis of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. In this report, we present a rare case of esophageal carcinoma accompanied by meningeal carcinomatosis diagnosed on the basis of neurological symptoms.
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  • Kenta YAMAMOTO, Takashi KUMADA, Seiki KIRIYAMA, Makoto TANIKAWA, Yasuh ...
    2014 Volume 111 Issue 4 Pages 773-778
    Published: April 05, 2014
    Released on J-STAGE: April 25, 2014
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    A 37-year-old Japanese man undergoing treatment for dilated cardiomyopathy was presented with weakness and melena. He had conjunctival pallor and difficulty in standing;his blood pressure was 81/62 mmHg. Abdominal computed tomography revealed contrast dye leakage into the small intestine. He was diagnosed with hemorrhagic shock secondary to intestinal bleeding;we administered large volumes of intravenous fluid along with performing a blood transfusion. We then performed angiography to determine the site of bleeding angioectasia and placed a catheter into the affected artery. We identified the resection site using an intraoperative dye infusion via the catheter, and successfully performed small bowel resection. He was subsequently discharged without complications.
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  • Kei ISHIMARU, Yoshikazu KUBO, Kazuhiko YAMAUCHI, Satoshi FURUTA, Kana ...
    2014 Volume 111 Issue 4 Pages 779-786
    Published: April 05, 2014
    Released on J-STAGE: April 25, 2014
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    A 65-year-old woman was admitted with sudden-onset abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography revealed hepatic portal venous gas. Physical and laboratory examination suggested that a conservative approach was appropriate; however, 4 days later, the pain recurred and severe ischemic enteritis was diagnosed. A stenosis was identified 60 cm distal to the start of the ileum, and partial resection of the small intestine was performed. The diagnosis of ischemic enteritis was confirmed. Ischemic enteritis affecting the small intestine is uncommon, and enteritis causing intestinal stenosis with hepatic portal vein gas is even rarer.
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  • Shuichiro UEMURA, Shun-ichi ARIIZUMI, Yutaka TAKAHASHI, Akiko OMORI, Y ...
    2014 Volume 111 Issue 4 Pages 787-796
    Published: April 05, 2014
    Released on J-STAGE: April 25, 2014
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    A man diagnosed at birth with glycogen storage disease type Ia was found to have multiple hepatocellular adenomas at 15 years of age. At 18 years of age, he underwent transarterial tumor embolization in segments 4 and 5. At 27 years of age, the tumor in segment 4 had increased in size on follow-up computed tomography, and he was referred to our hospital. Because the tumor was large, increasing in size, and we could not exclude malignancy, we performed resection of segments 4 and 8 of the liver and partial resection of segment 5 for excisional biopsy. The pathological diagnosis was multiple inflammatory hepatocellular adenomas.
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