Effect of cholecalciferol on serum hepcidin and parameters of anaemia and CKD-MBD among haemodialysis patients: a randomized clinical trial.

In this multicentre double-blind randomized clinical trial, we investigated the effects of oral cholecalciferol supplementation on serum hepcidin and parameters related to anaemia and CKD-MBD among haemodialysis patients. Participants were assigned in a 2:2:1:1 ratio to either (1) thrice-weekly 3,000-IU cholecalciferol, (2) once-monthly cholecalciferol (equivalent to 9,000 IU/week), (3) thrice-weekly placebo, or (4) once-monthly placebo. We also examined the effect modifications by selected single nucleotide polymorphisms in vitamin D-related genes.

[The efficacy of ethinylestradiol for castration-resistant prostate cancer].

Objective: We analyzed the efficacy of ethinylestradiol as estrogen therapy on Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC).

Patients And Methods: The study was conducted on 14 patients who were diagnosed as having CRPC and who were being prescribed ethinylestradiol (1.5-2.

[Intrarenal Bacillus Calmette-Guerin perfusion therapy was effective for carcinoma in situ of the upper urinary tract after ileal conduit replacement : a case report].

A 63-year-old man who had undergone radical cystectomy and ileal conduit formation for invasive bladder cancer 3 years before presented with continuous positive urinary cytology in the ileal conduit. His diagnosis was carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the left upper urinary tract. He was treated with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) perfusion therapy using a single-J ureteric stent.

[Strangulation of the penis with a rubber band : a case report].

We report a case of strangulation of the penis with a rubber band. A 68-year-old man visited our hospital for treatment of a markedly swollen penis. Physical examination revealed one rubber band tightly coiled around the penis.

[Incomplete Reiter syndrome caused by BCG instillation : a case report].

A 91-year-old man was treated for upper urinary carcinoma in situ via intravesical bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) therapy using a double-J catheter. After the fourth infusion, he experienced fever of >38°C, multiple arthralgia, and back pain. One week after cessation of intravesical BCG immunotherapy and initiation of antibiotic treatment, he continued to complain of symptoms.

The result of adjuvant chemotherapy for localized pT3 upper urinary tract carcinoma in a multi-institutional study.

Purpose: To determine through the analysis of our multi-institutional database whether postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for upper urinary tract carcinoma with localized invasive upper urinary tract carcinoma (UUTC) is beneficial.

Methods: A study population of 93 patients with pT3N0/xM0 UUTC was eligible for this study. Clinical features evaluated were sex, tumor location, adjuvant chemotherapy status, tumor pathology (histology, grade, infiltrating growth, lymphovascular invasion (LVI)), and cause of death.

Painless acute pancreatitis associated with sorafenib treatment: a case report.

Sorafenib is a multikinase inhibitor that is used for the treatment of metastatic renal-cell carcinoma. We report the case of a patient with painless acute pancreatitis associated with sorafenib treatment. The patient was a 71-year-old man who had undergone surgery for left renal carcinoma and tumor thrombus in the inferior vena cava and right atrium (IVC-RA).

[Pheochromocytoma with retroperitoneal hemorrhage after abdominal trauma].

A 35-year-old man was delivered to the emergency room complaining of right flank pain because of blunt abdominal trauma sustained while playing baseball. Enhanced computed tomography (CT) revealed a right adrenal mass and fluid collection around the mass. We diagnosed the mass as pheochromocytoma by endocrinological examination and radioisotopical imaging test.

[Female urethral adenocarcinoma with urinary retention: a case report].

A 57-year-old woman presented with urinary retention. Computed tomography revealed a pelvic mass. Vaginal examination revealed an elastic-hard mass beneath the anterior vaginal wall.

[Testicular cancer metastatic to multiple organs including the stomach, kidneys, and skin: a case report].

A 39-year-old man whose chief complaints were general fatigue and bloody phlegm was diagnosed with testicular cancer and underwent left high orchiectomy at an affiliated hospital. The histopathologic diagnosis was chorio carcinoma. Several imaging examinations revealed the metastases in the lung, liver, brain, stomach, kidneys and skin.

[A case of retroperitoneal abscess by anaerobic bacteria].

A case of retroperitoneal abscess with an unknown origin is presented. A 60-year-old woman visited our hospital complaining of fever and right flank pain. Abdominal computed tomography and ultrasound examination revealed retroperitoneal abscess posterior to right kidney.