Publications by authors named "Chihiro Kawasoe"
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- Methotrexate can rarely cause lymphoproliferative disorders, but the exact mechanism is unknown, making diagnosis challenging with imaging alone.
- A case study featured a 57-year-old Japanese woman who developed multiple lung and liver nodules while being treated with methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis, initially suspected to be metastatic cancer due to her history.
- A biopsy confirmed the nodules as methotrexate-associated lymphoproliferative disorders, and after stopping the medication, the nodules gradually shrank, highlighting the need to consider methotrexate-related issues in similar cases.
Epithelioid angiomyolipoma (EAML) is a rare variant of AML with malignant potential. It is occasionally difficult to distinguish EAML from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) on imaging. A 72-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for the treatment of a left renal tumor with relatively high blood flow and a tumor thrombus extending to the inferior vena cava, suggesting RCC.
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