Publications by authors named "Erika Takaki"

A 46-year-old woman presented with discomfort in her right lateral gaze, right-sided headache, and facial numbness 17 days after concurrent chemoradiotherapy(CCRT)for a Stage ⅢB cervical cancer. The initial imaging investigations, maxillofacial and otolaryngology reviews did not reveal a diagnosis. After 54 days of CCRT, her symptoms deteriorated.

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Intra-abdominal bleeding due to uterine fibroids is extremely rare, and preoperative diagnosis is difficult. Herein, we report a case of preoperatively diagnosed hypovolaemic shock due to intra-abdominal haemorrhage, in which fatal sequelae were prevented. A 46-year-old non-pregnant woman was brought to the hospital with a sudden-onset lower abdominal pain.

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We reviewed our clinical experience of olaparib treatment for patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancer. Of the 10 cases, the primary sites of cancer were the ovaries, fallopian tubes, and peritoneum in 7, 1 and 2 cases, respectively. The median period of treatment administration was 10 months.

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Purpose: To compare visual acuity and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) outcomes associated with intravitreal (IV) bevacizumab vs IV ranibizumab for the management of diabetic macular edema (DME).

Design: Prospective randomized trial.

Methods: Forty-eight patients (63 eyes) with center-involved DME were randomly assigned to receive 1.

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