Publications by authors named "Fumi Onizawa"

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  • * He was diagnosed with clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis, leading to an increase in corticosteroids and additional immunosuppressive medications; however, his lung condition worsened.
  • * Further testing revealed autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (APAP), suggesting that he had both NSIP and APAP, with APAP potentially worsening due to the immunosuppressive therapy.
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A 58-year-old woman with tetralogy of Fallot was referred to our hospital with a 2-month history of hemoptysis and low-grade fever. The sputum smear on admission showed positive results for acid-fast bacilli, and comparative genomic analysis of the cultured sputum confirmed subsp. infection.

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A 56-year-old man complained progressive dyspnea, fatigue and fever for one month. His chest CT exhibited faint ground-glass opacities, and the levels of serum LDH and soluble interleukin 2 receptor were markedly elevated. Positron emission tomography (PET) showed high uptake of 18-fluoro deoxy glucose (FDG) only on both lungs.

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There is limited evidence for the treatment of sarcomatoid lung carcinoma, especially spindle cell carcinoma (SpCC) because of the rarity of disease. Although the efficacy of combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy (i.e.

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