[A case of an intractable duodenal ulcer associated with a pancreatic arteriovenous malformation].

A 62-year-old man with epigastralgia was referred to our hospital for the evaluation of an intractable duodenal ulcer, which did not improve following proton pump inhibitor treatment. An upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed that the base of the ulcer was gray-white in color with conspicuous fibrosis tissue, unlike the appearance of common ulcers. A contrast-enhanced abdominal CT scan and angiography revealed tortuous and dilated vascular structures in the pancreatic head.

[A case of serous cystic neoplasm with atypical imaging results suggestive of a prismatic internal structure].

The patient was a 67-year-old man with a 39-mm unilocular pancreatic tumor detected by computed tomography (CT). Further examinations with contrast-enhanced CT, magnetic resonance imaging, endoscopic ultrasonography, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography revealed an internal heterogeneous structure attributed to bleeding or necrosis. Consequently, we expected either a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor or a solid pseudopapillary neoplasm and performed pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Suspected de novo Hepatitis B in a Patient Receiving Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Therapy for the Treatment of Crohn's Disease.

We report a 45-year-old female patient who developed acute hepatic disorder during anti-tumor necrosis factor α therapy for the treatment of Crohn's disease (CD). She was diagnosed as colonic CD and placed on infliximab (IFX). She was negative for hepatitis B surface antigen at the initiation of IFX therapy, but developed acute hepatitis after the 30th administration of IFX 4 years and 1 month after the first administration.

White opaque substance represents an intracytoplasmic accumulation of lipid droplets: immunohistochemical and immunoelectron microscopic investigation of 26 cases.

Background And Aim: White opaque substance (WOS) in gastric neoplasias is a unique finding visualized in magnifying endoscopy (ME) with narrow band imaging (NBI) and it represents intramucosal accumulation of lipid droplets using oil red O staining.

Methods: Subjects were 26 WOS-positive (13 adenomas and 13 well-differentiated adenocarcinomas) and 27 WOS-negative gastric epithelial neoplasias. We carried out immunohistochemical staining using a monoclonal antibody specific for adipophilin as a marker of lipids.

[A case of splenic artery aneurysm simulating a pancreas tumor].

A 46-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for further evaluation of a hypoechogenic mass in the pancreatic body. He had no history of hypertension, pancreatitis, abdominal trauma, or portal hypertension. He had no abdominal symptoms.

Regulation of T-lymphocyte trafficking by ICAM-1, MAdCAM-1, and CCR7 in microcirculation of appendicular and intestinal lymphoid tissues.

Objective: Although the appendix is recognized as an inductive site of intestinal inflammation, lymphocyte migration to lymphoid tissues of the appendix has not been characterized. The authors investigated if there are specific features in T-lymphocyte adhesion to microvessels of the appendix compared to mouse Peyer's patches (PPs).

Methods: T-lymphocyte interaction with postcapillary venules (PCVs) of lymph follicles of the appendix and PPs was observed using an intravital microscope.