Publications by authors named "Hirotaka Kawauchi"
Article Synopsis
- Myocarditis has been noted as a rare side effect of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, with an increasing number of reported cases.
- A specific case study highlights a man who developed myocarditis after vaccination, diagnosed through cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI), which showed typical signs of the condition.
- Follow-up six months later indicated improvement in his heart condition, demonstrating that CMRI is an effective non-invasive tool for diagnosing and monitoring myocarditis in these scenarios.
Pollen-food allergy syndrome (PFAS) consists of type I allergy to pollen and multiple food items that are cross-reactive to the pollen. PFAS typically occurs in the oral cavity and can co-occur with eosinophilic esophagitis. However, it is infrequently reported to present with symptoms of eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE), such as abdominal pain and eosinophilic infiltration of the gastrointestinal tract.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 72-year-old woman was referred to our institution with decompensated congestive heart failure owing to subacute severe aortic regurgitation and mitral regurgitation. Her blood sample tested positive for myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA). Cardiac computed tomography revealed abnormal thickening and shortening of the aortic valvar leaflets as well as wall thickening of the sinuses of Valsalva.
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