Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with a liver abscess due to hepatic actinomycosis.

Background: Liver tumors with liver abscesses are unusual and rarely reported. In particular, studies of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with liver abscesses due to hepatic actinomycosis have not been reported.

Case Presentation: A 73-year-old woman presented with swelling of the right hypochondrium.

Overview of the pharmacological spasm provocation test: Comparisons between acetylcholine and ergonovine.

The spasm provocation tests of ergonovine and acetylcholine have been employed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Ergonovine acts through the serotogenic receptors, while acetylcholine acts through the muscarinic cholinergic receptors. Different mediators may have the potential to cause different coronary responses.

[CR obtained by CPT-11 and CDDP combination-therapy in a small-cell lung-cancer patient through effective pharmaceutical care].

We encountered a 64-year-old UGT1A1*28 heterotype patient who received CPT-11 and CDDP chemotherapy for Stage III A small-cell lung-cancer and developed grade 4 neutropenia as assessed by CTCAE v3.0 in Pharmaceutical Management. The therapeutic effect was good; 4 courses of chemotherapy could be safely administered at 1/3 of the applied dose of CPT-11, and CR was obtained.