[A case of protein-losing gastroenteropathy accompanied by Sjögren syndrome and mixed connective tissue disease].

Case reports of protein-losing gastroenteropathy (PLGE) associated with not only mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) but also Sjögren syndrome (SjS) are very rare. We report a first case of PLGE in a patient with both MCTD and SjS. A 58-year-old Japanese woman was referred and admitted to our hospital because of abdominal fullness and lower leg edema.

[A case of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with lung and bone metastases effectively treated by orally administered UFT].

A 52-year-old male underwent hepatic subsegmentectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Five months later, a recurrent tumor was found in the liver and transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) was performed. However, recurrent tumors were growing rapidly with multiple lung and bone metastases.