Publications by authors named "Mari Tawara"
Article Synopsis
- Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a type of vasculitis that causes inflammation of medium to small arteries, potentially affecting multiple organs, including the testes.
- Angiography can be used as a diagnostic method instead of tissue biopsy or surgery.
- This text discusses a case where angiographic findings show involvement of the testicular arteries in PAN, which has not been reported in previous studies.
Diaphragmatic hernia with bowel strangulation is a fatal condition requiring a prompt diagnosis. Bochdalek hernia is a common type of diaphragmatic hernia that rarely but occasionally occurs in adults. We herein report a case of Bochdalek hernia causing sigmoid colon strangulation in an elderly patient whose condition was initially misdiagnosed as empyema.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEndovascular stent-grafting for infected iliac artery pseudoaneurysms.
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol
June 2005
We report two cases of acutely infected pseudoaneurysms of the iliac arteries, successfully treated with endovascular stent-grafting. Two patients underwent stent-graft treatment for erosive rupture of the iliac artery caused by surrounding infection. The first case is that of a 61-year-old man who had undergone Miles' operation for an advanced rectal cancer.
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