Asymptomatic myocardial dysfunction was revealed by feature tracking cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome.

Aim: To evaluate subclinical left ventricular (LV) regional dysfunction in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) using feature tracking cardiac magnetic resonance (FT-CMR) imaging and to identify pSS characteristics independently associated with LV regional dysfunction.

Method: Fifty patients with pSS and 20 controls without cardiovascular disease underwent non-contrast CMR imaging. Labial gland biopsy was performed in 42 patients (84%).

[Prostate cancer of unknown primary origin with multiple lymph nodes metastasis; a case report].

A 62-year-old man were referred our hospital complaining of high prostate specific antigen (PSA) value (32.4 ng/ml) in May 2010. Two sets of biopsies preformed previously at another hospital had not detected any cancers in the prostate.

Analysis of prostate cancer localization toward improved diagnostic accuracy of transperineal prostate biopsy.

Purpose: Delineating the precise localization of prostate cancer is important in improving the diagnostic accuracy of prostate biopsy.

Methods: In Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, initial 12-core or repeat 16-core biopsies were performed using a transrectal ultrasound guided transperineal prostate biopsy method. We step-sectioned prostates from radical prostatectomy specimens at 5-mm intervals from the urethra to the urinary bladder and designated five regions: the (1) Apex, (2) Apex-Mid, (3) Mid, (4) Mid-Base, and (5) Base.