[Effect of Japanese Traditional Medicine, Ninjin-Youei-To(TJ-108), on the Quality of Life of Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Outpatient Chemotherapy].

An increasing number of patients with lung cancer are undergoing outpatient chemotherapy, and thus, it is very important to maintain the quality of life(QOL)of these patients. Ninjin-Youei-To(TJ-108), a Japanese traditional medicine, has been reported to improve the QOL of patients with advanced cancer. However, the effect of TJ-108 in patients with lung cancer undergoing outpatient chemotherapy is unknown.

[Ciliated Muconodular Papillary Tumor of the Lung].

A ciliated muconodular papillary tumor (CMPT) has been reported to be a low-grade malignant tumor or benign tumor, consisting of ciliated columnar cells and goblet cells with basaloid cell proliferation, occur in the peripheral lung. We present a case of CMPT in this report. A 42-year-old male was referred to our department due to a nodule detected in the peripheral left lower lobe of lung.

[Effect of Japanese Traditional Medicine, TJ-48, on the Quality of Life of Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Outpatient Chemotherapy].

An increasing number of patients with lung cancer are undergoing outpatient chemotherapy.It is very important to retain the quality of life (QOL) of these patients.Japanese traditional medicine, TJ-48, has been reported to improve the QOL of patients with advanced cancer.

[Nab-Paclitaxel with platinum chemotherapy as sixth-line therapy for a non-small cell lung cancer patient].

A 48-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for sixth-line chemotherapy. A chest X-ray film and computed tomographic (CT) scan revealed a right-sided massive tumor with multiple lung tumors. Repeated treatment with carboplatin (AUC 6) on day 1 and nab-paclitaxel (100mg/m2) on days 1, 8, and 15, every 28 days were effective in this patient.

[Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula with Rendu-Osler-Weber disease].

A 36-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for examination of a nodular shadow in the left lung. Chest 3-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT) revealed a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) of 21 mm in diameter composed of the feeding artery (A4) and the draining vein (V4) in the left S4. Abdominal enhanced CT revealed multiple hepatic arteriovenous fistula.

[Immunoglobulin G4-related inflammatory pseudotumor of the lung].

A 61-year-old man was pointed out a solitary nodule located in the left lung (S9) measuring 18 × 29 mm in size along with lymphadenopathy by chest computed tomography (CT). Positron emission tomography( PET) scan showed a positive sign corresponding to the nodule[ standardized uptake value (SUV) max 5.8].

[Bevacizumab with platinum chemotherapy as 6th-line treatment in a case of non-small-cell lung cancer].

A 64-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for 6th-line chemotherapy. Chest X-ray film and computed tomographic (CT) scan showed right-sided pleural thickening with multiple lung tumors. Repeated treatment with carboplatin (AUC 6), paclitaxel (200 mg/m(2)) and bevacizumab (150 mg/kg) on day 1 every 21 days was effective for this patient.

[Syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone associated with resection of pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma].

Syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) shows various symptoms based on hyponatremia and brings catastrophic outcome occasionally. A 75-years-old man was found to have an abnormal shadow of the right lung on chest X-ray. Bronchoscopic examination showed that the abnormal shadow was aterectasis caused by the squamous cell carcinoma of middle lobe bronchus, and middle and lower lobectomy of the right lung was performed.

[Mediastinal granular cell tumor arising from the left recurrent nerve; report of a case].

Granular cell tumor is found in various organs but is rare in the mediastinum. We report a case of 36-year-old woman with a granular cell tumor in the left upper mediastinum. She was admitted to our hospital because of hoarseness.

[Pyopneumopericardium caused by perforation of gastric ulcer; report of a case].

Pyopneumopericardium caused by transdiaphragmatic perforation of gastric ulcer is very rare. A 60-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of chest pain with high fever. The chest computed tomography (CT) revealed hydropneumopericardium.

The sequential model of Barrett's esophagus and adenocarcinoma induced by duodeno-esophageal reflux without exogenous carcinogens.

Background: The experiment was designed to sequentially examine the histogenesis of Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma induced by duodenal reflux without exogenous carcinogens.

Materials And Methods: Wistar male rats, 200 in all, each weighing approximately 250 g were used. The totally gastrectomized animals were reconstructed by Schlatter's method to produce duodeno-esophageal reflux (n = 100), for comparison with no reflux, Roux-en-Y reconstruction (n = 100).