Publications by authors named "N Fukasawa"

Background:  Aortic wall enhancement (AWE), evaluated with computed tomography angiography in Type B aortic dissection, is associated with aortic remodeling. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between AWE and pathological findings of the aortic wall using an aortic wall sample from a Type A aortic dissection (TAD).

Methods:  We examined patients with TAD treated between January 2012 and February 2023.

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Background: More than 3,000 cases of accidental ingestion of coin-shaped lithium batteries (CSLBs) have been reported in the United States. Battery ingestion can cause serious injury and even death. Prior reports have indicated that complications often occur two or more hours after ingestion.

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Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression of erythroblast transformation specific-1 related gene (ERG) in patients with glioblastoma (GB) before and after bevacizumab (Bev) therapy as a predictive and prognostic biomarker.

Methods: The present study used 58 GB tissues from 29 patients in 3 settings. Sixteen tumors were removed after neoadjuvant Bev administration (neoBev) and 13 represented newly diagnosed GB without previous Bev treatment (naïve Bev).

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Introduction Olfactory neuroblastoma (ONB) is a rare malignant tumor of the upper nasal cavity. The Hyams classification is an important histological grading system for diagnosing recurrence and predicting survival in ONB. This study aimed to evaluate the utility of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) histogram analysis in distinguishing between high-grade and low-grade ONB based on the Hyams classification system.

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Histopathologic examinations of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) reveal concentric accumulation of lymphocytes in the perivascular area with fibrosis. However, the nature of this fibrosis in "stiff" PCNSL remains unclear. We have encountered some PCNSLs with hard masses as surgical findings.

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