Publications by authors named "R Noborio"
Delivering cancer treatment to elderly patients with dementia is often challenging. We describe performing palliative surface mold brachytherapy (SMBT) in an elderly patient with advanced dementia for pain control using music therapy to assist with agitation. The patient was a 97-year-old Japanese woman with advanced dementia.
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- A 73-year-old man with diabetes treated with sitagliptin developed widespread, itchy red skin lesions suspected to be a drug eruption due to the medication.
- Histopathological analysis revealed significant eosinophilic infiltration, leading to the discontinuation of sitagliptin and improvement with treatment, including prednisolone and phototherapy.
- Five months later, he experienced blistering lesions, and further tests indicated he had anti-laminin γ1 pemphigoid, a rare condition linked to the DPP-4 inhibitor, with some supporting autoimmune response findings.