Publications by authors named "R Tomimasu"

A 69-year-old woman suffering with multiple myeloma developed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Shortly after administration of remdesivir, she presented with symptoms of facial flushing, wheezing, and hypoxemia. Subsequently, thrombocytopenia and hypofibrinogenemia rapidly manifested, leading to a diagnosis of enhanced fibrinolytic-type disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC).

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Sarocladium kiliense is ubiquitous in the human environment and is an emerging opportunistic pathogen, especially among immunocompromised hosts. A 77-year-old man diagnosed with aplastic anemia suffered from non-valvular endocarditis. After he passed away, fungal hyphae were observed in several lesions on a postmortem examination.

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Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare disease characterized by the accumulation of eosinophilic periodic acid Schiff-positive material in the intra-alveolar and bronchiolar spaces. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors, including imatinib, nilotinib, and dasatinib, have shown excellent efficacy in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). We report a case of acquired PAP in a patient with CML receiving tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

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