Publications by authors named "Ritsuko Nakajima"
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- A 39-year-old pregnant woman developed symptoms of gestational diabetes insipidus (DI) after 31 weeks, characterized by excessive thirst and urination, leading to the suspicion of DI based on lab results.
- Her condition worsened, resulting in acute kidney failure and an emergency cesarean section at 34 weeks, revealing a significantly enlarged placenta.
- Post-delivery, she received a treatment that resolved her symptoms, and findings indicated that the excessive vasopressinase from the enlarged placenta, along with insufficient vasopressin from the pituitary, contributed to her DI symptoms.
Background: Cases of subacute thyroiditis (SAT) after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccination have been reported. A human leukocyte antigen (HLA) allele, HLA-B*35, appears to be involved in the pathogenesis of SAT.
Case Presentation: We conducted HLA typing of one patient with SAT and another with both SAT and Graves' disease (GD), which developed after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.
Background: It is important to distinguish benign thyroid nodules from malignant thyroid nodules. Hence, this study aimed to determine the characteristics of patients with thyroid cancer using thyroid ultrasonography.
Methods: We retrospectively examined the ultrasonographic findings of 327 patients with 457 thyroid nodules (age: 59.
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- A 48-year-old man with parotid gland adenocarcinoma and lung metastasis experienced concurrent onset of Graves' disease and type 1 diabetes after receiving nivolumab treatment for cancer.
- Fourteen days post the sixth nivolumab course, blood tests revealed high glucose levels (379 mg/dL) and signs of thyrotoxicosis, indicating both autoimmune conditions.
- The patient had a specific genetic marker (HLA-DRB1*04:05) commonly associated with autoimmune conditions, suggesting a potential link between his genetics and the simultaneous manifestation of type 1 diabetes and Graves' disease following immunotherapy.
Intrinsic insulin secretion capacity may be preserved by discontinuing anti-PD-1 antibody treatment in 'anti-PD-1 antibody-induced'fulminant type 1 diabetes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To elucidate the effectiveness and safety of intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) with mutant tissue plasminogen activator prior to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Methods: Ninety consecutive patients were recruited with the following criteria: acute myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation or bundle branch block on electrocardiography, admission within 6 hr from onset, age of < or = 80 years and without previous PCI or coronary bypass graft surgery. They were divided into two groups.
We studied whether hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) at View Article and Find Full Text PDF