Optical Frequency Domain Imaging of Very Late Stent Thrombosis Following Bare-Metal Stent Implantation for Acute Myocardial Infarction.

A 43-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome. He had experienced myocardial infarction 19 months previously, and a bare-metal stent (BMS) had been implanted in the culprit distal right coronary artery at another hospital. Emergency coronary angiography showed thrombotic in-stent occlusion of the BMS.

Acute myocardial infarction in a 25-year-old woman with sitosterolemia.

We report the case of acute myocardial infarction in a 25-year-old woman with sitosterolemia. She was treated using statins, but her low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels did not decrease appreciably. Genetic analysis revealed mutations in the ABCG8 gene.

Isolated adrenocorticotropin deficiency associated with delirium and takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

We report a 65-year-old woman with isolated adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) deficiency. The patient was transported to the emergency outpatient department by ambulance complaining of malaise and nausea. Because her laboratory data revealed hyponatremia, we performed endocrinological examinations and diagnosed isolated ACTH deficiency.

Histochemical analysis of renal dysplasia with ureteral atresia.

Unilateral small kidney with ureteral obstruction was discovered in a 74-year-old female cadaver during an anatomical dissection course. In order to elucidate the histogenesis of renal dysplasia, we carried out histochemical and immunohistochemical analyses. On macroscopic view, the kidney was approximately 3 cm in length, 2 cm in width and weighed only 9 g.