Publications by authors named "S Taneda"
Background: Adrenal hemangiomas are extremely rare benign tumors that often need to be distinguished from malignancies. Adrenal tumors >4 cm in size are treated surgically because the possibility of malignancy cannot be ruled out. Traditionally, open surgery has been the mainstay of treatment; however, in recent years, robot-assisted surgery has been increasingly used for tumors of larger size and suspected malignancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMYH9-related disease (MYH9-RD) is characterized by congenital macrothrombocytopenia, progressive kidney failure, and sensorineural hearing loss. We describe a patient with MYH9-RD and a normal platelet count. A 13-year-old boy with a normal platelet count presented with proteinuria and hematuria and underwent a kidney biopsy.
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- Crystalglobulin-induced nephropathy is a rare disease characterized by the accumulation of crystallized monoclonal immunoglobulins in the kidney's filtering system.
- A patient presented with symptoms such as skin ulcers, protein in urine, and kidney dysfunction, leading to renal and skin biopsies.
- The diagnosis was confirmed through advanced techniques, including mass spectrometry, highlighting the importance of specialized pathology methods for identification of this condition.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) secondary to severe falciparum malaria possesses a high mortality rate; however, a prognostic marker of renal dysfunction has not yet been identified. Thus, we reported a case of a patient with AKI secondary to falciparum malaria who underwent hemodialysis and a renal biopsy due to prolonged renal dysfunction. The male patient, in his 50 s, presented to our hospital with vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and decreased level of consciousness.
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