[An autopsy case with progressive muscular atrophy: an subtype of lower motor predominant amyotrophic lateral sclerosis].

We report an autopsy case with progressive muscular atrophy of 6 years' duration. The patient was a Japanese woman without any hereditary predisposition to neuropathy. She developed muscle weakness of the upper extremities at 66 years of age, followed by muscle weakness of the lower extremities, fasciculation, and atrophy of the tongue.

Use of patients' mobile phones to store and share personal health information: results of a questionnaire survey.

Objective: To explore the opinions of outpatients concerning a new communication method: the self-management of assessed personal problems in health information records (SAPPHIRE) using patients' mobile phones to store and share medical content (medical SAPPHIRE, or m-SAPPHIRE).

Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey. Patients Outpatients who visited us from March 1 to May 30, 2012, were asked to complete a questionnaire survey regarding SAPPHIRE and m-SAPPHIRE.

[Opioid effectiveness for neuropathic pain in a patient with glossopharyngeal neuralgia].

A 55-year-old man complained of intermittent piercing pain on the right side of his throat. In a visit to our hospital, he was diagnosed with glossopharyngeal neuralgia and was treated with carbamazepine. But he obtained no pain relief and had drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome due to carbamazepine on admission.

Tetanus caused by ulcerated giant phyllodes tumor.

Tetanus is a rare infectious disease in western countries, however, it remains one of the most common and fatal disease in developing countries. Several diseases can mimic tetanus, and the diagnostic procedure is important to distinguish tetanus from other disease. Here we report the case of tetanus caused by ulcerated phyllodes tumor.