Mucinous cystic neoplasms in male patients: two cases.

Mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCNs) of the pancreas in male patients are very rare. Though few cases of MCNs in male patients have been reported, it is difficult to reveal them preoperatively. The first patient was a 50-year-old man and was incidentally found to have a cystic mass of 51 mm in the tail of the pancreas.

Only surgical resection can identify the second primary lung cancer out of the metastasis after gastric cancer surgery.

Objective: Solitary pulmonary lesions (SPLs) in patients with a history of malignancy require not only the distinction between benign and malignant, but also that between metastatic and primary lesions. We aim to establish the clinical strategy for the treatment of a solitary pulmonary lesion that is detected during the postoperative surveillance for gastric cancer.

Methods: We retrospectively examined the clinical records of the patients who underwent curative resection for gastric cancer between January 1999 and December 2009.

Positive peritoneal washing cytology in multiple cavities can predict poor prognosis of advanced gastric cancer patients.

Background: Positive peritoneal washing cytology (PWC) has been reported to be a poor prognostic factor for gastric cancer. Japanese gastric cancer classifications recommend PWC in Douglas' pouch for advanced gastric cancer. However, the sensitivity of PWC is relatively low.

[A patient with pancreatic cancer and multiple liver metastases after total pancreatectomy who showed a partial response to combination chemotherapy with gemcitabine and UFT].

A 69-year-old man underwent a complete pancreatectomy in March 2002 because of cancer of the body of the pancreas. Two months after surgery, the patient had multiple metastases to the liver, abdominal recurrence, and an elevated cancer antigen (CA) 19-9 level. Combination chemotherapy with gemcitabine and UFT was administered on an outpatient basis.

[A study of factors effecting on an observation time needed for outpatient treatment of acute alcohol intoxication in Japan].

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors effecting on an observation time needed for outpatient treatment of acute alcohol intoxication. Subjects were 181 patients with acute alcohol intoxication who visited at the Center of Critical Care Medicine of St. Luke's International Hospital from June 1999 to May 2000.