Publications by authors named "Takaharu Shimazaki"
Article Synopsis
- Histoplasmosis is an often asymptomatic fungal infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum, now seeing increased cases in Japan, particularly among workers returning from endemic regions like Mexico.
- In a case study of three Japanese workers, all developed severe symptoms including high fever, fatigue, and elevated sIL-2R levels, which had not been previously reported in histoplasmosis cases.
- Treatment with antifungals led to improvement and normalization of sIL-2R levels, suggesting that monitoring sIL-2R could be helpful in assessing recovery from this infection.
We report a case of a 72-year-old woman who died of primary lung clear cell adenocarcinoma. She was an active smoker, but with no other significant previous medical abnormalities. She visited our hospital with complaining of hemoptysis lasting for a month.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 55-year-old woman presented with wheezing and difficulty breathing. Chest computed tomography demonstrated a tumor in the left main bronchus. Flexible fiber-optic bronchoscopy revealed a polypoid mass obstructing the orifice of the left main bronchus.
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