Publications by authors named "Takanori Shimura"

A 72-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of symptoms of bleeding diathesis such as hematuria and purpura. A blood test revealed disseminated intravascular coagulation(DIC). Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed advanced gastric cancer.

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It has recently been reported that hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation in patients with hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-negative lymphoma during or after cytotoxic therapy occurs after the use of rituximab and stem cell transplantation for hematologic malignancies. However, clinical data on HBV reactivation in multiple myeloma patients have not been extensively reported. This is the first reported case of HBV reactivation in an HBsAg-negative myeloma patient treated with bortezomib (BOR) as salvage therapy and not stem cell transplantation.

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