[A Case of Advanced Transverse Colon Cancer with Nephrotic Syndrome Treated with Curative Resection and Complete Adjuvant Chemotherapy].

A 74-year-old woman was diagnosed as having transverse colon cancer after diagnosis of nephrotic syndrome caused by membranous nephropathy. Although she had hypoproteinemia and hypoalbuminemia, we judged that she had no major nutritional problem. In previous, similar case reports, the use of human serum albumin and fresh-frozen plasma was suggested to be important to avoid complications in the perioperative period.

Assessment of lower urinary tract function in children with Down syndrome.

Background: Despite the fact that functional lower urinary tract symptoms are common among people with Down syndrome (DS), their voiding function has not been studied precisely. Our goal was to assess the lower urinary tract functions in DS.

Methods: Fifty-five DS children aged 5-15 years old and 35 age-matched control children were evaluated by ultrasonography and uroflowmetry.

Upregulation of Angiotensin II Receptor and Connexin 43 in Increased Suburothelial Myofibroblasts in the Rat Inflammatory Bladder.

Objectives: Signaling pathways in suburothelial layer are involved in the bladder sensory response. The expression of angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptors and connexin 43 (Cx43) in suburothelial myofibroblasts was investigated in an acute bladder inflammation model.

Methods: Adult female Wistar rats underwent urethral catheterization and received 0.

[An autopsy case of ulcerative colitis with disseminated aspergillosis, complicated by brain hemorrhage].

An 80-year-old Japanese woman suffered multiple brain infarctions of unknown etiology during maintenance therapy of prednisolone and azathioprine for ulcerative colitis. Although a small cavity in the left lung spontaneously regressed, the patient suddenly died of massive brain hemorrhage due to disseminated aspergillosis, which was not identified until autopsy.

Expression of Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor in Rat Bladder Smooth Muscle Cells in Response to a Streptzotocin Induced Diabetes Mellitus Model.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptors in rat bladder smooth muscle cells and alterations of AT1 receptors by diabetes mellitus and diuretic states.

Materials And Methods: Diabetes and diuresis were induced in adult female rats by a single intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin and feeding 5% sucrose in water. Cystometry was performed on control, diuretic, and diabetic rats at 2 and 8 weeks after treatment.

Changes in angiotensin II type 1 receptor expression in the rat bladder by bladder outlet obstruction.

Purpose: To demonstrate the change in the expression of angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1) in the rat bladder with partial bladder outlet obstruction (P-BOO).

Materials And Methods: Bladder specimens were obtained from 12-week-old Wistar female rats that were divided into two groups, a P-BOO group and a control group. The rats of the P-BOO group were divided into six groups: a sham-operated control group, 1 day postoperatively, 2 days postoperatively, 4 days postoperatively, 7 days postoperatively and 14 days postoperatively.

[Efficacy of periprostatic nerve blockade during ultrasound-guided transrectal 10-core biopsy of the prostate].

Purpose: We examined the efficacy and safety of periprostatic nerve blockade during transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy.

Materials And Methods: Transrectal ultrasound guided 10 core biopsy of the prostate was performed in 116 consecutive men. From March 2002 to July 2003, 58 men underwent biopsy of the prostate without local anesthesia (control group).