Relationship Between Serum High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Myocardial Infarction in a General Japanese Population.

Background: Due to ethic differences in its serum levels, clinical applicability of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) to the primary prevention of atherosclerotic events has not completely been established in Japanese people whose hsCRP levels are lower than in Western people. This study investigated the relationship between hsCRP and myocardial infarction (MI) in general Japanese people.

Methods: In relation to hsCRP, the incidence of MI was determined in a multiregional population-based prospective cohort study (n = 6,637; mean age 54.

A case of simultaneous primary carcinomas of the tongue.

Reports of multiple primary cancers are increasing, but simultaneous primary cancers are not frequently reported especially originated in the same organ. We encountered a 71-year-old female who had two simultaneous carcinomas at both edges of the tongue. Histologically, the carcinoma of the right edge was a well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma, while that on the left edge was a moderately-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma.