Publications by authors named "Tomo Nakajima"

Background: Atezolizumab plus bevacizumab therapy was recently introduced as the first line for unresectable advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but immune-related adverse events (IrAEs) due to atezolizumab are a great concern. Here, we report the case of a patient who developed fatal acquired coagulation factor deficiency after hepatectomy for HCC, treated with atezolizumab and bevacizumab before surgery.

Case Presentation: A 70-year-old man received right trisegmentectomy of the liver with hepaticojejunostomy for advanced HCC with bile duct invasion, after atezolizumab and bevacizumab therapy.

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Clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) lacks muscle symptoms, associated with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease. Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA-5) antibody has been identified as a disease-labelling autoantibody. We report two cases of CADM manifested after the allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT)-Case 1: a 56-year-old man with acute leukaemia received the allo-HSCT and Case 2: a 45-year-old female patient with lymphoma received the allo-HSCT.

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