Bronchial wall thickening is associated with severity of chronic rhinosinusitis.

Background: Though the relationship between chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and lower airway diseases is well recognized, the impact of CRS on bronchial wall structure has not been elucidated. Here, we evaluated the bronchial wall structure of CRS patients with or without diagnosed airway diseases by three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT).

Methods: Subjects who underwent both chest CT and sinus CT within a year were recruited from consecutive medical records.

Mixed cell type in airway inflammation is the dominant phenotype in asthma patients with severe chronic rhinosinusitis.

Background: Asthma often coexists with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Recent studies revealed that sinus inflammation in asthmatic patients was related to eosinophilic inflammation. However, the relationship between the severity of CRS and four different sputum inflammatory phenotypes as defined by the proportion of eosinophils and neutrophils is unknown.

Bladder squamous cell cancer accompanied by Trousseau's syndrome: a case report.

The association between thrombosis and cancer has been recognized since Trousseau's report in 1865. We present a case of bladder squamous cell carcinoma associated with multiple cerebral infarctions. This patient was diagnosed as having Trousseau's syndrome and received radiotherapy for bladder cancer treatment, along with anticoagulation therapy.

[Two advanced gastric cancer cases with peritoneal metastases successfully treated by s-1/paclitaxel combination therapy].

Two unresectable advanced gastric cancer cases with peritoneal metastases were successfully treated by the combination therapy of S-1 and paclitaxel. S-1 (1.25m(2): 80 mg/day, 1.

Intraosseous glomus tumor of the ulna: a case report with radiographic findings and a review of the literature.

Intraosseous glomus tumors of bone are extremely rare. We report a case of an intraosseous glomus tumor of the ulna. The patient was a 25-year-old woman who had a three-month history of a palpable mass in her right forearm with spontaneous pain.

Pathological complete response induced by the combination therapy of S-1 and 24-h infusion of cisplatin in two cases initially diagnosed as inoperable advanced gastric cancer.

We report on two patients, successfully treated by the combination therapy of S-1 and 24-h infusion of cisplatin (CDDP), who were initially diagnosed with unresectable stage 4 advanced gastric cancer. Each patient had a very good clinical response and underwent curative gastrectomy after completion of 14 and 10 courses of S-1/CDDP chemotherapy, respectively. A microscopically detailed examination of surgically obtained specimens showed the complete disappearance of malignant cells in the two cases.

Effects of arginine vasotocin and vasopressin receptor antagonists on Na+ and Cl- transport in the isolated skin of two frog species, Hyla japonica and Rana nigromaculata.

Physiological function of arginine vasotocin (AVT) and effect of receptor antagonists of vasopressin were electrophysiologically investigated on transepithelial transport of ions in the abdominal skin of Hyla japonica and Rana nigromaculata by means of the Ussing chamber system. Administrations of AVT and forskolin (adenylate cyclase activator) in the serosal side of normal Ringer's solution significantly increased transepithelial potential difference (PD) and short-circuit current (Isc) accounting for Na(+) influx, mucosal to serosal direction, across the skin of H. japonica.

Non-Helicobacter bacterial flora rarely develops in the gastric mucosal layer of children.

Non-Helicobacter bacteria can be cultured from the gastric mucosa in adults but in children, there are no studies about such microflora. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to clarify whether gastric biota develops in children. In 10 children and 10 adults or elderly (5 H.

Composite lymphoma arising in the parotid gland: a case report.

A case of composite lymphoma (CL) arisen in the parotid gland in a 58-year-old male is reported. Histologically, most of the tumor region was follicular lymphoma (FL), grade 2. However complicating classical Hodgkin lymphoma (CHL) was noted inside the lesion.