[ANEURYSMAL TYPE RENAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA WITH GIANT VENOUS ANEURYSM, MIMICKING RENAL CELL CARCINOMA: A CASE REPORT].

A 39-year-old man was referred to our clinic for a 7 cm tumor in the right kidney, found by simple CT scan. It was suspected as renal cell carcinoma accompanying tumor emboli in the inferior vena cava by enhanced CT scan. For further evaluation of the tumor emboli, color Doppler ultrasound and enhanced MRI was performed.

Soft coagulation in partial nephrectomy without renorrhaphy: feasibility of a new technique and early outcomes.

Objectives: To study the feasibility of a new partial nephrectomy technique using soft coagulation without renorrhaphy.

Methods: Open partial nephrectomy using soft coagulation without renorrhaphy was carried out on 39 consecutive patients with renal tumors. The renal artery was clamped in the initial 23 cases (59%), whereas 16 surgeries (41%) were carried out without clamping.

[Group a streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis of the genital area (Fournier's gangrene): a case report].

A necrotizing fasciitis especially caused by group A streptococcal infection is a life-threatening disease. This infection cause death due to septic shock and multiple organ failure in a short time without the immediate and adequate treatment. Currently a rapid test kit for streptococcal pharyngitis (strep A) is useful for prediction of group A streptococcal infection.

Automatic measurement of sake fermentation kinetics using a multi-channel gas monitor system.

In small-scale sake brewing tests, progression of ethanol fermentation is examined by monitoring carbon dioxide emission using the Fermograph, an automated multi-channel gas monitor instrument. The Fermograph system enables automatic measurements of fermentation profiles with high accuracy, reproducibility, and resolution, and facilitates comprehensive and quantitative sake fermentation kinetic analyses.

Two von Recklinghausen's disease cases with pheochromocytomas and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) in combination.

We here document two cases of von Recklinghausen's disease with both pheochromocytomas and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). It is very rare that these three disorders are found to occur simultaneously, although the fact that preoperative detection of GIST is difficult except with large tumors may be important in this respect. In the present cases, GIST were not evident on preoperative computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, and were identified unexpectedly during surgery.

[Survey of factors underlying treatment choice for patients with localized prostate cancer (radical prostatectomy vs extrabeam radiotherapy)].

Purpose: Little is known regarding factors for decision-making on treatment by localized prostate cancer patients. We therefore conducted a survey series of cases for influence on treatment decision making, and also satisfaction after therapy.

Materials And Methods: A total of 51 patients with localized prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy (RP) or external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) were mailed original questionnaires about their treatment decision-making factors and satisfaction and the results compared between the two groups.

Transgenic rats carrying human c-Ha-ras proto-oncogene are highly susceptible to N-nitrosomethylbenzylamine induction of esophageal tumorigenesis.

A transgenic rat line carrying three copies of the human c-Ha-ras proto-oncogene, including its own promoter region, has been established in our laboratory (Hras128 rats), and shown to be highly susceptible to induction of mammary and urinary bladder tumors. Mutation analysis of induced lesions indicated the majority to contain some but not all cells with transgene mutation. In the present study, the susceptibility of Hras128 rats to N-nitrosomethylbenzylamine (NMBA) induction of esophageal tumors was examined with a similar mutation analysis of the transgenes.

[Saphenous vein grafting for Peyronie's disease: a case report].

We present a case of Peyronie's disease in a 50-year-old male with a progressive, painful induration (3 x 2 x 0.5 cm) in the dorsal region of the penis. In order to correct the high degree of penile curvature, we made a venous patch graft from the saphenous vein under general anesthesia and straightened the penis.

Mammary carcinomas induced in human c-Ha-ras proto-oncogene transgenic rats are estrogen-independent, but responsive to d-limonene treatment.

We have previously shown that transgenic rats carrying three copies of the human c-Ha-ras proto-oncogene (Hras128) are highly susceptible to N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) mammary carcinogenesis. All transgenic rats treated with 50 mg / kg MNU, i.v.