Focal Cerebral Hypoperfusion Detected by Arterial Spin-Labeled Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Migraine Presenting with Neurological Symptoms Concomitant with or without Headache.

We investigated patients with migraine or migraine variants who exhibited focal cerebral hypoperfusion on arterial spin-labeled (ASL) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging along with neurological symptoms. Fourteen patients with migraine demonstrated focal cerebral hypoperfusion. Three other patients did not have a history of recurrent headaches but exhibited comparable cerebral hypoperfusion to migraine patients on ASL-MRI in addition to neurological symptoms.

[Examination of Exposure Dose by Procedure in Cerebral Angiography].

Objective: In cerebral angiography, the patient's exposure dose varies greatly depending on the target site, purpose, and difficulty of the procedure. Therefore, it is necessary to manage the dose based on not only the disease but also the procedure.

Methods: In this study, diagnostic cerebral angiography (diagnosis group) was classified into 13 procedures and neuro-interventional radiology (treatment group) was classified into 10 procedures, and the total dose, fluoroscopy dose, radiographic dose, fluoroscopy time, and number of radiographic frames were compared.

Ovarian metastases from ileum cancer in a patient with germline EPCAM gene deletion successfully treated with surgical resection and CAPOX chemotherapy: a case report.

Background: Despite recent findings that epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EPCAM) deletions can cause Lynch syndrome (LS), its clinical characteristics are still unknown. We present the first case of ileum cancer in a patient with germline EPCAM gene deletion, which was discovered during ovarian tumor surgery.

Case Presentation: A 59-year-old woman presented with a history of colon cancer occurring at 38 and 55 years old.

Prevalence of venous thromboembolism at pretreatment screening and associated risk factors in 2086 patients with gynecological cancer.

Aim: Postoperative pulmonary embolism can be a fatal surgical complication and is thought to occur secondary to asymptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) that exists preoperatively in some patients. The purpose of this study was to clarify the frequency and risk factors of pretreatment VTE in gynecological cancer patients.

Methods: This study investigated 2086 patients with gynecological cancer (cervix, n = 754; endometrium, n = 862; ovary, n = 470) who underwent initial treatment between 2004 and 2017.

Predictors of favorable survival after secondary cytoreductive surgery for recurrent endometrial cancer.

Objective: The selection criteria for secondary cytoreductive surgery (SCS) for recurrent endometrial cancer (EC) remain to be defined. The present study aimed to identify predictors for favorable survival after SCS for the disease.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 112 patients who relapsed by 2016 among 1052 who were diagnosed with primary EC between 1985 and 2014.

Development of MRI phantom equivalent to human tissues for 3.0-T MRI.

Purpose: A 3.0-T MRI phantom (called the CAGN-3.0T phantom) having human-equivalent relaxation times and human-equivalent conductivity was developed.

Development of a human-tissue-like phantom for 3.0-T MRI.

Purpose: A 3.0-T MRI phantom having human-tissue-equivalent relaxation times was developed.

Methods: The ingredients of the phantom are carrageenan (for gelatinization), GdCl(3) (as a T(1)-relaxation modifier), agarose (as a T(2)-relaxation modifier), and NaN(3) (as an antiseptic agent).