Broad ligament hernia successfully repaired by single-incision laparoscopy: A case report.

A 52-year-old woman with a history of two parturitions presented with lower abdominal pain. Multi-detector CT of the abdomen showed discontinuity of the sigmoid colon near the broad ligament on the left side. We assigned a provisional diagnosis of an internal hernia progressing through a defect in the broad ligament.

Comparison of the diagnostic performance of H/M ratio between early and delayed phases for Lewy body disease.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to compare the diagnostic performance of early-phase I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphy with that of delayed-phase imaging in Lewy body disease (LBD).

Methods: A retrospective cohort study of ¹²³I-MIBG scintigraphy was carried out in 192 patients who were suspected of having LBD. Clinical diagnosis was obtained using the UK Parkinson's Disease Brain Bank Criteria in some cases or the third report of the Dementia with Lewy bodies Consortium in others.

Thyroid hormones, their carrier proteins, and thyroid antibodies in the pleural effusion of two patients with graves' disease-induced thyrotoxicosis.

Introduction: Concentrations of thyroid hormones, their carrier proteins, and thyroid antibodies in plasma have been extensively investigated, but those in pleural effusion have not. PATIENTS AND MEDTHODS: In the present study, we report, for the first time, the concentrations of thyroid hormones, their carrier proteins, and thyroid antibodies in the pleural effusion of two thyrotoxicosis patients with Graves' disease.

Results: The pleural effusions were transudates.

Severe duodenal hemorrhage induced by Lugol's solution administered for thyroid crisis treatment.

Lugol's solution is an iodinated agent used for treating thyroid crisis. It is primarily used in diagnostic tests for esophageal diseases. However, Lugol's solution can cause local mucosal injury and hemorrhage.

Mucosal inflammation in the terminal ileum of ulcerative colitis patients: endoscopic findings and cytokine profiles.

Background: Currently, published reports of mucosal inflammation in the terminal ileum of ulcerative colitis (UC) before colectomy are scarce.

Aim: To investigate inflammation in the terminal ileum of UC patients by endoscopic examinations and measurement of mucosal cytokine profiles.

Methods: Fifty consecutive patients with active UC were studied.

Impacts of long-term enteral nutrition on clinical and endoscopic disease activities and mucosal cytokines during remission in patients with Crohn's disease: a prospective study.

Background: Long-term enteral nutrition may maintain clinical and endoscopic remission in patients with Crohn's disease (CD). The aim of this prospective study was to investigate the impacts of long-term enteral nutrition on clinical and endoscopic disease activities and mucosal tissue cytokines in patients with quiescent CD.

Methods: Forty patients with CD who achieved clinical remission were included.