Publications by authors named "Yoshihiro Shirataki"
A man in his 70s came to our department with jaundice. He was diagnosed with Merkel cell carcinoma in the left eyebrow area 3 years ago and was followed up after tumor resection. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography was performed because the computed tomography and abdominal ultrasonography revealed bile duct dilatation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 67-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with jaundice. A closer examination revealed that he had obstructive jaundice due to bile duct obstruction caused by a multifocal cystic tumor of the pancreas. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) revealed stenosis of the distal bile duct and leakage of contrast medium into the pancreatic cyst.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 55-year-old woman presented to her primary care physician with facial and lower leg edema. After being referred to our hospital because of hypothyroidism and hypokalemia on blood tests, she also had elevated adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and cortisol levels, but a dexamethasone suppression test showed no cortisol suppression. Ectopic ACTH syndrome due to pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma (PNEC) was suspected.
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- - Breast cancer is a common type of cancer in women and can spread to various parts of the body, with gastrointestinal tract metastasis being rare.
- - Invasive lobular carcinoma, a less common form of breast cancer, has a higher likelihood of metastasizing to the gastrointestinal tract compared to invasive ductal carcinoma.
- - The text discusses a rare case of invasive lobular carcinoma that extensively metastasized to the colonic mucosa and highlights the potential increase in rare metastatic diseases due to better survival rates from current treatments.