Publications by authors named "Yukari Uno"
A woman in her 60s with anemia was diagnosed with a small intestinal intussusception on computed tomography. She underwent a double-balloon endoscopy, which revealed submucosal tumor in the ileum. Suspected to be the cause of anemia and intussusception, surgical intervention was carried out, revealing it to be a schwannoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBACKGROUND Group G streptococcus (GGS) infection is reported to have invasive pathogenicity similar to that of group A streptococcus (GAS) infection, causing a strong systemic inflammatory response with bacteremia and various complications. Herein, we report a case of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) as a rare complication of a GGS infection. CASE REPORT An 89-year-old Japanese man presented to our hospital with gastrointestinal bleeding and shoulder pain.
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- - The study analyzed the use of a gastroscope for cecal intubation during colonoscopy in patients with severe sigmoid adhesions, finding it effective where a colonoscope failed in some instances.
- - Out of 1,626 patients, only 19 couldn’t achieve cecal intubation with a colonoscope, but 68.4% of those were successful using a gastroscope, although patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis had a much lower success rate.
- - The study concluded that identifying the sigmoid colon pathway through CT scans significantly improves the chances of successful cecal intubation, highlighting the importance of pre-procedure imaging.
A 63-year-old man with advanced pancreatic cancer and pyloric obstruction underwent surgical gastrojejunostomy. Malignant biliary obstruction appeared eight months after surgery and was managed with endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided hepaticogastrostomy (HGS). Subsequently, afferent limb obstruction caused by cancer invasion occurred.
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