Successful Embolization of Collaterals from the Round Ligament Artery during Uterine Artery Embolization for Traumatic Uterine Leiomyoma Rupture: A Case Report.

We describe the case of a 48-year-old woman who presented with traumatic rupture of a giant leiomyoma and massive hemoperitoneum caused by slipping and falling in the bathroom. She was in shock on arrival, and resuscitation was performed. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed massive intra-abdominal hematoma and extravasation from the subserous leiomyoma.

Identification of Minimal Pairs of Japanese Pitch Accent in Noise-Vocoded Speech.

The perception of lexical pitch accent in Japanese was assessed using noise-excited vocoder speech, which contained no fundamental frequency ( ) or its harmonics. While prosodic information such as in lexical stress in English and lexical tone in Mandarin Chinese is known to be encoded in multiple acoustic dimensions, such multidimensionality is less understood for lexical pitch accent in Japanese. In the present study, listeners were tested under four different conditions to investigate the contribution of non- properties to the perception of Japanese pitch accent: noise-vocoded speech stimuli consisting of 10 3-ERBN-wide bands and 15 2-ERBN-wide bands created from a male and female speaker.

Associations of streptococci and fungi amounts in the oral cavity with nutritional and oral health status in institutionalized elders: a cross sectional study.

Background: Disruption of the indigenous microbiota is likely related to frailty caused by undernutrition. However, the relationship between undernutrition and the oral microbiota, especially normal bacteria, is not obvious. The aim of this study was to elucidate the associations of nutritional and oral health conditions with prevalence of bacteria and fungi in the oral cavity of older individuals.

The effect of f fall, downstep, and secondary cues in perceiving Japanese lexical accent.

Lexical pitch accent in Japanese is primarily realized as a steep fall in f from an accented syllable into the following one. In addition, when a phrase that contains an accented syllable is followed by another phrase, the following phrase undergoes downstep, a compression of the f range. Furthermore, while their acoustic identity is not yet clear, secondary cues to Japanese pitch accent are known to exist.

The chronological change in transvaginal ultrasound images of a hemorrhagic ovarian cyst observed during infertility treatment: A case report and literature review.

Insights gained from chronological ultrasonogram images in the current case report will provide useful information for diagnosing and conservatively treating HOC. This could help avoid unnecessary laparotomy.

Sperm immobilization test and quantitative sperm immobilization test using frozen-thawed sperm preparation applied with computer-aided sperm analysis.

Purpose: In a previous study, a new method was described using the sperm immobilization test (SIT) with computer-aided sperm analysis (CASA). However, obtaining high-quality sperm as needed was a known issue. Here, we compared the results of using frozen-thawed sperm and fresh sperm for the SIT using the CASA method.

Effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine on spermatozoal hyperactivation and in vitro fertilization in mice.

In this study, we examined the effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) on the motility and hyperactivation of mouse spermatozoa. In addition, we examined whether 5-HT increases the success of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in mice. Interestingly, 5-HT and agonists of the 5-HT, 5-HT, 5-HT, and 5-HT receptors significantly increased the percentage of hyperactivated spermatozoa but did not affect the percentage of motile spermatozoa.

Association between spontaneous ovulation and serum anti-Müllerian hormone levels in a premature ovarian insufficiency patient after a multimodal treatment for breast cancer.

The high toxicity of chemotherapy can damage a patient's gonadal function, leading to premature ovarian insufficiency (POI). Here, we report the case of a patient suffering from POI after chemotherapy for breast cancer, who 3 years later ovulated spontaneously and became pregnant. The patient, a 31-year-old infertile women, nulligravida, was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Fertility preservation and pregnancy outcomes in adolescent and young adult male patients with cancer.

Purpose: Sperm cryopreservation is the gold standard for maintaining fertility in male survivors of cancer. In order to help increase the future success of fertility preservation in these patients, the present state of sperm cryopreservation was examined at the current institution and its challenges were discussed.

Methods: Between January, 2004 and February, 2017, 31 male patients with cancer were introduced to the center for fertility preservation.

Perception of Japanese Pitch Accent without F0.

Phonological contrasts are typically encoded with multiple acoustic correlates to ensure efficient communication. Studies have shown that such phonetic redundancy is found not only in segmental contrasts, but also in suprasegmental contrasts such as tone. In Japanese, fundamental frequency (F0) is the primary cue for pitch accent.

Relationship of serum levels and dietary intake of isoflavone, and the novel bacterium Slackia sp. strain NATTS with the risk of prostate cancer: a case-control study among Japanese men.

Purpose: Isoflavones may play a role in the prevention of hormone-related cancers. Equol is an isoflavone metabolized from daidzein in the presence of certain intestinal bacteria. Slackia sp.

Counts of Slackia sp. strain NATTS in intestinal flora are correlated to serum concentrations of equol both in prostate cancer cases and controls in Japanese men.

Background: Isoflavones, which are included in soybeans, have been suggested to protect against prostate cancer. Equol, one of isoflavones, is an intestinally derived bacterial metabolite of daidzein. A newly identified equol-producing bacterium, Slackia sp.

Relationship of serum isoflavone, insulin and adiponectin levels with breast cancer risk.

Background: Obesity is one of the well-known risk factors of breast cancer. Accumulating evidence suggests that adiponectin, an obesity-related hormone, is inversely associated with breast cancer risk, particularly in postmenopausal women. Obesity is also associated with high levels of insulin.

Equol, adiponectin, insulin levels and risk of breast cancer.

Breast cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers and the leading cause of cancer death among women. Soy isoflavones have been widely studied and among all isoflavones equol has been gaining interest with regard to its relationship with breast cancer risk. Obesity has been revealed as one of the breast cancer risk factors, known to be associated with high levels of circulating insulin and decreased levels of adiponectin.

Influence of isoflavone intake and equol-producing intestinal flora on prostate cancer risk.

Background: The age-adjusted incidence rate of prostate cancer (PCa) has been reported to be lower among Asians than Western populations. A traditional Japanese meal, high in soybean products or isoflavones, may be associated with a decreased risk of PCa. Equol, which is converted from daidzein by human intestinal flora, is biologically more active than any other isoflavone aglycone.

Changes in CT density of solitary capillary hemangioma of the lung upon varying patient position.

Solitary capillary hemangioma of the lung (SCHL) is a rare benign tumor that is difficult to differentiate from other nodular lesions, including lung cancer, on CT. We report a case of 58-year-old man with an SCHL of the left lower lung. A nodular lesion 7 mm in size varied in CT appearance when the position of the patient was changed: it was part solid and part ground-glass opacity (mixed GGO) in the supine position, but pure GGO (nonsolid) in the prone position.

Characteristic magnetic resonance features of focal autoimmune pancreatitis useful for differentiation from pancreatic cancer.

Purpose: To identify characteristic magnetic resonance (MR) features of focal autoimmune pancreatitis (f-AIP) useful for differentiation from pancreatic cancer (PC).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed MR imaging findings of 20 f-AIP lesions and 40 PC lesions smaller than 40 mm in diameter. On fat-suppressed T2-weighted images and dynamic contrast-enhanced fat-suppressed T1-weighted images (DCE-T1WI), we classified MR features of internal signal intensity for each lesion into homogeneous, speckled, or target type.

A case of pyogenic liver abscess infected with Fusobacterium necrophorum depicted by microscopy and confirmed by tissue culture.

A 40-year-old man was admitted with a continuous high grade fever accompanying a relatively large solitary liver abscess with septations. A puncture of the abscess revealed gram-negative rods that could be identified histologically as Fusobacterium necrophorum, which was later confirmed by tissue culture. The patient was switched to meropenem and penicillin, and cured of the infection.

Characteristic findings in images of extra-pancreatic lesions associated with autoimmune pancreatitis.

Purpose: Autoimmune pancreatitis is a unique form of chronic pancreatitis characterized by a variety of extra-pancreatic involvements which are frequently misdiagnosed as lesions of corresponding organs. The purpose of this study was to clarify the diagnostic imaging features of extra-pancreatic lesions associated with autoimmune pancreatitis.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed diagnostic images of 90 patients with autoimmune pancreatitis who underwent computer-assisted tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and/or gallium-67 scintigraphy before steroid therapy was initiated.

Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor-producing pancreatic adenosquamous carcinoma showing aggressive clinical course.

Herein, we encountered an 89-year-old woman with pancreatic cancer who presented with fever without infective focus, leukocytosis of 45,860 /microL, and elevation of serum granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF). The patient could not receive any curative therapy due to an extremely aggressive clinical course. Specimens taken at necropsy revealed an adenosquamous carcinoma positive for G-CSF by immunohistochemistry; it was only the second reported case to date.

A case of well-differentiated cholangiolocellular carcinoma visualized with contrast-enhanced ultrasonography using Sonazoid.

We here report the first case of cholangiolocellular carcinoma (CoCC) visualized with contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) using a second-generation contrast agent, Sonazoid. A 76-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for evaluation of a hepatic tumor. The tumor was described as having hyper-enhancement in the early phase and persistent enhancement in the late phase by contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), as well as hypervascularity by angiography.