A case of cervical schwannoma with upper tracheal stenosis followed up as asthma for 4 years.

Cases of upper tracheal stenosis due to cervical schwannoma are fairly rare; therefore, no treatment has been determined. In this case, our patient had been treated for asthma for 4 years and was admitted to our hospital because of exacerbation. Computed tomography showed a tracheal stenosis lesion just below the vocal cords, and a biopsy revealed schwannoma.

[The relationships between initial clinical features and prognosis in 14 cases of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage syndrome].

Diffuse pulmonary alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is caused by various disorders and is a medical emergency that often results in acute respiratory failure requiring prompt diagnosis and aggressive treatment. However, the relationships between the prognosis and the initial clinical feature in DAH remain unclear. We investigated the relationships between initial clinical features and prognosis in 14 cases of DAH.

A phase II study of S-1 monotherapy as second-line treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Purpose: To assess the efficacy and toxicity of an oral anticancer fluoropyrimidine derivative, S-1, for previously treated patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Patients And Methods: Patients with advanced (clinical stage IIIB-IV) NSCLC who had previously received one platinum-based chemotherapy were enrolled. S-1 was administered orally at the dosage decided by using the nomogram based on patient BSA b.

[A case of advanced small cell lung cancer complicated by chronic renal failure treated with amrubicin].

A 64-year old man first visited our clinic approximately 10 years ago because of diabetic nephropathy that had developed into chronic renal failure. He was hospitalized to examine a left S10 tumor shadow. Based on the results of these examinations, a primary left S10 T2N0M1, ED small cell lung cancer, was diagnosed.

[Clinical characterization of CA19-9 in patients with interstitial pneumonia showing pathological nonspecific interstitial pneumonia pattern].

Objective And Methods: To assess the clinical significance of CA19-9 in patients with interstitial pneumonia showing pathological nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) pattern (IP/NSIP groups), we measured the levels of serum (n = 14) and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF, n = 10) CA19-9 in IP/NSIP groups.

Result: The serum levels of CA19-9 did not correlate with the serum levels of LDH, of KL-6, or of SP-D or with the intensity of chest Ga-67 scintigraphy. There were no significant differences between the serum CA19-9 levels before therapy and those after therapy in improving patients.