[A case of nasal NK/T cell lymphoma presenting with bilateral giant adrenal tumors].

A 76-year-old woman presented to a clinic with fever and loss of body weight. Abdominal echogram showed bilateral adrenal swelling (left adrenal 90x80 mm, right adrenal 50x20 mm) and she was admitted to the hospital for further examination. A tumor was also found inside nasal cavity by enhanced computed tomography (CT), and abnormal uptake in the nasal cavity and adrenal gland was shown in gallium scintigraphy.

[Analysis of multiple cancers in autopsy cases of elderly hematological malignancies].

To investigate the actual situation of multiple cancers including hematological malignancies, 266 autopsy cases with one or more hematological malignancies were compiled from autopsy case files between January 1995 and October 2006 in our hospital. The median age at death was 75 years (range 48 to 102 yr). Of 266 cases, 72 (27.

[Anemia in the elderly].

In the elderly, non-specific symptoms tend to come to the fore in addition to the symptoms resulted directly from anemia. Moreover, mild anemia could give the excessive effects to the heart and the lungs because of less function of organs. There is no great difference in the epidemiology of anemia in the elderly and the youth.