Surgical resection of a metastatic skull tumor from lung cancer.

We present an interesting case of a metastatic skull tumor from a non-small cell lung cancer that was successfully resected. At present, 1 year after the surgery, the patient is alive with chemotherapy and has not shown any evidence of tumor recurrence.

Napsin a and thyroid transcription factor-1-positive cerebellar tumor with epidermal growth factor receptor mutation.

We present a very rare case of cerebellar metastasis of unknown origin, in which a primary lung adenocarcinoma was diagnosed by pathological examination of a cerebellar metastatic tumor, using immunohistochemical markers and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation of primary lung cancer. A 69-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of a hemorrhagic cerebellar tumor and multiple small brain tumors. She underwent cerebellar tumor resection.

Post-thymectomy myasthenia gravis with an episode of Osserman stage III.

Here, we present the first case of post-thymectomy Myasthenia Gravis with onset at Osserman stage III. An 81-year-old woman was admitted for an abnormal shadow seen in a chest radiograph. She had no symptoms of Myasthenia Gravis.

[A case of empysematous cystitis which was found incidentally].

A 49-year-old female visited our hospital with a complaint of pelvic pain. She was under treatment for diabetes mellitus and dilated cardiomyopathy. Radiography revealed a radiolucent area in the bladder.

[A case of retroperitoneal solitary fibrous tumor].

A 96-year-old female visited our hospital with a complaint of right flank pain. She was under treatment for diabetes mellitus, hypertension and moderate renal dysfunction in the department of internal medicine. Computer tomographic (CT) scan showed a mass 12 cm in diameter compressing the right kidney and inferior vena cava.

Reduced progression to type 2 diabetes from impaired glucose tolerance after a 2-day in-hospital diabetes educational program: the Joetsu Diabetes Prevention Trial.

Objective: We assessed the effects of a 2-day in-hospital diabetes educational program in preventing or delaying progression of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) to type 2 diabetes, including analysis of changes in serum lipids, body weight, and blood pressure after the program.

Research Design And Methods: A total of 426 subjects (51 +/- 9 years, BMI 24.6 +/- 3.

Significant correlation between cerebrospinal fluid nitric oxide concentrations and neurologic prognosis in incomplete cervical cord injury.

In animal models of spinal cord injury (SCI), inducible NO (nitric oxide) synthase is expressed in the spinal cord immediately after sustaining SCI. Excessive NO production has cytotoxic effects and induces neuronal apoptosis, causing neural degeneration and neurodysfunction in the spinal cord. Little is known, however, about the relationship between NO(x) (NO metabolites: nitrite and nitrate) levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and neurologic severity or recovery in clinical cases.

Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis associated with IgG4-positive-plasmacyte infiltrations and idiopathic chronic pancreatitis.

Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRPF) is an inflammatory fibrosclerosing condition, leading to renal failure by obstruction of the ureters. Idiopathic chronic pancreatitis associated with marked inflammatory infiltrates has recently been referred to as autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP), and infiltrating plasmacytes carrying immunoglobulin-gamma type 4 (IgG4) are relevant to its pathogenesis. The case is described herein of IRPF associated with subclinical pancreatitis that was most probably AIP in a 70-year-old man.

Efficacy of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy with patients rotated supine or rotated prone for treating ureteral stones: a case-control study.

Purpose: To improve the therapeutic efficacy of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) for ureteral stones by attempting semilateral/rotated approaches. There has been no study that shows the advantage of rotated positions.

Patients And Methods: Two hundred forty-eight (group 1) and 156 (group 1R) patients with proximal-ureteral stones were treated by the Dornier Lithotriptor U15/50 in the supine and rotated-supine position, respectively.

Placement of a urethral catheter into the ureter: An unexpected complication after retropubic suspension.

We describe an unusual complication caused by urethral catheterization which, to our knowledge, has not yet been reported. A 16 Fr urethral balloon catheter was unintentionally placed into the left ureter through the ureteral orifice in a 51-year-old woman following retropubic suspension surgery for stress urinary incontinence. After retrograde urography from the urethral catheter and removal of the catheter, reoperation was performed and a double pig-tail ureteral stent was placed in the left ureter with subsequent proper replacement of a urethral catheter.

Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) is a useful modality for the precise detection and staging of early prostate cancer.

Background: The aim of this study was to visualize early stage prostate cancer (Cap) in a clinical setting. In previous studies, the results of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for screening Cap have rarely been confirmed by well-designed multisite prostate biopsy.

Methods: The prostate glands of 90 men with elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) were imaged by dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) before transrectal ultrasound-guided 14-cores prostate biopsy.

Application of serum PSA to identify acute bacterial prostatitis in patients with fever of unknown origin or symptoms of acute pyelonephritis.

Background: Exclusion of prostatitis in screening for prostate cancer (Cap) is a matter of concern in the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) era. Yet, the identification of acute bacterial prostatitis (ABP), intentionally utilizing PSA in patients with pyrexia has been scarcely reported.

Methods: In total, 39 men, who presented at our department with a fever higher than 38.

[A case of ammonium urate urinary stone].

An 18-year-old female, who had undergone antireflux surgery for bilateral vesicoureteral reflux 5 years ago, was admitted to our department with complaints of fever and left-sided back pain. Bilateral renal stones and pyelonephritis were diagnosed after roentgenography, ultrasonography and urinalysis. Pyelonephritis was successfully treated with antibiotics and the left renal stone was completely disintegrated with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.

[A case of advanced gastric cancer with lymphangitis carcinomatosa of the lung, successfully treated with paclitaxel and TS-1].

A 65-year-old man, who had been admitted to another hospital with complaints of severe cough and dyspnea, was transferred to our hospital for the further examination and therapy. The patient was diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer (type-3) with lymphangitis carcinomatosa of the lung. He was treated with combination therapy of 5-FU and cisplatin, and showed a complete response.

[Two cases of traumatic bladder rupture with multiple organ failure].

We report two cases of traumatic bladder rupture complicated by multiple organ failure (MOF). The first patient had an extraperitoneal bladder rupture and right femoral bone fracture, which were treated conservatively. However, intrapelvic abscess and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) which was caused by fat embolism resulted in MOF.