[The importance of CA125 immunohistochemical staining in patients with ovarian cancer].

Unlabelled: CA125 has been regarded as a marker for hyperplastic conditions, such as endometriosis or infectious peritonitis. A high serum CA125 level should therefore be carefully evaluated clinically. We measured CA125 levels in sera and ascites as well as the volume of ascites in patients with ovarian cancer, and also performed immunohistochemical staining of their primary tumors for CA125.

Complications associated with CDDP intraperitoneal chemotherapy.

As CDDP-ip is known to affect intraperitoneal tumors directly, and reduce CDDP associated adverse reactions, it has been used not only for ovarian cancer but other intraperitoneal tumors. However ip chemotherapy requires catheter placement at the time of laparotomy. We investigated the complications of catheters as an intraperitoneal administration route.

[Ophthalmological study of the M-strain stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (2). Retinal arteriolar changes in fluorescein angiogram].

Malignant or precocious stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats show severe hypertensive fundus changes such as generalized narrowing, caliber irregularity, and tortuosity of retinal arterioles or retinal edema. In our previous studies, these changes were classified into four grades from 0 to 3 according to severity. In the present study, hypertensive fundus changes in these rats, such as generalized narrowing or caliber irregularity of retinal arterioles, were studied by comparing fluorescein angiographs with color fundus photographs.

[Early detection of absorption of irrigating fluid during transurethral resection of the prostate with alcohol gas detector tube].

Nineteen patients (mean age, 70 years; range, 58-80 years) undergoing elective transurethral resection of benign hypertrophy of the prostate (mean weight of resectate, 25 g; range 10-59 g; mean resection time, 61 min; range 45-80 min) under spinal anesthesia were studied for early detection of absorption of irrigating solution by means of expired breath alcohol analysis. The irrigating fluid used in all resections was tenfold diluted Urigal solution containing 1% ethanol. Expired breath was collected into a rubber bag every 10 min during the surgery, and the concentration of ethanol was analyzed using a gas detector tube (GASTEC LTD.

[Anesthesia for a patient with pemphigus erythematosus].

An 82-year-old female with pemphigus erythematosus had the head of femur replaced. In her case, systemic lupus erythematosus and myasthenia gravis, typical complications of pemphigus erythematosus, were not present. As even slight friction easily causes blisters in patients with pemphigus, we paid attention mainly to fragility of the skin and the mucus membranes and were careful to minimize physical stimulation of the skin.

Effects of tilting in the sagittal plane on the cephalad spread of anesthesia.

The effect of tilting in the sagittal plane on the spread of anesthesia was studied in 30 healthy male patients. Two ml of 0.3% hyperbaric dibucaine was used for intrathecal injection in the lateral position.

[Persistent müllerian duct syndrome with seminoma: report of a case].

A case of persistent Müllerian duct syndrome associated with seminoma is reported. A 22-year-old man was admitted with the chief complaint of left flank colicky pain. Physical examination revealed huge abdominal mass and absence of left intrascrotal contents.

The effects of composition of subarachnoid gas space and anesthetic gas mixture on cerebrospinal fluid pressure changes during cisternography for transsphenoidal craniectomy.

The effects of gas composition in the subarachnoid space (injection of air or N(2)O) and in an anesthetic gas mixture (inhalation with or without N(2)O) on cerebrospinal fluid pressure were studied in 22 patients with pneumocisternography for transsphenoidal craniectomy. N(2)O (66%) anesthesia for 10 min increased cerebrospinal fluid pressure by up to 150% in 7 patients who were intrathecally injected with air. Withdrawal of N(2)O from the anesthetic gas mixture for sixty minutes reduced cerebrospinal fluid pressure to the initial pressure.

[Intraperitoneal spontaneous rupture of the bladder subsequent to irradiation of the uterus: a case report].

We report a case of spontaneous intraperitoneal rupture of the bladder. A 54-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with the chief complaints of severe lower abdominal pain, dysuria and macroscopic hematuria in October, 1985. In 1969, she had had a radical hysterectomy and postoperative irradiation for cancer of the uterus.