[A case of traumatic petrous portion internal carotid artery aneurysm treated by endovascular parent artery occlusion].

Traumatic aneurysms are rare lesions. They differ markedly from saccular aneurysms in their clinical presentation and therapy. Early diagnosis of traumatic aneurysms is usually difficult.

Evaluation of the sperm motility analyzer system (SMAS) for the assessment of sperm quality in infertile men.

Eighty-one fresh semen samples were analyzed to compare the sperm parameters obtained using the new Sperm Motility Analysis System (SMAS; version 1.0, Kaga Electronics, Tokyo, Japan) with the CellSoft(TM) Series 3000 (CRYO Resources, New York, USA) computer-assisted semen analysis (CASA) system and conventional manual semen analysis, based on WHO guidelines..

[Management of one lung ventilation with bronchial blocker catheter for a patient with tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica].

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica is a rare benign disease, with difficult airway for intubation because the trachea and bronchia are narrow and transformed. We experienced one lung ventilation for a patient with the lung cancer associated with the tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica. The Coopdech bronchial blocker is a device for one lung ventilation.

[Management of maternal tetanus contracted by an obstetric procedure].

A 34-year-old woman from the Philippines showed difficulty in opening the mouth. She had no wounds in the last one mouth, but was treated with an obstetric procedure after stillbirth 16 days before in the Philippines. She showed trismus, rigidity and muscle pain, but no muscle spasms, dyspnea and autonomic dysfunction.

[Tracheal intubation for two patients with lingual tonsil hyperplasia and prospect of difficult airway management].

Lingual tonsil hyperplasia is rare, but may cause difficult or inpossible tracheal intubation. We experienced two cases of tracheal intubation for lingual tonsil hyperplasia. A 71-yr-old man was scheduled for resection and biopsy of symptomatic hypertrophied lingual tonsils.

[Physical rehabilitation for osteoporotic fractures].

Osteoporotic fractures usually occur in elderly patients. If the patients are kept in bed due to pain or therapeutic purposes, they are likely to suffer from various complications such as suppressed physical function, pneumonia, pressure sore, dementia, and deep vein thrombosis. Such disuse syndrome is commonly observed after femoral neck fracture and spinal compression fracture in the osteoporotic patients.

[A case of cor triatriatum diagnosed by echocardiography on pre-anesthetic examination].

A 69-year-old man was planned for elective surgery of the lumbar vertebral disk herniation. We performed a pre-anesthetic examination. He had a mild cardiomegaly (CTR = 55%) on chest X-ray examination, and ST-T change on electrocardiogram.

A template for forward planning in prostate cancer treatment: conformal irradiation with segmental intensity-modulation.

Background And Purpose: The use of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) has proven to be effective in radiation therapy of the prostate, but difficulties in quality assurance (QA) and prolonged planning time are considered problems. We proposed a template for prostate irradiation using conventional treatment fields.

Materials And Methods: To establish a general treatment method, we used computed tomography scan studies of 50 male patients with various diseases as anatomic references for planning.

[Pulmonary embolism in three surgical patients despite prophylactic measures].

Pulmonary embolism after surgery became a major problem in Japan recently. From the year 2000, we started the prophylaxis against pulmonary embolism in orthopedic or gynecological surgical patients with some risk factors of pulmonary embolism. But we experienced three cases of pulmonary embolism although two of them had received subcutaneous heparin after surgery.

[Efficacy of active core rewarming using fluid heating system HOTLINE before and during the operation in a patient with for panperitonitis in state of shock and hypothermia].

A 62-year-old man was transported to the emergency room. He was in the state of shock and hypothermia of 34.2 degrees C.

[Cerebral venous thrombosis in minimal change nephrotic syndrome].

A 46-year old man presented with an eight-day history of edema and was found to be nephrotic, with a plasma albumin level of 1.1 g/dl and urine protein excretion of 13.3 g/24 hrs.

Serum Interleukin-6 Level is a Sensitive Parameter of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

In rheumatoid synovium, interleukin-6 (IL-6) is the most abundantly expressed cytokine. Therefore, we investigated whether serum IL-6 levels could be clinically useful parameters of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The serum IL-6 levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

[Pharmacokinetics of subconjunctivally injected drugs in the anterior segment of rabbit eyes].

We injected 12.5, 25, 50 and 100 microliters portions of a combined solution of 2.5% sodium fluorescein (FL), 2.

[Parvovirus B19-induced aplastic crisis in a patient with iron deficiency anemia].

A 38-year-old female was referred to Takaoka City Hospital for treatment of common-cold-like symptom and an episode of transient unconsciousness. Physical examination on admission revealed severe anemia and an ejection heart murmur. Complete blood count revealed microcytic hypochromic anemia (Hb 4.

Leukemic meningitis in a patient with splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes (SLVL). Meningitis as a possible initial manifestation of SLVL.

Background: Splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes (SLVL) is a low grade, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with a stable or slowly progressive clinical course. To the authors' knowledge, central nervous system involvement has not been described previously in patients with SLVL.

Methods: Morphologic, immunocytochemical, and immunohistochemical analyses were conducted to determine the nature of villous lymphocytes in the peripheral blood, spleen, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of a patient with massive splenomegaly.

[Ovarian epithelial tumors of borderline malignancy].

Ovarian tumor is known to show histological variation. Each tumor shows various clinical behavior. Ovarian epithelial tumors consist of several types of histological findings.

[Prophylactic effect of allopurinol mouthwash against stomatitis induced by the chemotherapy (PMUE regimen) for gastrointestinal malignancies].

For prevention of the chemotherapy-induced stomatitis we administered allopurinol mouthwash to 15 out of 38 patients who underwent PMUE regimen. The severity of stomatitis was graded on five scales according to the criteria of Japan Society For Cancer Therapy. The incidence of stomatitis was defined as patients number with stomatitis above Grade 2/all patients number.

Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1-associated myelopathy and primary sclerosing cholangitis.

We report the first case of human T-lymphotropic type 1-associated myelopathy (HAM) linked with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). The patient, a 44-year-old woman, also suffered from ulcerative colitis and polyarthritis. Two years and nine months after the clinical onset of PSC, the coexistence of HAM was shown by neurological manifestations characterized by slowly progressive symmetrical myelopathy, predominantly involving pyramidal tracts, and positive antibodies to human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 in serum as well as in cerebrospinal fluid.

Light and electron microscopic study of the liver in paraquat poisoning.

Intrahepatic cholestasis in paraquat poisoning in man has been thought to be secondary to extensive bile duct injuries, though its exact mechanism remains unsettled. We have examined liver biopsy specimens from two cases of paraquat poisoning. Case 1 (fatal) presented severe intrahepatic jaundice, and liver biopsy showed centrilobular cholestasis with extensive bile duct loss.