Primary small cell carcinoma of the ureter with hydronephrosis: A case report.

Small cell carcinoma in the ureter is extremely rare, with few cases reported in the literature. The current report describes the case of a 63-year-old man who presented with right-side back pain. A mass was identified in the right ureter.

Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 is associated with silent cerebral infarction in patients on haemodialysis.

Background: In patients with chronic renal failure undergoing haemodialysis (HD), silent cerebral infarctions (SCI) are associated with high mortality. Levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) increase with renal dysfunction and may be a novel predictor for cerebrovascular events. We tested the hypothesis that increased MCP-1 concentration correlate with the occurrence of SCI in HD patients.

[A long-term survival case of unresectable malignant pancreatic endocrine tumor successfully treated with systemic chemotherapy].

A 55-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of high grade fever in October 1999. Computed tomography showed a solid tumor in the tail of the pancreas with multiple liver tumors. We diagnosed him as unresectable pancreatic tail cancer with multiple liver metastases at first, so systemic chemotherapy using UFT was performed.

Hb Tsukumi [beta117(G19)His-->Tyr]: a new hemoglobin variant found in a Japanese male.

We accidentally observed an abnormal elution pattern on high performance liquid chromatogram when we examined the Hb A1c level in a 65-year-old male patient who suffered from pneumoconiosis and alcoholic liver injury. The value of the glycated fraction was within the normal range but the elution patterns on high performance liquid chromatography varied with the glycohemoglobin analyzers. Isoelectrofocusing and urea-cellulose column chromatography showed an anomalous fast-moving beta chain estimated at approximately 47%.