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T Fujioka

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PubMed1988

[The efficacy of recombinant interleukin 2 in local treatment of superficial bladder tumors].

The present study was undertaken to assess the efficacy of recombinant Interleukin 2 (rIL-2: S-6820) in treatment of superficial bladder tumors. Three intratumor injections at a dose of 5 x 10(5) units/day via urethra, were performed every other day under endoscopic control in 12 patients with superficial bladder cancer. On the 15th day after completion of the series of injections, the tumor had disappeared in one patient and 50% regression over was observed in two other patients. Therefore, the response rate to the rIL-2 treatment in our study was 25.0%. Each tumor which responded to the therapy, was single, small and low grade. In the peripheral blood of the 12 patients, an increase in IL-2 receptor-positive lymphocytes and augmentation of natural killer activity were detected after the rIL-2 intratumor injection. There were no serious side effects except for moderate fever in our study.

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PubMed1987

Sarcomatous variants of Wilms' tumor. Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural comparison with classical Wilms' tumor.

Two cases of malignant rhabdoid tumor of the kidney (MRT) and two cases of bone metastasizing renal tumor (BMRT) were studied using electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry, in an attempt to evaluate the histogenetic relation to classical Wilms' tumor (2 cases). The two cases of MRT showed ultrastructural features of intermediate filament clusters in the cytoplasm. Vimentin, keratin, laminin, and peanut (PNA) lectin were immunohistochemically demonstrated in two cases of MRT. Tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) was detected in one case. As for BMRT, the metastatic lesion exhibited numerous rosette-like structures of tumor cells. Vimentin was immunohistochemically demonstrated in one case, but no other antibodies were stained in two cases. Two cases of classical Wilms' tumor immunohistochemically demonstrated vimentin, keratin, PNA lectin, and TPA. MRT and BMRT fall within the broad spectrum of Wilms' tumors from the histogenetic aspect, but their clinical behavior is distinct.

Bone Neoplasms↗
PubMed1987

Projections of visceral and somatic primary afferents to the sacral spinal cord of the domestic fowl revealed by transganglionic transport of horseradish peroxidase.

The termination of visceral and somatic primary afferent fibers in the sacral spinal cord of the domestic fowl was studied using transganglionic transport of horseradish peroxidase. Nerve terminals of visceral afferent fibers were found in the lateral edge and base of the dorsal horn and in the dorsal gray commissure in close proximity to parasympathetic preganglionic neurons. Somatic afferents terminated in laminae 2 and 3. The results demonstrate that visceral and somatic afferent fibers in this avian species terminate in different areas of the dorsal horn.

Animals↗
PubMed1987

Serotonin-storing cells of the chicken duodenum: light, fluorescence and electron microscopy, and immunohistochemistry.

In an attempt to identify duodenal endocrine cells emitting formaldehyde-induced fluorescence (FIF), chicken duodena were studied by combined fluorescence, ultrastructural, silver impregnation and immunohistochemical methods in the same or consecutive sections. Our results show that: (1) Almost all the cells emitting yellow fluorescence by both the Falck-Hillarp and the Furness methods exhibit an immunohistochemical reaction with serotonin (5-HT) antiserum. (2) Almost all cells radiating yellow fluorescence by the Furness method stain with toluidine blue in Epon-embedded sections, but, by high-voltage electron microscopy, can be subdivided into two types of cell containing either small round or polymorphous types of granules. (3) In the sections from which resin had been removed, all the cells emitting yellow FIF show argentaffinity by the Singh method, but not all cells display argyrophilia with the Grimelius method. (4) Cells exhibiting both argyrophil and argentaffin reactions in deresined serial sections are also separated into two types of cell, containing either small spherical or polymorphous types of granules by conventional electron microscopy in thin sections. Therefore, chicken enterochromaffin cells emit yellow FIF, store 5-HT, show both argentaffinity and argyrophilia, but are ultrastructurally classified into two types of granule-containing cells which may be related to polypeptides coexisting with 5-HT.

Animals↗
PubMed1987

The histochemistry of glycoconjugates in the colonic epithelium of the chicken.

In the colonic epithelium of the chicken, glycoconjugates have been studied by means of selected histochemical methods of light and electron microscopy. According to the results obtained, most of the colonic goblet cells contained acidic and neutral glycoconjugates with sulphate and vicinal diol groupings, alpha-D-mannose and alpha-D-glucose residues and sialic acid-galactose dimers. These goblet cells were found to undergo changes in histochemical reactivity during upward migration along the crypts; alpha-D-mannose and alpha-D-glucose residues and terminal sialic acid-galactose dimers increased in amount. The striated border of the colonic columnar cells has, likewise, been found to contain such glycoconjugates as were similar in reactivity to those of the goblet cells. The histophysiological significances of glycoconjugates involved in the chicken colonic epithelium have been discussed with special reference to the functional activities of the carbohydrates.

Animals↗
PubMed1987

Significance of staging pelvic lymphadenectomy for prostatic cancer.

Staging pelvic lymphadenectomy in 31 cases in stages A2-C prostatic cancer was performed. In 15 of the cases (48%) lymph node invasion was found. Metastatic tendency strengthened with an increase in Gleason scores, although no metastases were found in 38% of the cases with Gleason scores of 8-10. Percutaneous fine-needle aspiration biopsy guided by lymphography was conducted in 14 cases and 17% were false-negative. Lymph node metastases were found in the common iliac lymph nodes in 47%, external iliac lymph nodes in 67% and internal iliac obturator lymph nodes in 100%. Prolonged lymph drainage in 4 cases (13%) and wound infection in 2 cases (3%) were found as postoperative complications, but they were all treated conservatively. So it was concluded that pelvic lymphadenectomy was a reasonable adjunct to total prostatectomy since it provided an accurate assessment of the anatomic distribution of disease, which could be of help in selecting treatment. Dissection of the lymph nodes of the internal iliac obturator was considered quite sufficient to establish the presence of any lymph node metastases.

Adenocarcinoma↗
PubMed1987

[Endoscopic ethanol injection treatment for bladder cancer].

One invasive and 4 superficial bladder cancers were treated by local injection of absolute ethanol through an endoscope. With the patient placed in the lithotomy position, an endoscope was introduced after mucosal anesthesia with xylocaine jelly. According to the usual manner of retrograde catheterization, a 23G syringe needle attached to a 5F ureteral catheter was advanced into the base of the tumor and through the needle absolute ethanol was injected. This treatment is characterized by endoscopic delivery of ethanol as with sclerotherapy for esophageal varices to obtain a potent necrotizing effect as achieved by transcatheter embolization of ethanol for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma. As a rule, this technique does not require any anesthesia other than mucosal anesthesia with xylocaine jelly and can be done repeatedly and very easily, thus having a high cost effectiveness. This treatment serves as a good palliative therapy for invasive bladder cancers, because of its rapid achievement of hemostasis and reduction of the tumor masses. Furthermore, this treatment is just as effective as standard transurethral resections to eradicate superficial bladder cancer, even though the treatment may have to be repeated.

Administration, Intravesical↗
PubMed1987

[A case of Cushing's syndrome caused by an adrenal black adenoma].

A black adenoma of the adrenal cortex was surgically removed from an 18-year-old female who had clinical and laboratory findings characteristic of Cushing's syndrome. The electron microscopic study revealed typical features of steroid-producing cells, including a prominent smooth and rough endoplasmic reticulum, and mitochondria. In addition, many of the adenoma cells contained numerous pigmented granules which were lipofuscin. Three months after the surgery, the hormone levels returned to the normal range. The Japanese literature of functional black adenoma is reviewed.

Adenoma↗
PubMed1987

[A case of bilateral synchronous renal cell carcinoma managed with radical nephrectomy and ex-vivo tumor enucleation].

A 61-year-old female presented with gross hematuria and left flank pain. The arteriogram and CT scan revealed a large left renal tumor and multiple small right renal metastatic tumors. A chest X-ray and Ga scintigram showed no other metastatic lesions. A left radical nephrectomy and a right renal bench surgery were performed at the same time. The right multiple tumors were enucleated and the right kidney was autotransplanted into the right iliac fossa. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was free of tumor with good renal function. Renal preservation surgery was considered more beneficial for this patient than bilateral nephrectomy followed by hemodialysis.

Carcinoma, Renal Cell↗
PubMed1987

[Effect of selective intra-arterial infusion of OK-432 against renal cell cancers].

In 8 cases of operable renal cancer, selective intraarterial infusion of the streptococcal preparation, OK-432 was performed and its cytocidal effects on the surgical specimens, which were removed on the 8th day after infusion, were investigated histopathologically with immunological parameters of the peripheral blood. The histopathological study revealed a high grade of sinus histiocytosis of the renal pedicle lymph nodes, but the anti-tumor effect on renal tumors was not so marked in any of the 8 cases. OK-Ia-positive lymphoid cells of peripheral blood were increased significantly and Con-A stimulation index of blastogenesis was lowered without any change in the PHA stimulation index after the OK-432 infusion. No serious complications of the selective intraarterial infusion were experienced except for high fever (less than 38 degrees C). In conclusion, OK-432 selective intraarterial infusion was an effective method for improving regional and systemic immunoactivity, but the cytocidal effect against tumor cells could not be confirmed histopathologically.

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PubMed1986

Human penile hemodynamics studied by a polarographic method.

Observations of the tissue oxygen tension alteration were made using an open tip type oxygen electrode polarographic method as an index of blood flow change in the penile skin, corpus cavernosum and thigh skin of 16 males aged 20-26 years (average age: 20.5 years). In another five males aged 18-21 (average age: 19.8 years) the relationship between corpus cavernosum tissue oxygen tension alteration and penile circumference change in the erection process was observed. This relation was obtained in the penile circulation model, and penile hemodynamics were ascertained. In the flaccid penis the corpus cavernosum contains low-oxygen blood and there is a blockade at the vascular tree in the corpus cavernosum. In the tumescence phase the blood flow of the corpus cavernosum increased suddenly by the relief of cavernosum vascular blockade. During the penile tumescence phase the increased inflow and outflow persisted in corpus cavernosum, and in penile skin the blood also increased initially, but gradually decreased as penile circumference increased. After erection was attained it is thought that resistance to inflow occurred by outflow pathway contraction. In the detumescence phase, a decrease of inflow and a concomitant increase of outflow occurred and the reopening of outflow is thought to be necessary for prompt penile detumescence.

Adult↗