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T Inokuma

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PubMed1989

Gas-containing pyogenic liver abscess--a case report and review of the literature.

The incidence of gas-containing pyogenic liver abscess is exceedingly rare. We report herein, a case of a 36-year-old Japanese woman with a gas-containing pyogenic liver abscess associated with diabetes mellitus and cholelithiasis. An abdominal plain X-ray film, which showed a fine air-fluid level in the liver at an up-right position, enabled us to easily diagnosed a gas-containing liver abscess. Echo-guide percutaneous drainage revealed the organism to be Escherichia coli, however, although this treatment has recently been employed often in the treatment of pyogenic liver abscesses, especially single abscesses, it did not prove effective in this case. We finally cured the gas-containing pyogenic liver abscess by operative drainage.

Adult↗
PubMed1989

Vestibular neuronitis. Pathogenesis in the view of virological study of CSF.

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 15 patients with vestibular neuronitis were virologically examined and analyzed, and compared to those from 16 patients with Hunt's syndrome. The results were as follows: The CSF protein in vestibular neuronitis showed an increase, beginning about two weeks after the onset of vertigo, while the cell count remained normal. The CSF protein in Hunt's syndrome rose, but its progress was different from that in vestibular neuronitis. In both diseases, the increase in CSF protein seemed to be due to protein originating in the blood; the increase was probably caused by a disorder of the blood-CSF barrier. There was no direct evidence of an increase in IgG nor viral antibody titers in the CSF in vestibular neuronitis. In cases of Hunt's syndrome with CSF pleocytosis, intrathecal IgG synthesis was detected. It might be possible that HSV or EBV infection can be confirmed serologically in some cases of vestibular neuronitis and that, in those cases, pathogenesis of vestibular neuronitis is similar to that of Hunt's syndrome.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1985

[An autopsy case of well differentiated leiomyosarcoma of the jejunum].

A 54-year-old man had a leiomyosarcoma of the jejunum, 8 X 6 X 5 cm in size resected, on December 17, 1982 and died of liver metastases with hemorrhagic ascites (4,000 ml) on July 5, 1984. The malignant potential of a smooth muscle tumor based on the mitotic index of tumor cells has been stressed for many years. However, our biologically malignant autopsy case showed not only an exceptionally low mitotic index in tumor cells of the surgical specimen but also in those of the autopsy specimen. In this report, the fact that the degree of mitotic figures sometimes fail to indicate biological behavior is discussed.

Humans↗
PubMed1985

Changes in bone remodeling after palatal surgery.

It is generally well known that an infant with a cleft palate will have facial underdevelopment after corrective surgery. In such a case, we can suppose that the internal remodeling of the facial bone becomes abnormal postoperatively. The purpose of this study was to observe the changes in palatal bone remodeling after palatal surgery and the external bone growth inhibition using the microradiography and hard tissue labeling method. In this investigation we had 4 experimental groups and used large undecalcified ground sections to observe the whole palatal bone. Our experiments showed that the changes resulting from surgery include not only external bone growth inhibition, but also considerable abnormal remodeling in the interior of the bone. When the mucoperiosteum was removed, the changes continued to occur for an especially long period.

Animals↗
PubMed1984

Malignant mesenchymoma of the esophagus.

This is a case report of a malignant mesenchymoma of the esophagus in a 50-year-old Japanese man. The tumor was a sessile polypoid mass showing a downward invasion limited to the submucosa of the esophagus. Histologically, the lesion contained rhabdomyosarcomatous and osteosarcomatous areas, in addition to an ill-defined fibrosarcomatous element. In contrast with reports of carcinosarcoma up to the present, this tumor lacked any invasive lesion of an epithelial malignancy. The morphogenesis of these tumor groups was discussed from a hamartoblastomatous standpoint.

Esophageal Neoplasms↗