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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (inflammatory fibrosarcoma) of the boneK Watanabe
Pathology Division, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine Hospital, Fukushima City, Japan
Arch Pathol Lab Med 124:1514-7. 2000..This is the first report to our knowledge of an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the bone with distant metastasis...
Fine-needle aspiration cytology of apocrine adenosis of the breast: report on three casesKazuo Watanabe
Pathology Division, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
Diagn Cytopathol 35:296-9. 2007..Being familiar with these distinctive breast lesions is also important in decreasing false positives...
Intra-epithelial neuroendocrine carcinoma of the nasal cavityKazuo Watanabe
Pathology Division, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
Pathol Int 53:396-400. 2003....
Mesometrial smooth muscle as an origin of female retroperitoneal (pelvic) leiomyomasKazuo Watanabe
Pathology Division, Fukushima Medical University Hospital, 1 Hikariga oka, Fukushima City 960 1295, Japan
Virchows Arch 451:899-904. 2007..In conclusion, we believe most retroperitoneal (pelvic) leiomyomas in females arise from the mesometrial smooth muscle...
Polyangitis overlap syndrome: a fatal case combined with adult Henoch-Schönlein purpura and polyarteritis nodosaKazuo Watanabe
Pathology Division, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
Pathol Int 53:569-73. 2003..It is important to suspect the polyangitis overlap syndrome positively when progressive acute renal failure is seen in a patient with HSP and to begin appropriate therapy immediately...
Fibronexus in "malignant fibrous histiocytoma" of the bone: a case report of pleomorphic myofibrosarcomaKazuo Watanabe
Pathology Division, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine Hospital, Japan
Ultrastruct Pathol 26:47-51. 2002..We believe that the fibronexus is a characteristic and useful ultrastructural feature for differentiating myofibroblastic tumors from other pleomorphic myogenic sarcomas...
Epithelioid fibrosarcoma of the ovaryKazuo Watanabe
Pathology Division, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine Hospital, 1 Hikariga oka, 960 1295 Fukushima City, Japan
Virchows Arch 445:410-3. 2004..We think the present tumor is a distinctive epithelioid fibrosarcoma with the combined features of SEFS and LGFMS/HSCT, suggesting their intimate relationship...
Uterine leiomyoma versus leiomyosarcoma: a new attempt at differential diagnosis based on their cellular characteristicsK Watanabe
Pathology Division, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
Histopathology 48:563-8. 2006..We hypothesized that because pseudosarcomatous LM is only a benign variant of conventional LM, it may have some characteristics different from LMS...
Fibronexus in low-grade myofibrosarcoma: a case reportKazuo Watanabe
Pathology Division, Fukushima Medical University Hospital, Oka, Fukushima City, Fukushima, Japan
Ultrastruct Pathol 32:97-100. 2008..We believe that fibronexus is a useful ultrastructural feature for differentiating myofibrosarcoma from other myogenic sarcomas...
Extra-abdominal desmoid fibromatosis: two familial cases with synchronous and metachronous multicentric hyalinizing nodulesK Watanabe
Pathology Division and Department of Orthopaedics, Fukshima Medical University School of Medicine Hospital, Fukshima City, Japan
Histopathology 41:118-21. 2002..Extra-abdominal desmoid fibromatosis is an uncommon tumour. We present here two exceptional familial cases of extra-abdominal desmoid fibromatosis, one of which was synchronous and metachronous...
Fine-needle aspiration cytology of bronchial acinic cell carcinoma: a case reportKazuo Watanabe
Pathology Division, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
Diagn Cytopathol 30:359-61. 2004..The patient underwent a lobectomy and the tumor was resected completely. Transbronchial FNA cytology was useful for diagnosing bronchial ACC and differentiating it from other conventional and salivary gland type carcinomas...
Myofibrosarcoma of the bone: a clinicopathologic studyK Watanabe
Pathology Division, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine Hospital, Fukishima City, Japan
Am J Surg Pathol 25:1501-7. 2001..Myofibrosarcoma of the bone has distinctive histopathologic features, which should be distinguished from those of other bone tumors with myoid differentiation...
Pseudosarcomatous myofibroblastic tumor and myosarcoma of the urogenital tractK Watanabe
Pathology Division, Fukushima Medical University Hospital, 1 Hikariga oka, Fukushima City 960 1295, Japan
Arch Pathol Lab Med 125:1070-3. 2001..Precise diagnosis of PMTs is important to avoid unnecessary radical therapy. We analyzed urogenital myoid tumors to clarify which of their characteristics are useful for the differential diagnosis...
True hemangiopericytoma of the nasal cavityK Watanabe
Pathology Division, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine Hospital, 1 Hikariga oka, Fukushima City, 960 1295, Japan
Arch Pathol Lab Med 125:686-90. 2001..Sinonasal true hemangiopericytomas should be strictly differentiated from soft tissue-type hemangiopericytomas...
Leiomyoblastoma of the uterus: an immunohistochemical and electron microscopic study of distinctive tumours with immature smooth muscle cell differentiation mimicking fetal uterine myocytesK Watanabe
Pathology Division, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine Hospital, Fukushima City, Japan
Histopathology 42:379-86. 2003..We present three distinctive uterine tumours which exhibited immature smooth muscle differentiation mimicking smooth muscle cells of the fetal uterus...
Expression of heart-type fatty acid-binding protein in human gastric carcinoma and its association with tumor aggressiveness, metastasis and poor prognosisTakeaki Hashimoto
Department of Pathology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan
Pathobiology 71:267-73. 2004..The aim of the current study was to examine the expression of H-FABP and its relation to clinicopathologic parameters and fatty acid synthase (FAS) status of gastric carcinoma, since gastric cancer shows increased expression of FAS...
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of solid pancreatic masses with rapid on-site cytological evaluation by endosonographers without attendance of cytopathologistsTakuto Hikichi
Department of Internal Medicine II, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima, Fukushima, 960 1295, Japan
J Gastroenterol 44:322-8. 2009..The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of EUS-FNA with ROSE by endosonographers compared to ROSE by cytopathologists in patients with solid pancreatic masses...
Gastric bronchogenic cyst diagnosed by endosonographically guided fine needle aspiration biopsyMasaki Sato
Department of Internal Medicine 2, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima City, 960 1295, Japan
J Clin Ultrasound 36:237-9. 2008..Based on imaging and EUS-FNA findings, a diagnosis of gastric bronchogenic cyst was made and surgical resection was avoided...
Multiple epithelial cysts of the spleen and on the splenic capsule, and high serum levels of CA19-9, CA125 and soluble IL-2 receptorTakeaki Hashimoto
Department of Pathology, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan
Pathol Int 54:349-54. 2004..In the present case, it is suspected that the splenic cysts were derived from the capsular lining cells that showed migration from the capsule or formed microcysts on the splenic capsule, as in the case of ovarian inclusion cysts...
Cerebral medulloepithelioma with long survivalMasato Matsumoto
Department of Neurosurgery, Fukushima Medical University, Japan
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 47:428-33. 2007..Medulloepitheliomas are rare, highly malignant embryonal tumors of the central nervous system. Combined gross total tumor resection and radiotherapy are recommended to obtain the most favorable outcome...
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and serum marker levels in patients with four subtypes of cerebral infarction in JapanHirohide Yokokawa
Department of Public Health, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine 1, Hikarigaoka, Fukushima City, Fukushima 960 1295, Japan
J Clin Neurosci 15:769-73. 2008..Further epidemiologic studies are needed to better understand the characteristics and differences in the etiology of cerebral infarction subtypes...
Crystal-storing histiocytosis associated with MALT lymphoma of the ocular adnexa: a case report with review of literatureTakashi Kusakabe
Department of Pathology, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, 1 Hikariga oka, Fukushima, 960 1295, Japan
Virchows Arch 450:103-8. 2007..Given the rarity of this, difficulties in diagnosis may arise especially in cases where histiocytic proliferation overwhelms the underlying lymphoproliferative diseases...
Lupus nephritis with podocytic infolding and intramembranous microstructuresMizuko Tanaka
Fukushima Medical University Hospital, Fukushima, 960 1295, Japan
Clin Exp Nephrol 12:485-8. 2008..Although the clinicopathological significance of podocytic infolding has not been fully elucidated, it may be a novel morphological entity in the glomerulonephritides...
Comparative study of diagnostic value of cytologic sampling by endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration and that by endoscopic retrograde pancreatography for the management of pancreatic mass without biliary strictureTakeru Wakatsuki
Department of Internal Medicine 2, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 20:1707-11. 2005....
A case of rapidly expanding and increasing focal nodular hyperplasiaAi Sato
Department of Internal Medicine II, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima City 960 1295, Japan
Fukushima J Med Sci 52:149-55. 2006..We consider that this is a very rare case of FNH in which both the number of nodules and the size were increased in a short period of time. We present it here as a valuable case report...
Liver-type fatty acid-binding protein is highly expressed in intestinal metaplasia and in a subset of carcinomas of the stomach without association with the fatty acid synthase status in the carcinomaTakeaki Hashimoto
Department of Pathology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan
Pathobiology 71:115-22. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: L-FABP is highly and intensely expressed in metaplasia and in a subset of gastric adenocarcinomas, without association with progression, prognosis and fatty acid synthase status of the carcinoma...
Oral presentation of epithelioid angiosarcoma with first sign in the scapula: report of a case and review of the literatureTateharu Kawasaki
Department of Oral Surgery and Dentistry, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, 960 1295, Japan
Fukushima J Med Sci 51:77-85. 2005..The oral EA described here almost certainly represents a metastatic focus, rather than the primary site of tumor origin. This is because clinical history of EAs appears to arise in deep, rather than in more superficial tissues...
Leiomyosarcoma versus myofibrosarcomaKazuo Watanabe
Am J Surg Pathol 26:393-4; author reply 394-6. 2002
Multiple and incidentally found cancers detected by 18F-FDG positron emission tomography/CT at one examinationShoichi Takekawa
Department of Radiology, Southern Tohoku General Hospital, Koriyama, 963 8563, Japan
Fukushima J Med Sci 53:109-18. 2007..18F-FDG PET/CT examination seems to be very useful in the management of cancer patients in terms of whole patient care...
The product of duration and amount of proteinuria (proteinuria index) is a possible marker for glomerular and tubulointerstitial damage in IgA nephropathyMasaaki Eiro
Department of Medicine III, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Japan
Nephron 90:432-41. 2002..The product of these two factors (proteinuria index) may be a useful predictor for glomerular and interstitial histopathological changes and the fate of renal function in IgAN...
[A case of advanced gastric cancer responding remarkably to neo-adjuvant combination chemotherapy using CPT-11 plus S-1]Zenichiro Saze
First Department of Surgery, Fukushima Medical University
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 34:1473-6. 2007..Combination chemotherapy consisting of CPT-11 plus S-1 can be performed safely as a neo-adjuvant treatment, and may be an effective treatment modality for advanced gastric cancer...
Studies on the synthesis and opioid agonistic activities of mitragynine-related indole alkaloids: discovery of opioid agonists structurally different from other opioid ligandsHiromitsu Takayama
Laboratory of Molecular Structure and Biological Function, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Yayoi cho, 1 33, Inage Ku, Chiba 263 8522, Japan
J Med Chem 45:1949-56. 2002..In addition, 2 induced an analgesic activity in the tail flick test in mice...
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the pancreasHiroshi Yamamoto
The Division of Gastroenterological Surgery, Chiba Cancer Center Hospital, 666-2 Nitonacho Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8717, Japan
J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 9:116-9. 2002....
Antinociceptive effect of 7-hydroxymitragynine in mice: Discovery of an orally active opioid analgesic from the Thai medicinal herb Mitragyna speciosaKenjiro Matsumoto
Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1 33 Yayoi cho, Inage, Chiba 263 8522, Japan
Life Sci 74:2143-55. 2004..It was found that 7-hydroxymitragynine is a novel opioid agonist that is structurally different from the other opioid agonists, and has potent analgesic activity when orally administered...
Phenolic compounds from Gastrodia rhizome and relaxant effects of related compounds on isolated smooth muscle preparationJunko Hayashi
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho 1-33, Inage-ku, 263-8522, Chiba, Japan
Phytochemistry 59:513-9. 2002..The relaxant effects of these constituents on smooth muscle preparations isolated from guinea-pig ileum were also studied in order to reveal their characteristic pharmacological activities...
How long is enough: length of renal needle biopsy specimen for histological diagnosisMiho Yoshinari
Am J Nephrol 22:402. 2002
[Results of urgent survey (April 11, 2002) by the Japan Neurosurgical Society, no. 5 in series of articles: controversy and reform proposals concerning insured medical care in neurosurgery]Toshio Nakagawa
Shinsapporo Neurosurgery Hospital, 1-2-1-10 Kaminopporo, Atsubetsu-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 004-0031, Japan
No Shinkei Geka 30:901-4. 2002
Diagnostic usefulness of bronchoalveolar lavage in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome: a case with double lung cancersKumi Takahashi
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima 960 1295
Intern Med 43:972-6. 2004..He died of respiratory failure. By autopsy, additional well-differentiated adenocarcinoma was detected. Cytology of BALF was useful to confirm ceroid accumulation in the lung...
Rapid resolution of traumatic acute subdural haematoma in the elderlyMitsuo Sato
Department of Neurosurgery, Southern Tohoku Research Institute for Neuroscience, Southern Tohoku Fukushima Hospital, Japan
Br J Neurosurg 19:58-61. 2005..In the present cases, it was indicated that a mechanism of rapid resolution of ASDH was attributable to cerebrospinal fluid dilution and cerebral atrophy resulting from aging...
Both mercury and cadmium directly influence calcium homeostasis resulting from the suppression of scale bone cells: the scale is a good model for the evaluation of heavy metals in bone metabolismNobuo Suzuki
Noto Marine Laboratory, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, 927 0553, Ishikawa, Uchiura, Japan
J Bone Miner Metab 22:439-46. 2004..This study demonstrates that mercury directly acts on the bone cells and influences calcium homeostasis and indicates that, in a short-term exposure, mercury has a different action from that of cadmium and induces hypercalcemia...
Partial agonistic effect of 9-hydroxycorynantheidine on mu-opioid receptor in the guinea-pig ileumKenjiro Matsumoto
Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai International University, Togane, Chiba, Japan
Life Sci 78:2265-71. 2006..These studies suggest that 9-hydroxycorynantheidine has partial agonist properties on mu-opioid receptors in the guinea-pig ileum...
[Small areas of signal loss observed by MRI diffusion weighted image]Mitsuo Sato
No To Shinkei 58:532-3. 2006
[MR image of multiple intracranial cavernous angioma: the usefulness of gradient-echo MR image]Mitsuo Sato
No To Shinkei 55:172-3. 2003
Intracerebral haemorrhage during surgery for chronic subdural haematomaMitsuo Sato
Department of Neurosurgery, Southern Tohoku Research Institute for Neuroscience, Southern Tohoku Fukushima Hospital, 11 Dannokoshi Arai, Fukushima 960 2156, Japan
J Clin Neurosci 14:81-3. 2007..A case of bilateral chronic subdural haematomas, with a small motor area haemorrhage occurring intra-operatively, is described here...
Fine needle aspiration cytology of inverted sinonasal papillomaKazuo Watanabe
Acta Cytol 47:99-101. 2003
Morphological and light-absorption characteristics of individual BC particles collected in an urban seaside area at Tokaimura, eastern central JapanFeng Fu Fu
Key Lab of Analysis and Detecting Technology for Food Safety, of Ministry of Education, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Sci Total Environ 393:273-82. 2008..1 microm and the concentration of non-inorganic carbon in the atmosphere showed only a faint variation during a whole year, although the concentrations of total aerosols and its chemical components exhibited a distinct variation...
