Akira Yajima

No ORCID on file · 10 papers in corpus · active 1987-2000

Study types

  • article 8
  • review 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 9
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • infertility 1
article 2000
Characterization of messenger RNA expression of estrogen receptor-α and -β in patients with ovarian endometriosis
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(00)00527-6
review 2000
Endomyometriosis arising in the uterosacral ligament: A case report including a literature review and immunohistochemical analysis
·doi:10.1046/j.1440-1827.2000.01061.x

We report a case of endomyometriosis arising in the left uterosacral ligament of a 29-year-old woman. The central cavity of the uterine-like mass was lined by pseudo-stratified columnar epithelium and endometrial stroma. The wall of the cys…

review 1999
Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 and Hepatocyte Growth Factor in Human Endometriosis: Original Investigation and a Review of Literature
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000052854

Defects in the cell-mediated immune system may play a role in the pathogenesis or progression of pelvic endometriosis. Possible mediators include macrophages, interleukins-1 and -6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. More recent work points t…

article 1998
Increased Mast Cell Density in Peritoneal Endometriosis Compared with Eutopic Endometrium with Endometriosis
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/j.1600-0897.1998.tb00420.x

PROBLEM: Factors regulating fibrosis in peritoneal endometriosis are poorly understood. We hypothesized that mast cell proteases may play a role in the process of fibrosis in peritoneal endometriosis. As the first step in examining the poss…

article 1997
Increased secretion of hepatocyte growth factor by eutopic endometrial stromal cells in women with endometriosis
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(97)00226-4
article 1996
Juvenile Adenomyotic Cyst of the Corpus Uteri with Dysmenorrhea.
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine ·doi:10.1620/tjem.178.339

The clinical and pathological features of an apparently unique case of an endometrial cyst of the uterus are reported. The cyst was located within the myometrium of a 16-year-old woman suffering from dysmenorrhea. After excision of the cyst…

article 1995
Endoscopic teatment for the infertile women suffered from endomertiosis, pelvic adhesion and polycystic ovarian deseas.
·doi:10.2530/jslsm1980.16.supplement_67

Among the women who suffered from endomertiosis, pelvic adhesion and polycystic ovarian deseas were treated by endosopic approach to evaluate the effectiveness and consequent pregnancy rate after endoscopic treatment. For endoscopic incisio…

article 1994
The Role of Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor in the Peritoneal Fluid in Infertile Patients with Endometriosis.
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine ·doi:10.1620/tjem.172.221

FUKAYA, T., SUGAWARA, J., YOSHIDA, H. and YAJIMA, A. The Role of Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor in the Peritoneal Fluid in Infertile Patients with Endometriosis. Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 1994, 172 (3), 221-226-Macrophage colony stimulatin…

article 1993
Is pelvic endometriosis always associated with chronic pain? A retrospective study of 618 cases diagnosed by laparoscopy
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0002-9378(93)90650-8
article 1987
Primary adenocarcinoma of the vagina probably arising from endometriosis of the rectovaginal septum - A case report.
·doi:10.5795/jjscc.26.634

子宮内膜症により発生したと考えられる, 原発腟腺癌の1例を経験した. 症例は38歳の女性で, 後腟円蓋に外向性の腫瘤が認められた. 術前の腫瘍擦過細胞診では, 腺癌を疑わせる悪性細胞が出現していた. 組織学的には, 低分化型の腺癌であったが, 腫瘍下床のrectovaginal septumに, 子宮内膜症が認められた. 腺癌と内膜症との境界部には, borderline malignancyの腺管が存在し, この腫瘍は子宮内膜症より発生した, 原発性の腟腺癌と思われた.