Endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) is a rare mesenchymal tumor of the uterus that accounts for 7-25% of uterine sarcomas and < 1% of uterine tumors. Previously reported sites include the ovary, bowel wall, abdomen, peritoneum, pelvis, and va…
Endometriosis can affect any portion of the gastrointestinal tract. A preoperative definitive diagnosis of intestinal endometriosis is difficult, because there is no characteristic endoscopic finding and the endoscopic biopsies usually samp…
Serine protease inhibitor Kazal type 1 (SPINK1; mouse homologue Spink3) was initially discovered as a trypsin-specific inhibitor in the pancreas. However, previous studies have suggested that SPINK1/Spink3 is expressed in a wide range of no…
完全型虫垂重積症を呈した虫垂子宮内膜症の1例を経験したので報告する. 症例は34歳, 女性. 血便を主訴に前医を受診し, 大腸内視鏡検査で盲腸腫瘍が見つかり当院を紹介された. 内視鏡検査では虫垂開口部付近に粘膜下腫瘍様の像を呈するポリープ状病変を認めた. 注腸検査では盲腸に3cm大の隆起性病変を認めた. 腹部CT検査では盲腸内腔に中心部がhighな隆起性病変を認めた. 以上より虫垂重積症と診断し腹腔鏡下手術を施行した. 骨盤内腹膜に子宮内膜症を認め, 盲腸内に重積した虫垂を確…