Hiroshi Yagi

Clear cell carcinoma often arises from endometriosis, primarily from ovarian chocolate cysts and much less frequently from adenomyosis. We herein report a case of clear cell carcinoma arising from adenomyotic cyst in a 38-year-old woman, gr…

Indocyanine green (ICG) with near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging is used for lymphatic mapping. However, binding of ICG to blood proteins like serum albumin can shorten its retention time in sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs). Here, we invest…

BHLHE40 and BHLHE41 (BHLHE40/41) are basic helix-loop-helix type transcription factors that play key roles in multiple cell behaviors. BHLHE40/41 were recently shown to be involved in an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). However, …

症例は49 歳女性.左水腎症と骨盤内リンパ節腫大の精査目的で当院紹介.CT・MRI で左下部尿管に造影効果を認める凹凸不整な腫瘍病変を認め,逆行性尿管造影で左尿管の完全閉塞を認めた.自然尿及び洗浄尿の細胞診は陰性であったが,画像所見から左尿管癌と診断し左尿管全摘除術を施行した.病理組織診で尿管子宮内膜症と診断され,術後は合併症なく退院した.