Tsuji T

A Japanese woman in her 30s presented to the emergency department at midnight with right upper quadrant pain that had lasted for a week. Without a definitive diagnosis, she was prescribed acetaminophen and levofloxacin and discharged. When …

Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine (OPLL) is an intractable disease leading to severe neurological deficits. Its etiology and pathogenesis are primarily unknown. The relationship between OPLL and comorbidities,…

ObjectivesTo characterize the association between major histocompatibility complex (MHC) types and spontaneous antibody development to the cancer testis (CT) antigen NY-ESO-1.MethodsTumor expression of NY-ESO-1 and serum antibodies to NY-ES…

A case of a 23-year-old, nulliparous female with a very rare isolated adenomyotic cyst inducing severe dysmenorrhea was seen. Transvaginal ultrasonographic tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a 3 x 3-cm cystic mass within…