Fujimoto M

Lynch syndrome (LS), which is an autosomal dominant disorder caused primarily by germline pathogenic variants of mismatch repair (MMR) genes, cases a number of malignancies. Hematologic malignancies are not included as related tumors of LS …

Abdominal wall endometrioma (AWE) results from endometrial-like tissue implants in the abdominal wall after uterine surgery. While the diagnosis can be challenging, an abdominal mass at the site of a previous incision accompanied by cyclica…

BackgroundCA15-3 is often elevated in breast cancer recurrence and rarely in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). We report a case of DCIS with elevated CA15-3 levels, which was diagnosed after over 2 years of follow-up.Case presentationA 74-ye…

症例は44歳，女性．主訴は周期的な右季肋部痛．腹部MRIで肝周囲に多発性の嚢胞性病変を認め，子宮内膜症に特徴的なshadingの所見（T1強調像で高信号，T2強調像で高信号から低信号が混在）より肝子宮内膜症と診断した．GnRHアナログによるホルモン療法を施行し右季肋部痛は消失，病変の縮小も得られた．肝子宮内膜症は稀な疾患であるが，その診断には痛みと月経周期との関連を聴取すること，およびMRIによる画像診断が有用である．

PROBLEM: To determine whether infertile patients with endometriosis have serum antiendometrial antibodies. METHODS: Sera from 40 infertile patients with or without endometriosis were tested by cell enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA),…