Kazuhisa Takahashi
ORCID: 0000-0002-1707-6656
· 10 papers in corpus
observational
2023
OBJECTIVES: Thoracic endometriosis-related pneumothorax (TERP) frequently recurs even after surgery. Meanwhile, postoperative hormonal therapies (HTx) are believed to be effective for pelvic endometriosis. Therefore, we evaluated the relati…
review
2023
BACKGROUND: Vogesella species are common aquatic Gram-negative rods that were first reported in 1997. Vogesella urethralis bacterium was first isolated from human urine in 2020. Only two cases of disease caused by Vogesella species have bee…
observational
2020
The overwhelming majority of participants in current genetic studies are of European ancestry. To elucidate disease biology in the East Asian population, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) with 212,453 Japanese individuals …
case-report
2017
Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) are mesenchymal neoplasms with immunoreactivity for both melanocytic and smooth muscle markers. PEComas occur at multiple sites, and malignant PEComas can undergo metastasis, recurrence and agg…
case-report
2017
This report describes two patients with sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis complicated by protein-losing enteropathy (PLE). Imaging studies indicated retroperitoneal lymphangioleiomyomas and abnormalities of the adjacent digestive tract. End…
lab-animal
2014
PURPOSE: Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) is a ligand-gated nonselective cation channel, which can be activated by capsaicin and other noxious stimuli. Recently, an association between bone pain and TRPV1 has been reported. …
case-report
2012
A 41-year-old woman carrying a germline tuberous sclerosis complex 2 (TSC2) mutation, whose regular medical follow-up for tuberous sclerosis complex and tuberous sclerosis complex-associated lymphangioleiomyomatosis had continued for 2 year…
other
2010
BACKGROUND: Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (BHDS) is an inherited autosomal genodermatosis characterised by fibrofolliculomas of the skin, renal tumours and multiple lung cysts. Genetic studies have disclosed that the clinical picture as well as r…
other
2007
Mutations of the Birt Hogg Dube gene in patients with multiple lung cysts and recurrent pneumothorax
RATIONALE: Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD) syndrome, a rare inherited autosomal genodermatosis first recognised in 1977, is characterised by fibrofolliculomas of the skin, an increased risk of renal tumours and multiple lung cysts with spontaneous pne…
case-report
1994
We report a case of endometrioma in the pelvic cavity. A 41-year-old woman presented with a peculiar periodic sciatica associated with her menses. Computed tomography showed an oval-shaped mass in the pelvic cavity compressing the right sci…