Sasaki A

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus
article 2020
A Targeted Biopsy during Menstruation for the Definitive Diagnosis of Rectovaginal Endometriosis: A Report of Two Cases
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) ·doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.5430-20

We herein report the definitive diagnosis of rectovaginal endometriosis in two cases. Case 1 involved a 46-year-old woman with abdominal pain and hematochezia. The diagnosis after the first and second examinations using lower gastrointestin…

article 2014
Difference in mesothelin‐binding ability of serum CA125 between patients with endometriosis and epithelial ovarian cancer
International journal of cancer ·doi:10.1002/ijc.29185

The epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC) is an aggressive malignant tumor, and is currently the leading cause of gynecologic cancer death. CA125 is the most commonly used serum marker for EOC, but shows a high-false-positive rate for several …

article 2014
Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma, Coactivator 1α Enhances Local Estrogen Biosynthesis by Stimulating Aromatase Activity in Endometriosis
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jc.2013-2525

CONTEXT: Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disease, and estrogen is overproduced by abnormally elevated aromatase in endometriotic tissues. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma, coactivator 1α (PGC-1α) is a transcriptional …

2011
Peritoneal keratin granuloma associated with endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the uterine corpus.
Diagnostic pathology ·doi:10.1186/1746-1596-6-104

We present a 69-year-old woman with a chief complaint of postmenopausal bleeding. She was diagnosed as having an endometrioid adenocarcinoma by biopsy, and underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy. At the time of surgery, granulation tissue…