abstract：:A 59-year-old woman presented with consciousness disturbance with flapping tremor. Laboratory examinations revealed normal liver functions, and imaging studies, ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, and angiography, showed portal vein aneurysm communicating from the portal vein to the hepatic vein, splenomegaly...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hanatate F,Matsuoka H,Mizuno Y,Kitamura T

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the adverse effects of sulfasalazine in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease in Japan. In our first survey, adverse effects were observed in 52 out of 751 patients with ulcerative colitis (6.9%) and in 8 out of 221 patients with Crohn's disease (3.6%); i.e., such effects were observed in 60 out ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nakajima H,Munakata A,Yoshida Y

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and three patients with Crohn's disease seen at Kyushu University, Fukuoka University, and their affiliated centers from 1973 to 1988 were followed for 4.4 +/- 3.2 years (mean +/- SD), to evaluate the prognosis relative to life span and surgery. Cumulative survival rate and cumulative operation rate were c...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Iida M,Yao T,Okada M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies of ulcerative colitis (UC) have been conducted once every year since 1973 in Japan. The number of participating hospitals in 1429 and they are distributed throughout Japan. A total number of 10819 patients diagnosed with UC have been registered, including 197 patients with a positive family his...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kitahora T,Utsunomiya T,Yokota A

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a gastric carcinoma cell line that has been maintained in vitro for more than 10 years and retains the capacity to produce a large amount of alpha-fetoprotein. This cell line was isolated from a metastatic lymph node of a 63-year-old male patient with advanced gastric carcinoma (T2N3P0H0M0) who showed high...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sekiguchi M,Fujii Y,Saito A,Suzuki T,Shiroko Y,Nakamura H,Hasumi K

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenocarcinoma of the small intestine is uncommon. Due to this paucity and the lack of specificity of symptoms, patients are usually seen late in the course of their illness, when curative therapy, mainly represented by extensive surgical resection, is unlikely. The authors report a case of primary well-differentiated...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Koyama S,Araki M,Yuhara K,Murata Y,Fukutomi H,Atake S,Gohongi T,Yuzawa K,Fukao K,Kikuchi M

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholecystokinin (CCK) receptor antagonists have been reported on have an inhibitory effect on acute experimental pancreatitis, but their long-term administration is also reported to block pancreatic regeneration. We examined whether the short-term administration of KSG-504 (KSG), a synthetic CCK-A receptor antagonist,...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Okumura Y,Inoue H,Fujiyama Y,Bamba T

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of heterotopic gastric mucosa in the fundus of the gallbladder is reported. A 23-year-old man, who had been healthy and asymptomatic, visited our hospital because of abnormal findings in a liver enzyme test given during a routine health screening. Ultrasonography demonstrated a highly echogenic polypoid mass in...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Uchiyama S,Imai S,Suzuki T,Arita A,Takeda K,Sujino H,Kameda H

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The localization and distribution of gamma delta T cell receptor (TCR)-positive cells (gamma delta T cells) in hepatocellular carcinoma capsules was investigated immunohistochemically at both light and electron microscopic levels. Most of the mononuclear cells infiltrating the tumor capsules were CD3-positive. Togethe...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Chin K,Morise K,Kanayama K,Nagura H

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of gallbladder cancer associated with a common bile duct neuroma, and a cystic liver lesion with histologic findings similar to an inflammatory pseudotumor, in a patient who had had no previous abdominal surgery. The patient was a 62-year-old man whose major complaint was fever. Ultrasonography a...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Akiyama T,Saito H,Kiriyama M,Tomita F,Kosaka T,Kita I,Takashima S,Matsunou H

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our hospital, 83 patients with colorectal cancer underwent the immunologic fecal occult blood test (IFOBT). The positive rate for IFOBT in all patients was 87%. Colon cancers more proximal than the transverse colon were 100% positive. Carcinomas of the ulcerative type showed a significantly higher positive rate tha...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Iida Y,Munemoto Y,Miura S,Kasahara Y,Saito H,Mitsui T,Asada Y,Fukuoka K,Toya D,Tanaka N

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Japan, Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a very rare neoplasm. However, it does occur as one of the complications in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). AIDS-related KS commonly involves the skin, lymph nodes, and gastrointestinal tract. Hepatic KS is sometimes observed in AIDS patients at autopsy, but ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Tanaka T,Masuda G,Takechi A,Kobayashi H,Tanaka S,Koike M,Hattori N

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We estimated the levels of free sialic acid and sialylated oligosaccharides excreted in the urine of normal donors (n = 10) and patients with gastric cancer (n = 6) and colorectal cancer (n = 4). The total sialic acid level in cancer patients was similar to that in normal donors. However, the ratios of glycosidically ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Shimada I,Shoji M,Futatsuya R,Katoh T,Kominato Y,Sakamoto T,Fujikura T

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric mucosal lesions are an important complication in endotoxemia. In order to define the role played by the vagus nerve and endothelial-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) in gastric mucosal blood flow, an investigation was carried out on four groups of rats: a control group; a group given lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 5 mg...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sakano T,Itoh K,Tanaka M,Arakawa Y,Matsuo Y

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA) plasma levels in patients with various chronic liver diseases, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), also measuring these levels in healthy volunteers. Plasma u-PA levels in the group of patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis (mean modified Pugh score of...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Sato S,Higashi T,Ouguchi S,Hino N,Tsuji T

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human glucagonoma cells were isolated and maintained in vitro. Incubation experiments showed that carbachol (Cch) induced the simultaneous release of glucagon, VIP (vasoactive intestinal polypeptide), and pancreatic polypeptide (PP) at levels significantly higher than basal levels. Atropine abolished the stimulatory e...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Funakoshi A,Yasunami Y,Ryu S,Shinozaki H,Jimi A,Ikeda S

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to determine and compare serum trace metal levels in viral hepatitis-associated chronic liver disease. Of 98 patients aged 43 (+/- 13) [mean (+/- SD)] years, 83 (85%) were seropositive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and 15 (15%) were seropositive for anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV). Twen...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Pramoolsinsap C,Promvanit N,Komindr S,Lerdverasirikul P,Srianujata S

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One complication of choledochal cyst in adulthood is the development of secondary carcinoma, usually well-differentiated adenocarcinoma. We report a case of extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma associated with choledochal cyst and presenting predominantly sarcomatous features. The patient was a 52-year-old female who pres...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Nonomura A,Mizukami Y,Matsubara F,Ueda H

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical significance of the measurement of c-erbB-2 oncogene product was evaluated. The subjects consisted of 404 patients, including 248 with cancer of the digestive organs and 128 with benign digestive diseases. Serum c-erbB-2 protein levels were measured by sandwich immunoenzyme assay. The positive rates of c-...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Motoo Y,Sawabu N,Yamaguchi Y,Mouri I,Yamakawa O,Watanabe H,Ohta H,Okai T,Makino H

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 27-year-old male with Crohn's disease (CD) of the small and large intestine, whose peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) showed increased cell-mediated cytotoxicity (CTL). Autologous and allogeneic effector cells from PBL and intestinal lymph nodes (LN) were isolated on a Ficoll-Hypaque gradient. Colonic cell...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Okazaki K,Yokoyama Y,Yamamoto Y,Kobayashi M,Araki K,Ogata T

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a pilot study of direct dissolution therapy of gallstones with methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), endoscopic transpapillary catheterization in the gallbladder (ETCG) was performed. Complete dissolution was seen in 8 out of 12 (66%) patients and partial dissolution was seen in 2 (16%) patients. In one of the 8 complete...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Uchida N,Nakatsu T,Hirabayashi S,Minami A,Fukuma H,Ezaki T,Morshed SA,Fuke C,Ameno K,Ijiri I

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a program of research undertaken by the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Study Group at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine. The Group has tested the hypothesis that the primary pathological abnormality in Crohn's disease is in the mesenteric blood supply. The first experiments involved microcorr...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Pounder RE

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electronic endoscopy, developed in 1983, enables the endoscopic image to be transmitted through electric signals that can be easily processed by computer. An electronic endoscope is composed of three vital parts, i.e., a charge-coupled device (CCD) that converts the image to electric signals, a video processor that co...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Fujino MA,Morozumi A,Nakamura T,Kojima Y,Kawai T,Sato T,Kubo K,Ohtsuka H,Otaka M,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role played by cytokines in chronic pancreatitis, we examined serum levels of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) by radioimmunoassay (RIA) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 33 patients with definitively diagnosed chronic pancreatitis. All the patients, who had rec...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Bamba T,Yoshioka U,Inoue H,Iwasaki Y,Hosoda S

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1992, a seroepidemiologic study was carried out among hemodialysis patients and the general population in Fukuoka and Okinawa, Japan to determine the presence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and HCV viremia. The markers used were antibody to HCV, determined by second-generation assay (anti-HCV), and HCV RNA, d...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hayashi J,Yoshimura E,Nabeshima A,Kishihara Y,Ikematsu H,Hirata M,Maeda Y,Kashiwagi S

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old female was admitted with diarrhea. Preoperatively, we diagnosed intussusception due to malignant lymphoma in the ileocecal region by image and colonoscopic examinations. We resected the right hemicolon for the tumor, which was located mainly in the cecum, causing intussusception. The stenotic terminal il...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Matsushita M,Hajiro K,Kajiyama T,Ohana M,Konishi Y,Kusumi F,Matsubayashi Y,Sawami H,Narusawa H,Takahashi Y

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-two colorectal adenomas 10 mm or less in diameter, resected endoscopically and fixed in formalin for 3 days or less, were evaluated with antiproliferating cell nuclear antigen/cyclin (PCNA) monoclonal antibody to investigate the cell proliferation kinetics. All lesions were tubular adenoma with low-grade atypia....

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Kobayashi M,Watanabe H,Ajioka Y,Honma T,Asakura H

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although esophageal candidiasis is the most common form of Candida infection in the gastro-intestinal tract, little attention has been directed toward determining the mechanism of its infection. We have already clarified the existence of four modes of adherence of Candida albicans to the esophagus; attachment, subepit...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Hoshika K,Mine H

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spontaneous passage of colon cast from a 76-year-old Japanese female patient is reported. Macroscopically, the colon case was shaped like the airbladder of a fish. Histopathologically, the cast consisted of degenerated colonal mucosa, including glands. No inflammatory reaction was apparent. The patient lacked any ...

journal_title：Journal of gastroenterology

authors： Yoshiji H,Nakae D,Sugiya R,Mizumoto Y,Tsutsumi M,Hiriguchi K,Yokose Y,Sakurai R,Fukui H,Tsujii T

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00