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Individual variation and mechanism of kanamycin ototoxicity in rabbits.

In order to elucidate the mechanism of individual variation of kanamycin ototoxicity, the possible relationship between the outer hair cell damage induced by kanamycin and the levels of kanamycin in serum or perilymph and of renal damage was investigated in rabbits. No relationship was found between the extent of the outer hair cell damage and the level of kanamycin in the serum or the renal damage. The extent of the outer hair cell damage was closely correlated to the levels of kanamycin in the perilymph. These findings suggest that the individual variations in the outer hair cell damage induced by kanamycin are more closely correlated to the individual differences in the transferability of kanamycin into inner ear than to those in the vulnerability of the outer hair cells or kidneys.

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Endosonographic probe-guided endoscopic removal of colonic pedunculated leiomyoma.

We report a rare case of endoscopic removal of colonic pedunculated leiomyoma with an aid of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS). A 46-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with complaints of lower abdominal pain and alternating constipation and diarrhea. Colonoscopy revealed a small pedunculated polyp in the transverse colon covered with almost normal mucosa. EUS showed a hypoechoic solid tumor with clear margins and smooth contour in the second to third layer. We considered this lesion as a submucosal tumor of the colon with no continuity to the muscularis propria. We performed endoscopic removal of this tumor successfully, and histological diagnosis was a leiomyoma. Endoscopic removal of colonic pedunculated leiomyoma is rare. Moreover, in our case, EUS showed typical findings of colonic leiomyoma and was useful to assess the location of the submucosal tumor. We describe herein our experience and discuss similar cases reported in the English literature.

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