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K Asakura

Publications and source records attributed to K Asakura.

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PubMed1988

Squamous cell carcinoma of bladder diverticulum with initial symptoms produced by metastasis to maxillary sinus.

A rare case of squamous cell carcinoma in the bladder diverticula of a 74-year-old man with initial clinical symptoms caused by metastasis to the maxillary sinus is reported. The histopathological examination at autopsy confirmed the metastatic squamous cell carcinoma in the maxillary sinus from the bladder diverticula. The vertebral vein plexus seems responsible for this type of metastasis.

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PubMed1988

[The roles of surgery and radiotherapy on the control of maxillary cancer].

We performed a clinical study on 128 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of maxillary sinus who were treated at Sapporo Medical College (SMC) and National Sapporo Hospital (NSH) from 1977 to 1985. All patients were treated with the combination of external irradiation, surgery and intra-arterial infusion of anti-cancer drugs. Each patient was grouped according to the variation of surgical treatment. Final local tumor control rate was the best in the group of patients undergoing radical operation or thorough tumor reduction surgery in each hospital (68% in group C in SMC and 62% in reduction surgical level 3 in NSH). No patients with a residual tumor after primary treatment were salvaged by any secondary treatment. Eleven out of 30 patients with a local tumor recurrence were salvaged by the second treatment. The salvage rate in the patients with a minor recurrence which might be resected by minor surgery was better than with a major recurrence which might be treated by a wide resection (80% and 28%, respectively). 3 patients with a local recurrence were treated by the combination of the surgery and brachytherapy, and encouraging results were obtained in these patients.

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell↗
PubMed1986

[A case of unruptured anterior temporal artery aneurysm showing pupil-sparing oculomotor palsy].

The authors report a case of unruptured anterior temporal artery aneurysm showing pupil-sparing oculomotor palsy. The patient was a 55-year-old male with the complaints of left blepharoptosis and diplopia. He had a history of tuberculous meningitis 9 years previously, and since then he suffered from paraparesis of lower extremities and bladder and bowel disturbance. Neurological examination on admission revealed left blepharoptosis and disturbance of medial and vertical movement of the left eye ball, but the pupils were isocoric with normal light reaction. Carotid angiography demonstrated that the left internal carotid artery was tortuous toward the medial side in the C2 portion, and the saccular aneurysm was present in the anterior temporal artery 3 mm distal from the middle cerebral artery. At operation it was revealed that the aneurysm which had a diameter of 17 mm located in the proximal portion of the anterior temporal artery, and compressed the dorsal aspect of the oculomotor nerve. A month after operation the left oculomotor palsy disappeared. There had been no report of the case of unruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysm causing oculomotor palsy. Pupil-sparing oculomotor palsy is characteristic of diabetic oculomotor palsy, and rare cases showing pupil-sparing oculomotor palsy are caused almost by aneurysms of the internal carotid-posterior communicating artery junction. Anatomical study revealed that the parasympathetic fibers which go to the pupil constrictor muscle were in the dorsomedial aspect of the oculomotor nerve in the subarachnoid portion.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Cerebral Angiography↗
PubMed1985

Malignant melanoma in the maxillary sinus--a case successfully treated with radiotherapy.

In this paper, we present a case where radiotherapy was very effective against malignant melanoma. We performed a total maxillectomy as the primary treatment, but the tumor recurred rapidly in the operated wound. Then, the patient was treated with 50 Gy in twenty-five treatments. After that, the tumor disappeared remarkably. On the other hand, this malignant melanoma was of the amelanotic type. We carried out a Fontana's stain and electronic microscopy to provide the criteria for the diagnosis of malignant melanoma. The pathological character of this malignant melanoma was investigated.

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PubMed1985

Spontaneous glomerular IgA deposition in ddY mice: an animal model of IgA nephritis.

It was found that ddY mice derived from non-inbred dd-stock mice brought from Germany before 1920 and then raised in Japan developed spontaneously IgA dominant deposition in the glomerular mesangium. In this report we give a detailed natural history of the renal pathology of those mice. The animals were fed rodent laboratory chow and sacrificed in groups of 9 to 10 at 6, 10, 16, 24, 28, 40, and 59 weeks of age. The bladder urine was analyzed, serum immunoglobulins were measured, and the kidney specimens were evaluated with light, fluorescent, and electron microscopy. Proteinuria was (plus) to (2 plus) after 28 weeks and (2 plus) to (3 plus) at 59 weeks with negative hematuria. Mesangial cell proliferation began to appear at 16 weeks, then progressed to a definite proliferative glomerulonephritis. At 59 weeks an additional increase of the mesangial matrix occurred. By immunofluorescence, there were IgG of (2 plus), IgM (plus) to (2 plus), IgA (plus) and C3 (plus) in the glomeruli until 28 weeks. However, IgA started to be dominant at 40 weeks and the glomerular pattern was IgA (2 plus) to (3 plus), IgG (plus) to (2 plus), IgM (+/-) to (plus) and C3 (plus) to (2 plus) at 59 weeks. Polyclonal IgA and IgG2a among immunoglobulins steeply rose at 40 weeks, and at 59 weeks IgA increased by 850%, IgG2a by 280%, IgG1 by 170%, IgG2b by 90%, and IgM by 60%, as compared with their level at 6 weeks. There was no anti-nuclear antibody. Thus, ddY mice, at least after the age of 40 weeks, can be used as a new animal model for spontaneous IgA nephritis. The probable origin of IgA is also discussed.

Animals↗
PubMed1985

[A case of traumatic anterior dislocation of C4 recovered from complete tetraplegia].

A case of traumatic anterior dislocation of C4 is presented. A 65-year-old man who was beastly drunken fell down backward and severely struck occipital region against the door and immediately developed tetraplegia. Neurological examination 12 hours after the trauma revealed complete flaccid tetraplegia, abdominal respiration, bladder-bowel disturbance, anesthesia below C5 and hyperpathia in C3 and C4 dermatomes. Plain films of the cervical spine disclosed anterior dislocation of C4 upon C5 approximately 6 mm and possible disc herniation of C4/5. On Amipaque cervical myelography via C1C2 lateral puncture, there was almost complete block of the dye at C4/5 level. With diagnosis of acute cervical spinal cord injury on C4/5 caused by pincer mechanism and herniated disc material, the patient was operated on 19 hours after the trauma by anterior discectomy of C4/5 and fusion under Crutchfield skull traction. Neurological recovery began with the right leg from the day after the operation and it's recovery pattern showed the syndrome of acute central cervical spinal cord injury reported by Schneider. The patient discharged on March '84 four months after the trauma walking by himself with tetraparesis especially weakness of the hands and hypesthesia of glove and stocking type. We emphasized importance of Amipaque cervical myelography via C1C2 lateral puncture and anterior approach on the treatment of acute cervical spinal cord injury to be done as soon as possible.

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PubMed1985

[Nontraumatic chronic subdural hematoma due to dural metastases of breast cancer. Case report].

A case of nontraumatic chronic subdural hematoma due to obstruction of dural vessels by tumor cells is presented and 25 reported cases are reviewed. A 39-year-old female was referred for headache, vomiting, disturbance of consciousness and right homonymous hemianopia with macular sparing. She had undergone mammectomy for medullary nodular carcinoma of the left breast five years before. She had been treated with combined hormonal therapy and chemotherapy for the cancer metastases to the liver in preceeding six months. Hematological examination revealed drug-induced thrombocytopenia, increase of FDP in blood (80 micrograms/ml), but no abnormality of prothrombin time and fibrinogen content. Therefore in the present case there was no evidence of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) after Colman's criteria. However, it was suggested that this case had compensated DIC after Cooper's criteria. CT scan showed a biconvex-shaped low and partially iso-density area over the left fronto-temporal convexity, indicative of chronic subdural hematoma, and no abnormal findings in the occipital area. After removal of the hematoma she became alert without headache and vomiting. However, seven days later she complained of headache and vomiting again. Repeated CT scan showed a larger biconvex-shaped low density area over the left hemisphere extending to the parietal region at that time. Second operation was performed, but she expired four days later. Autopsy showed systemic metastases of the medullary nodular carcinoma in the scalp, temporal muscle and dura as well as lungs, adrenal glands, ovaries and bone marrow.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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