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Acute terminal pancreatitis occurring in jejunal heterotopic pancreas

Conclusion. We report a unique case of acute terminal pancreatitis occurring in the jejunal heterotopic pancreas. Unlike previously reported cases, acute pancreatitis was not found histologically in the ordina...

Michio Shimizu, Takayuki Matsumoto… in International Journal of Pancreatology (1998)

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Nonfunctioning endocrine tumor of the pancreas with extrapancreatic growth and cyst formation: Report of a case

We report a case of nonfunctioning endocrine tumor of the pancreas with extrapancreatic growth and cyst formation. A 48-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with an upper abdominal mass, which was detec...

Kentaro Kato, Satoshi Kondo, Yoshiyasu Ambo, Makoto Omi, Satoshi Hirano… in Surgery Today (2000)

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A case of spindle cell carcinoma of the breast-long survival achieved by multiple surgical treatment

Spindle cell carcinoma of the breast was formerly called carcinosarcoma, and is relatively rare. We report a case of spindle cell carcinoma of the breast. The patient was treated with multiple surgeries and ac...

Shunichi Okushiba, Hidehiko Minagawa, Michio Shimizu, Yoshiyasu Ambo… in Breast Cancer (2001)

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A Cyst of Benign Mediastinal Teratoma Demonstrating a Peculiar Development: Report of a Case

A 28-year-old woman developed repeated neck swelling and remission over a 4-month period. Benign mediastinal teratomas also extended along her cervical region. It was not a teratoma which primarily developed ...

Koji Yamaguchi, Toshiaki Morikawa, Hiroshi Sugiura, Shunichi Okushiba… in Surgery Today (2002)

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Sclerosing perineurioma: a clinicopathological study of five cases and diagnostic utility of immunohistochemical staining for GLUT1

We reviewed five cases of sclerosing perineurial tumor of the hand. Four patients were male and one was female with ages ranging from 11 years to 49 years (mean 26 years). The predominant reason for consultati...

Umio Yamaguchi, Tadashi Hasegawa, Takanori Hirose, Kazunori Fugo… in Virchows Archiv (2003)

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Cre-loxP-controlled periodic Aurora-A overexpression induces mitotic abnormalities and hyperplasia in mammary glands of mouse models

Aurora-A, a serine/threonine mitotic kinase, was reported to be overexpressed in various human cancers, and its overexpression induces aneuploidy, centrosome amplification and tumorigenic transformation in cul...

Dongwei Zhang, Toru Hirota, Tomotoshi Marumoto, Michio Shimizu, Naoko Kunitoku… in Oncogene (2004)

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Classification of types of intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas: a consensus study

Now that more than two decades have passed since the first reports of intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs), it has become clear that IPMN consists of a spectrum of neoplasms with both morphological...

Toru Furukawa, Günter Klöppel, N. Volkan Adsay, Jorge Albores-Saavedra… in Virchows Archiv (2005)

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Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) of the gastric-type with focal nodular growth of the arborizing papillae: a case of high-grade transformation of the gastric-type IPMN

We present a case of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) of the pancreas, demonstrating a process of high-grade transformation of the gastric-type IPMN. An 83-year-old Japanese woman underwent pylor...

Shinichi Ban, Yoshihisa Naitoh, Fumihiro Ogawa, Yoshihiko Shimizu… in Virchows Archiv (2006)

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Gene expression of ferredoxin reductase predicts outcome in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer treated by 5-fluorouracil plus leucovorin

Purpose: Ferredoxin reductase (FDXR) is a putative contributor to p53-mediated apoptosis from 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) through the generation of oxidative stress in the mitochondria. However...

Wataru Ichikawa, Akio Ooyama, Etsuko Toda… in Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology (2006)

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Ciliary ultrastructure in two sisters with Kartagener's syndrome

Kartagener's syndrome (KS) is a clinical variant of primary ciliary dyskinesia involving situs inversus associated with chronic airway infections. We studied two sisters; the elder one had dextrocardia and sco...

Kayoko Tanaka, Akihisa Sutani, Yuka Uchida… in Medical Molecular Morphology (2007)

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Multicentric invasive carcinomas derived from intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) of the pancreas: report of a case

Yoshihisa Naitoh, Shinichi Ban, Chouji Tsuchiya, Yoshiaki Sugiura… in Virchows Archiv (2007)

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Squamous intraepithelial neoplasia of the esophagus: past, present, and future

With regard to the esophagus, the term “squamous dysplasia” has been used in European countries, the United States, and China, while its use is controversial in Japan. Recently, “low-grade intraepithelial neop...

Michio Shimizu, Koji Nagata, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hiroto Kita in Journal of Gastroenterology (2009)

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Extranodular background liver parenchyma of focal nodular hyperplasia: histopathological characteristics

Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) of the liver is considered to develop as a hyperplastic response to a preexisting vascular abnormality. From the pathogenic point of view, we studied histological alterations in...

Utaroh Motosugi, Shin-ichi Murata, Michio Shimizu, Masanori Yasuda… in Virchows Archiv (2009)

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Association of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 expression with histology in epithelial ovarian tumors: a quantitative analysis of HIF-1

Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is an essential transcription factor that mediates cellular and systemic homeostatic responses to reduced oxygen availability in mammals. So far, using immunohistochemistry w...

Masaki Miyazawa, Masanori Yasuda, Mariko Fujita… in Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics (2009)

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Pathology of non-Helicobacter pylori gastritis: extending the histopathologic horizons

The development of modern endoscopic techniques, easier and greater access to healthcare, and interest in Helicobacter pylori infection and its implications have all led to a significant increase in upper endosco...

Gregory Y. Lauwers, Hiroshi Fujita, Koji Nagata… in Journal of Gastroenterology (2010)

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Biopsy interpretation of colonic biopsies when inflammatory bowel disease is excluded

The interpretation of colonic biopsies related to inflammatory conditions can be challenging because the colorectal mucosa has a limited repertoire of morphologic responses to various injurious agents. Only fe...

Tze S. Khor, Hiroshi Fujita, Koji Nagata, Michio Shimizu… in Journal of Gastroenterology (2012)

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Giant pedunculated pilomatrix carcinoma on the upper limb: A rare clinical appearance

Sayuri Sato, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Michio Shimizu… in European Journal of Dermatology (2015)