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Kazuhiro Furukawa
Medicine & Public Health
Gastroenterology
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A patient with esophageal cancer with bone metastasis who achieved pain relief with repetitive administration of strontium-89 chloride
A 75-year-old woman was diagnosed with esophageal cancer with difficulty in swallowing. She had a past history of rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, interstitial pneumonia, angina pectoris (with coronary arter...
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Quantitative diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis using EUS elastography
It is difficult to diagnose chronic pancreatitis (CP) objectively because of a lack of standard diagnostic criteria. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) has been used to assess the severity of CP, but the diagnos...
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Prognostic impact of PD-L1 expression in primary gastric and intestinal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a heterogeneous disease and the most common gastrointestinal lymphoma. The prognostic/predictive indicators among patients with gastric and intestinal DLBCL (giDLBCL) a...
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Open AccessUse of Immunostaining for the diagnosis of Lymphovascular invasion in superficial Barrett’s esophageal adenocarcinoma
The prevalence of Barrett’s esophageal adenocarcinoma (BEA) is increasing in Japan. Accurate assessment of lymphovascular invasion (LVI) after endoscopic resection or surgery is essential in evaluating treatme...
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The microbiome can predict mucosal healing in small intestine in patients with Crohn’s disease
Mucosal healing is the main treatment goal for Crohn’s disease. In this situation, some patients have difficulty with endoscopic evaluation of the entire small intestine. Crohn’s disease is closely associated ...
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Ustekinumab is effective against small bowel lesions in Crohn’s disease: two case reports
We encountered two patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) for whom induction of ustekinumab was effective for the management of small intestinal lesions with stenosis. The first symptomatic CD case was a 40-year-o...
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Open AccessDiagnostic yield of colon capsule endoscopy for Crohn’s disease lesions in the whole gastrointestinal tract
Crohn’s disease (CD) can involve the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract as well as the small and large bowel. PillCam colon capsule endoscopy (PCCE-2) enables observation of the whole GI tract, but its diagnost...
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Filtrated Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Lysate Ameliorates Experimental Acute Colitis in Mice
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic, persistent, and intractable enteritis; however, an effective treatment strategy is yet to be established. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and their paracrine factor...
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New modality for the quantitative evaluation of tissue elasticity using a forward-viewing radial-array echoendoscope for colorectal neoplasms
Sound speed correction (SSC) is a non-invasive modality that quantifies the hardness of neoplasms. The aim of our study was to evaluate the usefulness of SSC for the diagnostic accuracy of colorectal neoplasms...
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Open AccessMeasurement of fasting breath hydrogen concentration as a simple diagnostic method for pancreatic exocrine insufficiency
Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) is associated with the outcome of pancreatic disease. However, there is no method for assessing PEI that can be used noninvasively and easily for outpatient. It has been...
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Open AccessImmunohistochemical staining for IMP3 in patients with duodenal papilla tumors: assessment of the potential for diagnosing endoscopic resectability and predicting prognosis
Endoscopic papillectomy of duodenal papillary tumors (PT) is indicated for adenomas or well-differentiated adenocarcinomas that do not involve the sphincter of Oddi. However, there is currently no reliable pre...
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Subjective Symptoms in Patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis Are Related to Esophageal Wall Thickness and Esophageal Body Pressure
Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and high-resolution manometry (HRM) can be used in the evaluation of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) for frequent symptoms such as dysphagia. However, the role of these examinat...
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A forward-viewing radial-array echoendoscope is useful for diagnosing the depth of colorectal neoplasia invasion
It is important to accurately diagnose the depth of colorectal neoplasia invasion. We aimed to evaluate the usefulness of a new forward-viewing radial-array echoendoscope (FRE), relative to the pit pattern met...
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The impact of the age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index as a prognostic factor for endoscopic papillectomy in ampullary tumors
The prognostic nutritional index (PNI) and Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) have been useful for predicting the prognosis based on nutritional condition and comorbidities in surgery and endoscopic mucosal diss...
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Artificial intelligence-based diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions on endoscopic ultrasonography images
Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is useful for the differential diagnosis of subepithelial lesions (SELs); however, not all of them are easy to distinguish. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the comm...
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Open AccessEndoscopic sphincterotomy and endoscopic biliary stenting do not affect the sensitivity of transpapillary forceps biopsy for the diagnosis of bile duct adenocarcinoma
The pathological evaluation of tissues with cholangitis is considered difficult, which can often occur after endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST) and endoscopic biliary stenting (EBS). This study aimed to evaluate ...
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Open AccessFecal microbiota transplantation in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: a single-center prospective study in Japan
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a potential treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), but its efficacy in Japanese IBS patients is unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy, side effects...
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Comparison of outcomes between secondary fully covered and uncovered self-expandable metal stents in the treatment of recurrent biliary obstruction of pancreatic cancer
The overall survival (OS) of pancreatic cancer (PC) has been prolonged by advances in chemotherapy, and the number of cases of recurrent biliary obstruction (RBO) after self-expandable metal stent (SEMS) place...
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Novel endoscopic approaches using the endocytoscopy for the target biopsy in esophageal eosinophilia
Multiple biopsies are recommended for the diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) because inflammatory changes are frequently patchy. Reports on EoE using endocytoscopy (ECS) are limited. This present stud...
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Open AccessClinical characteristics of Dieulafoy’s lesion in the small bowel diagnosed and treated by double-balloon endoscopy
Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding refers to bleeding for which the source cannot be ascertained even through balloon-assisted endoscopy. In certain instances, Dieulafoy’s lesion in the small bowel is presumed ...
