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Yusuke Sekino,
Masahiko Inamori,
Mitsuru Hirai,
Kaori Suzuki,
Kaoru Tsuzawa,
Keiko Akimoto,
Ayako Takahata,
Nobutaka Fujisawa, Kumiko Saito,
Akisa Tsunemi,
Michio Tanaka,
Hiroshi Iida,
Yasunari Sakamoto,
Hirokazu Takahashi,
Tomoko Koide,
Chikako Tokoro,
Yasunobu Abe,
Atsushi Nakajima,
Shin Maeda,
Shigeru Koyama
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ABSTRACT: A hamartomatous polyp without associated mucocutaneous pigmentation or a family history of Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome is diagnosed as a solitary Peutz-Jeghers type hamartomatous polyp. As compared with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome, Peutz-Jeghers type hamartomatous polyps are diagnosed with a lower risk of cancer and are regarded as a different disorder.
In case one, we describe an 84-year-old Japanese man with a 14 mm duodenal polyp. Endoscopic mucosal resection was performed and histological examination showed findings suggestive of a hamartomatous polyp with a focus of well-differentiated adenocarcinoma. In case two, we describe a 76-year-old Japanese man who had been treated for prostate, rectal and lung cancer. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a duodenal polyp measuring 15 mm in diameter. Endoscopic mucosal resection was performed, and histological examination showed findings suggestive of a hamartomatous polyp. Liver and thyroid cancers were found after the endoscopic treatment.
Although duodenal solitary hamartomatous polyps are associated with a lower risk of cancer, four patients, including our cases, have been diagnosed with cancerous polyps. Patients with duodenal solitary hamartomatous polyps should be treated by endoscopic or surgical resection and need whole-body screening.
Journal of Medical Case Reports 06/2011; 5:240.
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Hirofumi Hara,
Kaori Suzuki,
Yusuke Sekino,
Keiko Akimoto,
Ayako Tomimoto,
Tomoyuki Akiyama,
Nobutaka Fujisawa, Kumiko Saito,
Masahiko Inamori,
Kensuke Kubota,
Atsushi Nakamura,
Satoru Saito,
Shigeru Koyama,
Atsushi Nakajima
Digestion 06/2009; 79(4):251. · 2.05 Impact Factor
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Nobutaka Fujisawa,
Masahiko Inamori,
Yusuke Sekino,
Keiko Akimoto,
Hiroshi Iida,
Ayako Takahata,
Hiroki Endo,
Kunihiro Hosono,
Yasunari Sakamoto,
Tomoyuki Akiyama,
Tomoko Koide,
Chikako Tokoro,
Hirokazu Takahashi, Kumiko Saito,
Yasunobu Abe,
Atsushi Nakamura,
Kensuke Kubota,
Satoru Saito,
Shigeru Koyama,
Atsushi Nakajima
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ABSTRACT: Although the majority of patients with Mallory-Weiss syndrome (MWS) have a benign course, in some patients MWS results in a fatal outcome. Therefore, this study was carried out to analyze the risk factors for mortality in patients with MWS.
The medical records of patients with MWS seen between March 1994 and July 2007 were reviewed retrospectively. The demographic characteristics, clinical and laboratory parameters, and endoscopic findings of the patients were analyzed and the risk factors for mortality were evaluated.
A total of ninety-three patients (13 female and 80 male patients; median age, 53 years) were treated. The mortality rate was 9.7% (9/93). The patients with a fatal outcome were of advanced age and had a higher frequency of shock on arrival, lower hemoglobin level, more prolonged prothrombin time, higher AST and ALT levels, higher frequency of detection of exposed vessels on endoscopy, higher frequency of rebleeding, longer hospital stay, and required a larger volume of blood transfusion than those who did not have a fatal outcome. According to the results of a multivariate analysis, the significant risk factors for mortality in the MWS patients were advanced age (OR 1.222, 95% CI 1.015-1.028), very low hemoglobin level (OR 2.137, 95% CI 1.063-4.295), elevated AST level (OR 1.007, 95% CI 1.001-1.013), and presence of the clinical symptom of tarry stool (OR 45.45, 95% CI 1.080-1000).
Intensive care with close monitoring is required for patients of advanced age with a low hemoglobin level, an elevated AST level, and the clinical symptom of tarry stool, since these are of prognostic importance in terms of the mortality in MWS patients.
Hepato-gastroenterology 58(106):417-20. · 0.66 Impact Factor
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Kumiko Saito,
Masahiko Inamori,
Yusuke Sekino,
Keiko Akimoto,
Kaori Suzuki,
Ayako Tomimoto,
Nobutaka Fujisawa,
Kensuke Kubota,
Satoru Saito,
Shigeru Koyama,
Atsushi Nakajima
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ABSTRACT: The management of acute intestinal bleeding is not standardized. The aim of this study was to determine the most suitable method of bowel preparation for urgent colonoscopy.
One hundred and forty patients admitted with acute lower intestinal bleeding (ALIB) to our Hospital (April 1998 to March 2004) were studied. The preparation for colonoscopy consisted, usually, of oral administration of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-salt solution. For elderly patients or for those suspected of bleeding from a sigmoid colon lesion, colonoscopy was performed following glycerin enemas or water enemas. For patients with a suspected rectal lesion or soon after undergoing a polypectomy, colonoscopy was performed without any of the above procedures.
Ischemic colitis was the most common cause of bleeding. The overall cecal completion ratio was 41%, compared with 74% in the PEG group. The percentage of those in whom colonoscopy was impossible (poor preparation) was 16% overall, compared with 5% in the PEG group. Endoscopic hematemesis were performed successfully for 26 patients who were mainly postpolypectomy cases or had rectal ulcers.
In urgent colonoscopy, the preparation with PEG-salt solution may improve the patient's outcome. In postpolypectomy patients and those with rectal ulcers preparation was not always needed.
Hepato-gastroenterology 56(94-95):1331-4. · 0.66 Impact Factor
