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Incidence and growth pattern of simple cysts of the kidney in patients with asymptomatic microscopic hematuria 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
KEN MARUMO YUTAKA HORIGUCHI KEN NAKAGAWA MOTOTSUGU OYA TAKASHI OHIGASHI HIROTAKA ASAKURA JUN NAKASHIMA MASARU MURAI 《International journal of urology》2003,10(2):63-67
BACKGROUND: We examined the incidence and natural history of simple renal cysts found by ultrasonography (US) in patients referred for asymptomatic microscopic hematuria. METHODS: Among the 906 patients aged 18-78 years, 743 patients who had undergone US were included in the present study. The natural history of simple renal cysts was investigated in 55 patients who underwent periodical US examinations for more than 3 years. RESULTS: The incidence of simple renal cysts was 4.3% for ages 29 years or younger, 15.3% for ages 30-39, 21.8% for ages 40-49, 23.3% for ages 50-59 and 32.6% for ages 60 years or older; thus the incidence increased in older age groups (P = 0.0005 for men, P = 0.0020 for women). Men tended to have a higher incidence than women. The degree of hematuria did not influence the incidence of renal cysts (P = 0.9044). The annual growth rate of the mean maximum diameter was 4.2% during a 3-year follow-up period in 55 patients and 5.1% during a 6-year follow-up in 31 patients. CONCLUSION: Since the diameter of a renal cyst may increase by 5% annually, the diameter of the cyst may increase by 1.6 times in 10 years. The scheduling of follow-up examinations depends on the size at the time of disclosure, the effects on calyceal systems, or the suspicion of a concurrent malignant disease. However, the most simple renal cysts may be followed-up at an interval of more than 10 years, once a diagnosis has been established. 相似文献
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JUNICHI AKIYAMA KAZUTAKA AONUMA SHIGEKO OGAHARA YOSHIHIRO OKAMOTO SHIGEO UMEZAWA MIHOE INADA MASAYOSHI KORENAGA AKIHIKO NOGAMI MICHIAKI HIROE FUMIAKI MARUMO YOSHITO IESAKA 《Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE》1997,20(8):2016-2018
Two wide QRS tachycardias with identical morphology but different cycle lengths (CLs) developed in a 63-year-old man. Electrophysiological study demonstrated inducible atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (AVRT) due to a concealed left posterior accessory pathway (AP), which was successfully ablated by radiofrequency application. Neither dual AV nodal pathways nor other APs were documented. Splitting of the His-bundle electrogram was shown, and programmed stimulation induced sudden prolongation of intra-hisian conduction time. These results suggest longitudinal dissociation in the His bundle may be responsible for two distinct CLs in AVRT without dualAV nodal physiology. 相似文献
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Atrioventricular Nodal Physiology After Slow Pathway Ablation 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
ATSUSHI TAKAHASHI YOSHITO IESAKA MASAYUKI IGAWA TAKESHI TOKUNAGA HIROSHI AMEMIYA HIDEOMI FUJIWARA KAZUTAKA AONUMA AKIHIKO NOGAMI MIGHIAKI HIROE FUMIAKI MARUMO MASAYASU HIRAOKA 《Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE》1994,17(11):2137-2142
The A V nodal physiology before and 1 week after “slow pathway potential” guided catheter ablation was examined in 32 patients with AV nodal reentrant tachycardia. A mean of 4.9 applications of radiofrequency energy eliminated AV nodal reentrant tachycardia in all patients. There were no significant differences in sinus cycle length (815 ± 159 msec vs 813 ± 162 msec;P = NS) and fast pathway conduction properties before and 1 week after ablation. Slow pathway conduction was completely eliminated in 10 (31%) (group I) of 32 patients after ablation. In the remaining 22 patients residual slow pathway conduction associated with one AV node echo was observed. In 15 patients (47%) (group II), the effective refractory period of the slow pathway showed a change of < 30 msec (265 ± 51 vs 266 ± 51 msec; P = NS), and in 7 patients (22%) (group III), a prolongation of more than 80 msec (247 ± 56 vs 340 ± 42 msec; P = 0.0001) before and 1 week after ablation. Minimal and maximal A2-H2 interval over the slow pathway in group II was not significantly changed (Min A2-H2:241 ± 37 vs 247 ± 40 msec; P = NS, Max A2-H2: 346 ± 79 vs 350 ± 60 msec; P = NS), while a significant prolongation was measured in group III (Min A2-H2: 261 ± 53 VS 373 ± 107 msec; P < 0.01. Max A2-H2: 359 ± 41 vs 427 ± 63 msec; P < 0.05) before and after ablation. Conclusion: In group II patients there was no evidence shown of impairment of the slow pathway. This suggests that disruption of the link between fast and slow pathways may be responsible for the elimination of AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, besides the elimination or impairment of the slow pathway itself, in “slow pathway potential” guided catheter ablation, and that the slow pathway potential may not necessarily represent activation of the slow pathway itself or of its atrial connection. 相似文献
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Significance of plasma glutathione determination in patients with alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver disease 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
TATSUO SHIGESAWA CHIFUMI SATO FUMIAKI MARUMO 《Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology》1992,7(1):7-11
Plasma glutathione levels were determined in 79 patients with various types of liver disease and 18 healthy controls in order to study their significance in the course of liver disease. Plasma was taken at the time of needle liver biopsy. A positive linear correlation was found between plasma and hepatic glutathione concentrations, as has been suggested in experimental animals. In patients with acute viral hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis and alcoholic liver disease, plasma glutathione levels were significantly decreased compared with those in controls. Of importance is the fact that the plasma levels increased after recovery in patients with acute viral hepatitis and after abstinence from alcohol intake in patients with alcoholic liver disease. Determination of plasma glutathione may be valuable in the evaluation of liver disease, particularly in acute viral hepatitis and alcoholic liver disease in which the hepatic content of glutathione is suggested to be decreased. Such patients may be susceptible to oxidative stress and radical-related hepatic injury. 相似文献
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BACKGROUND: Conventional therapy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) using interferon (IFN) has shown limited antitumor action. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the synergistic antitumor effects of IFN and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and to elucidate the mechanism underlying antitumor effects. METHODS: The antitumor effects and biochemical modulation of murine IFN and 5-FU were determined using murine renal cell carcinoma (RENCA). The activity of thymidylate synthase, thymidine kinase and the concentration of 5-FU incorporated into RNA was measured using cytosolic extracts of tumors. RESULTS: Triple combination therapy (5-FU, IFN alpha/beta and IFN gamma) showed a synergistic antitumor effect on RENCA tumors, because triple combination therapy suppressed growth significantly compared to combination therapy (IFN alpha/beta and IFN gamma, P = 0.0258) and 5-FU (P < 0.0001). Total thymidylate synthase was decreased by triple combination therapy (5-FU, IFN alpha/beta and IFN gamma, P = 0.0019) and combination therapy (5-FU and IFN gamma, P = 0.0018) compared to 5-FU alone. Thymidine kinase activity was decreased by triple combination therapy (5-FU, IFN alpha/beta and IFN gamma, P < 0.0001) and combination therapy (5-FU and IFN alpha/beta, P < 0.0001) compared to 5-FU alone. The concentration of 5-FU incorporated into RENCA tumors was increased by triple combination therapy (P = 0.0132) and combination therapy (5-FU and IFN alpha/beta, P = 0.0124) compared to 5-FU alone. CONCLUSIONS: Interferons alpha/beta and gamma showed different biochemical modulation for 5-FU. Therefore, combination therapy using 5-FU and IFN showed synergistic antitumor effects on murine RCC. 相似文献
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Kunihiko TERADA Shigeo MURO Tadashi OHARA Akane HARUNA Satoshi MARUMO Megumi KUDO Emiko OGAWA Yuma HOSHINO Toyohiro HIRAI Akio NIIMI Michiaki MISHIMA 《Respirology (Carlton, Vic.)》2009,14(8):1151-1155
Background and objective: The causes of exacerbations in COPD patients are poorly understood. This study examined the association between cough-reflex sensitivity in patients with stable COPD and the frequency of subsequent exacerbations.
Methods: The sampling frame for cases and controls for this study was patients attending a hospital outpatient clinic. cough-reflex sensitivity was evaluated using the log concentration of capsaicin causing five or more coughs (log C5 ). Subsequent COPD exacerbations were identified prospectively via symptom-based diaries over a 12-month period.
Results: The study group comprised 45 COPD subjects and 10 controls. Mean log C5 was lower in the COPD group than in the control group (0.97 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.76–1.18) versus 1.26 (95% CI: 0.81–1.71), P = 0.095). In the COPD group, log C5 was negatively correlated with serum CRP level ( r = −0.36, P = 0.02) and significantly associated with the exacerbation frequency ( r = −0.38, P = 0.01). Stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that cough-reflex sensitivity was significantly associated with exacerbation frequency ( r 2 = 0.15, P = 0.01).
Conclusions: Hypersensitivity of the cough reflex to inhaled capsaicin might reflect airway inflammation in stable COPD patients, which predisposes to frequent exacerbations. 相似文献
Methods: The sampling frame for cases and controls for this study was patients attending a hospital outpatient clinic. cough-reflex sensitivity was evaluated using the log concentration of capsaicin causing five or more coughs (log C
Results: The study group comprised 45 COPD subjects and 10 controls. Mean log C
Conclusions: Hypersensitivity of the cough reflex to inhaled capsaicin might reflect airway inflammation in stable COPD patients, which predisposes to frequent exacerbations. 相似文献
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Y. ITO F. MARUMO K. ANDO M. HAYASHI F. YAMASHITA 《Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)》1990,79(1):26-31
ABSTRACT. The purpose of our study was to analyze the physiological and biological significances of the high human atrial natriuretic peptide (hANP) levels during early post-natal period. The absolute values or changes of plasma hANP concentrations did not correlate with the absolute values or changes of body weight, blood pressure, urinary sodium/creatinine and urinary aldosterone/creatinine ratios. Gel permeation chromatography of samples from two neonates revealed the presence of two molecular forms of hANP, α and β, both in the plasma and urine. In the plasma, the β-hANP was predominant on the 3rd day of life and the α-hANP on the 6th day of life. The change from one form to another was independent of the absolute value of hANP. We obtained no evidence suggestive of a physiological role of the high plasma hANP concentration during the early post-natal period. However, because of biological differences between these two fractions, their distribution must be taken into account when attempting to interpret the high hANP values observed in neonates. 相似文献
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TOSHIAKI SHINOJIMA MOTOTSUGU OYA HIDAKA KOHNO KEN MARUMO MASARU MURAI 《International journal of urology》2004,11(7):553-556
Interleukin-2 (IL-2) in combination with dexamethasone was administered to a 48-year-old man with renal cell carcinoma accompanied by paraneoplastic inflammatory syndrome, including progressive multiple lung metastases and inferior vena caval tumor thrombus. Although non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs had no apparent antipyretic effect on the systemic inflammatory syndrome, oral administration of dexamethasone achieved complete antipyresis and improved his quality of life. After a 4-week period of IL-2 treatment, regression of metastasized lesions was demonstrated despite concurrent oral administration of dexamethasone. Steroids might reduce the action of immunotherapeutic drugs, but in some cases, combination therapy can achieve both alleviation of the paraneoplastic syndrome and tumor shrinkage. 相似文献
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TAKAAKI IKEDA CHIFUMI SATO‡ OSAMU NOGUCHI FUMIE KOBAYASHI SHINICHI TOZUKA SHIGEMI SAKAMOTO FUMIAKI MARUMO 《Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology》1996,11(4):366-372
Immunological abnormalities frequently observed in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis are considered to be related to the pathogenesis of this disease. We performed a prospective trial to evaluate whether immune mechanisms play a role in the effectiveness of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) therapy. Fifteen female patients with primary biliary cirrhosis were followed for 1 year and were then treated with UDCA (600 mg/day) for another year. Laboratory tests, including peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets assessed by dual colour fluorescence analysis using monoclonal antibodies against respective T cell markers, were evaluated at the beginning of the study, at the start of therapy and at the end of therapy. In primary biliary cirrhosis, the proportion of cytotoxic T cells, suppressor inducer T cells and αβ-receptor bearing T cells were significantly lower than in healthy controls. No significant changes were observed in the proportions during the year before the therapy. These reductions, however, recovered to normal ranges after 1 year of UDCA therapy. These changes were associated with an improvement in the serum levels of aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, γ-globulin and IgM. The close correlation between the improvement in the imbalance of lymphocyte subsets after the therapy and the clinical status suggests that an immunological process may play a role in the effectiveness of therapy in primary biliary cirrhosis. 相似文献