著者
Satoshi Konno Yoshihiro Matsuno Shingo Ichimiya Masaharu Nishimura Yoshikazu Kawakami
出版者
The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
雑誌
Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.1241-18, (Released:2018-10-17)
参考文献数
12
被引用文献数
3

In 1982, we reported a case of retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) exhibiting various clinical manifestations. Our current understanding of immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related disease led us to consider it as a possible diagnosis because all of the patient's clinical features could be explained by this disease entity. To confirm our hypothesis, we re investigated the histopathological findings of resected specimens that had been stored for 35 years postoperatively. Typical pathological findings together with predominant IgG4+ plasma cell infiltration confirmed a potential diagnosis of IgG4-related RPF. Furthermore, we observed positive immunohistochemical staining for several molecules associated with T regulatory and T follicular helper cells.
著者
Tetsuaki Shoji Hidenori Mizugaki Yasuyuki Ikezawa Megumi Furuta Yuta Takashima Hajime Kikuchi Houman Goudarzi Hajime Asahina Junko Kikuchi Eiki Kikuchi Jun Sakakibara-Konishi Naofumi Shinagawa Ichizo Tsujino Masaharu Nishimura
出版者
The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
雑誌
Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.57, no.12, pp.1769-1772, 2018-06-15 (Released:2018-06-15)
参考文献数
17
被引用文献数
2

This report describes the case of a 66-year-old man with non-small cell lung cancer and venous thromboembolism (VTE). Unfractionated heparin (UFH) was initially used to control VTE before chemotherapy. However, switching UFH to warfarin or edoxaban, a novel oral anticoagulant (NOAC), failed. Chemotherapy was then administered to control the tumor which was thought to have been the main cause of VTE, which had been treated by UFH. After tumor shrinkage was achieved by chemotherapy, we were able to successfully switch from UFH to edoxaban. Controlling the tumor size and activity enabled the use of edoxaban as maintenance therapy for VTE.