- 著者
- Tomomi Kinoshita Ryu-ta Abe Akiyo Hineno Kazuhiro Tsunekawa Shunya Nakane Shu-ichi Ikeda
- 出版者
- The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
- 雑誌
- Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.53, no.19, pp.2185-2200, 2014 (Released:2014-10-01)
- 参考文献数
- 49
- 被引用文献数
- 57 96
Objective To investigate the causes of neurological manifestations in girls immunized with the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Methods During the past nine months, 44 girls visited us complaining of several symptoms after HPV vaccination. Four patients with other proven disorders were excluded, and the remaining forty subjects were enrolled in this study. Results The age at initial vaccination ranged from 11 to 17 years, and the average incubation period after the first dose of the vaccine was 5.47±5.00 months. Frequent manifestations included headaches, general fatigue, coldness of the legs, limb pain and weakness. The skin temperature examined in 28 girls with limb symptoms exhibited a slight decrease in the fingers (30.4±2.6°C) and a moderate decrease in the toes (27.1±3.7°C). Digital plethysmograms revealed a reduced height of the waves, especially in the toes. The limb symptoms of four girls were compatible with the Japanese clinical diagnostic criteria for complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), while those in the other 14 girls were consistent with foreign diagnostic criteria for CRPS. The Schellong test identified eight patients with orthostatic hypotension and four patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. The girls with orthostatic intolerance and CRPS commonly experienced transient violent tremors and persistent asthenia. Electron-microscopic examinations of the intradermal nerves showed an abnormal pathology in the unmyelinated fibers in two of the three girls examined. Conclusion The symptoms observed in this study can be explained by abnormal peripheral sympathetic responses. The most common previous diagnosis in the studied girls was psychosomatic disease. The social problems of the study participants remained unresolved in that the severely disabled girls stopped going to school.
- 著者
- Tomomi Kinoshita Shu-ichi Ikeda
- 出版者
- 一般社団法人 日本内科学会
- 雑誌
- Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.54, no.14, pp.1831-1831, 2015 (Released:2015-07-15)
- 参考文献数
- 5
- 著者
- Tomomi Kinoshita Shu-ichi Ikeda
- 出版者
- The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
- 雑誌
- Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.54, no.15, pp.1955, 2015 (Released:2015-08-01)
- 参考文献数
- 6
- 被引用文献数
- 2 2
- 著者
- Mafumi Owa Kazunori Aizawa Nobuyuki Urasawa Hiroyuki Ichinose Kazuya Yamamoto Koji Karasawa Mitsuru Kagoshima Jun Koyama Shu-ichi Ikeda
- 出版者
- 日本循環器学会
- 雑誌
- JAPANESE CIRCULATION JOURNAL (ISSN:00471828)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.65, no.4, pp.349-352, 2001 (Released:2001-06-01)
- 参考文献数
- 13
- 被引用文献数
- 66 105
Four patients had the clinical features of `ampulla cardiomyopathy', consisting of acute-onset transient left ventricular apical akinesis with basal normokinesis, normal coronary angiogram, ST-segment elevation and subsequent giant T wave inversion, which mimicked acute coronary syndrome, the onset of which occurred shortly after extreme mental stress. Myocardial necrosis was minimal, although 2 patients showed elevated serum catecholamine levels in the acute phase. Each patient underwent serial cardiac radionuclide single-photon emission computed tomography of myocardial functional sympathetic innervation, fatty acid metabolism and perfusion using I-123-metaiodobenzyl-guanidine (MIBG), I-123-β-metyl-iodophenyl pentadecanoic acid (BMIPP) and thallium-201 (201Tl), respectively. In the acute phase, MIBG and BMIPP imaging showed an uptake defect in the apical region, whereas 201Tl uptake was mildly decreased. When assessed semi-quantitatively, the MIBG images had higher defect scores from the acute phase throughout the year of observation compared with BMIPP, and 201Tl. These observations suggest that the primary cause of ampulla cardiomyopathy is related to a disturbance of the cardiac sympathetic innervation. (Jpn Circ J 2001; 65: 349 - 352)
- 著者
- Naoko Tachibana Michiaki Kinoshita Fuyuki Kametani Keiko Tanaka Yumi Une Yotaro Komatsu Yukihiro Kobayashi Shu-ichi Ikeda
- 出版者
- 東北ジャーナル刊行会
- 雑誌
- The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine (ISSN:00408727)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.235, no.3, pp.223-231, 2015 (Released:2015-03-17)
- 参考文献数
- 55
- 被引用文献数
- 1 4
Autoimmune synaptic encephalitis is characterized by the presence of autoantibodies against synaptic constituent receptors and manifests as neurological and psychiatric disorders. Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is such an autoimmune disorder that predominantly affects young women. It is associated with antibodies against the extracellular region of the NR1 subunit of postsynaptic NMDAR. Each NMDAR functions as a heterotetrameric complex that is composed of four subunits, including NR1 and NR2A, NR2B, or NR2C. Importantly, ovarian teratoma is a typical complication of anti-NMDAR encephalitis in female patients and may contain antigenic neural tissue; however, antigenic sites remain unknown in female patients without ovarian teratoma. The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression of NMDARs in the ovum. We detected NR1 and NR2B immunoreactivity in protein fractions extracted from the bovine ovary and ova by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting analysis. Immunoprecipitates digested with trypsin were analyzed by reverse phase liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry. We obtained the following five peptides: SPFGRFK and KNLQDR, which are consistent with partial sequences of human NR1, and GVEDALVSLK, QPTVAGAPK, and NEVMSSK, which correspond to those of NR2A, NR2B and NR2C, respectively. Immunocytochemical analysis revealed that the bovine ovum was stained with the immunoglobulin G purified from the serum of a patient with anti-NMDAR encephalitis. Taken together, we propose that the normal ovum expresses NMDARs that have strong affinity for the disease-specific IgG. The presence of NMDARs in ova may help explain why young females without ovarian teratomas are also affected by anti-NMDAR encephalitis.
- 著者
- Tomomi Kinoshita Shu-ichi Ikeda
- 出版者
- 一般社団法人 日本内科学会
- 雑誌
- Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.54, no.19, pp.2533-2533, 2015 (Released:2015-10-01)
- 参考文献数
- 3
- 著者
- Nagaaki Katoh Ko-ichi Tazawa Wataru Ishii Masayuki Matsuda Shu-ichi Ikeda
- 出版者
- The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
- 雑誌
- Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.47, no.12, pp.1133-1138, 2008 (Released:2008-06-16)
- 参考文献数
- 21
- 被引用文献数
- 11 21
We report a patient with myeloma-associated systemic AL amyloidosis who showed chronic polyarthralgia as the main symptom. The clinical picture was similar to that of rheumatoid arthritis with regard to symmetrical swelling with tenderness in multiple joints, but inflammatory reactions were almost normal and autoantibodies were negative. He was diagnosed as having systemic AL amyloidosis based on deposition of κ-light chain-immunoreactive amyloid in biopsied tissue and Bence Jones protein in serum and urine. Magnetic resonance imaging and bone scintigraphy suggested this disease as the cause of the polyarthralgia. Systemic AL amyloidosis may be important in the differential diagnosis of chronic polyarthralgia.
- 著者
- Junji Ikeda Akira Matsushima Wataru Ishii Tetuya Goto Kenta Takahashi Kazuo Nakamichi Masayuki Saijo Yoshiki Sekijima Shu-ichi Ikeda
- 出版者
- 一般社団法人 日本内科学会
- 雑誌
- Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.56, no.10, pp.1231-1234, 2017-05-15 (Released:2017-05-15)
- 参考文献数
- 22
- 被引用文献数
- 16
The current standard diagnostic approach for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is to perform a DNA test to identify the presence of the JC virus in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). A 32-year-old woman with a 5-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus developed right hemiplegia and motor aphasia. MRI revealed a large white matter lesion in the left frontal lobe. JC virus DNA was undetectable in the CSF, but a brain biopsy showed typical histopathology and a high DNA load of the JC virus. The patient was treated with mefloquine and mirtazapine, and is currently alive at 24 months after onset. An early brain biopsy may therefore be important for making a timely diagnosis of PML.
- 著者
- Nagaaki Katoh Akira Matsushima Masahiro Kurozumi Masayuki Matsuda Shu-ichi Ikeda
- 出版者
- 一般社団法人 日本内科学会
- 雑誌
- Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.53, no.17, pp.1991-1995, 2014 (Released:2014-09-01)
- 参考文献数
- 27
- 被引用文献数
- 3 10
A 52-year-old woman with a high serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) level underwent a liver biopsy, which showed diffuse heavy deposition of Aκ amyloid, and was diagnosed as having immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis. Although she received high-dose melphalan with stem cell transplantation and achieved a hematologic complete response (CR), her ALP level began to increase one year after treatment. Further examinations revealed that she was still in a CR state with dominant bone-type ALP, and re-biopsied liver specimens demonstrated marked regression of amyliod deposition, providing important evidence that the turnover of hepatic amyloid proteins can actually occur more rapidly than previously thought.