Pylephlebitis is extremely rare and associated with high mortality, even in this modern era. It
usually occurs secondary to infection in the region drained by the portal systems or in the …

Background Recent series of incidental thyroid activity on fluorodeoxyglucose positron
emission tomography (FDG-PET) in patients evaluated for nonthyroidal malignancy, which we …

A stoma prolapse is one of the late complications and often occurs when the stoma is made
in an emergency situation. This complication is not lethal, but causes irritable stoma, skin …

This report describes a giant peritoneal loose body in the pelvic cavity. A 63-year-old man
who was asymptomatic underwent a routine medical examination, which revealed a tumor in …

Enterovesical fistula is a relatively uncommon complication of colorectal and pelvic malignancies,
diverticulitis, inflammatory bowel disease, radiotherapy, and trauma in Asian countries. …

We established a new cell line, AZ‐P7a, with high peritoneal‐metastatic potential in nude
mice. AZ‐P7a cells were derived from the human gastric carcinoma line AZ‐521, which has …

Aim and Methodology To elucidate the mechanisms of metastasis, we established highly
liver metastatic and peritoneal disseminated models in nude mice, and then characterized …

A 73-year-old woman presenting with a right breast mass is described. The patient underwent
lumpectomy under a diagnosis of breast cancer. However, histopathologically the surgical …

Background With metastatic progression, gastric cancer is incurable. Using a DNA microarray,
we performed differential gene expression analysis of established highly metastatic …

To elucidate the mechanisms of metastasis, we established two sublines HPC-1H5 with a
highly liver metastatic cell line and HPC-1P5a with a highly peritoneal disseminating cell line, …