Issue 5/2020
Content (56 Articles)
Towards screening Barrett’s oesophagus: current guidelines, imaging modalities and future developments
Ishaan Maitra, Ravindra Sudhachandra Date, Francis Luke Martin
Current evidence and issues of endoscopic submucosal dissection for gastric neoplasms during antithrombotic therapy
Yoshiyasu Kono, Issei Hirata, Tetsuya Katayama, Hisahiro Uemura, Tetsu Hirata, Tatsuhiro Gotoda, Koji Miyahara, Yuki Moritou, Masahiro Nakagawa
Diagnosis and treatment of the afferent loop syndrome
Panotpol Termsinsuk, Tanyaporn Chantarojanasiri, Nonthalee Pausawasdi
EUS-guided needle biopsy for autoimmune pancreatitis
Ankit Chhoda, Tarun Rustagi
Successful management of aortoesophageal fistula caused by esophageal cancer using thoracic endovascular aortic repair
Jun Iwabu, Tsutomu Namikawa, Keiichiro Yokota, Hiroyuki Kitagawa, Kazuki Kihara, Nobuyuki Hirose, Kazuhiro Hanazaki
Case report of lanthanum deposition in the esophagus
Tetsuya Tatsuta, Tatsuya Mikami, Daisuke Chinda, Kazuki Akitaya, Shohei Igarashi, Keisuke Hasui, Hidezumi Kikuchi, Hiroto Hiraga, Manabu Sawaya, Hirotake Sakuraba, Tadashi Shimoyama, Tosihiro Haga, Hiroshi Kijima, Shinsaku Fukuda
Sarcoid-like reaction in lymphadenopathy associated with superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Toshiyuki Irie, Takeshi Matsutani, Nobutoshi Hagiwara, Ryuji Ohashi, Tsutomu Nomura, Hidetsugu Hanawa, Keisuke Mishima, Nobuhiko Taniai, Hiroshi Yoshida
Massive esophageal hemorrhage after a MitraClip procedure successfully treated by balloon compression
Ippei Tanaka, Hiroaki Saito, Tomoki Matsuda, Takashi Matsumoto, Yoshiko Munehisa, Rie Fujii, Dai Hirasawa
Development of pseudoachalasia following magnetic sphincter augmentation (MSA) with restoration of peristalsis after endoscopic dilation
Katrin Schwameis, Shahin Ayazi, Ali H. Zaidi, Toshitaka Hoppo, Blair A. Jobe
Treatment of esophageal perforation with mediastinal abscess by nasomediastinal drainage placement
Yasutoshi Shiratori, Kenji Nakamura, Takashi Ikeya, Katsuyuki Fukuda
Eosinophilic esophagitis with a severe stenosis: report of a Japanese case
Yosuke Toya, Tomo Kumei, Shun Yamada, Risaburo Akasaka, Shunichi Yanai, Shotaro Nakamura, Mitsumasa Osakabe, Noriyuki Uesugi, Tamotsu Sugai, Takayuki Matsumoto
Multimodal treatment including surgery for esophageal adenocarcinoma with liver oligo-metastases: a pathological complete response but early brain metastasis
Regis Souche, Marie Dupuy, Jean-Michel Fabre, Eric Assenat
Multiple gastrointestinal metastasis after endoscopic submucosal dissection for poorly differentiated gastric adenocarcinoma
Yo Kubota, Chikatoshi Katada, Tsutomu Yoshida, Takuya Wada, Kei Hosoda, Shogo Kawakami, Kenji Ishido, Akinori Watanabe, Keishi Yamashita, Hiromichi Ishiyama, Naoki Hiki, Satoshi Tanabe, Wasaburo Koizumi
A two-stage reconstruction for aortoesophageal fistula after replacement of thoracic aorta for Stanford Type B dissecting aortic aneurysm: esophagectomy and a double-tract reconstruction using the pedicled jejunum: a case report and literature review
Sho Sato, Chikara Kunisaki, Yusaku Tanaka, Kei Sato, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Norio Yukawa, Hiroko Nemoto, Keiji Uchida, Teppei Nishii, Takashi Kosaka, Hirotoshi Akiyama, Itaru Endo
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Perforated isolated jejunal diverticula: a rare cause of acute abdomen
Davinder Koli, Manu Vats, Harsh Vardhan Upreti
Iron pill induced gastritis causing severe anemia
Kiran Motwani, Jonah Rubin, Harris Yfantis, Megan Willard
The rare case of elevated signet ring cell gastric carcinoma with Helicobacter pylori-naïve mucosa
Yasutoshi Shiratori, Takashi Ikeya, Koyu Suzuki, Kenji Nakamura, Katsuyuki Fukuda
A case of gastric adenocarcinoma considered to originate from a sporadic fundic gland polyp in a Helicobacter pylori-uninfected stomach
Yoshitaka Nawata, Shin Ichihara, Dai Hirasawa, Ippei Tanaka, Shuuhei Unno, Kimihiro Igarashi, Tomoki Matsuda
Late recurrence of gastric carcinoma 15 years after surgery
Nobuhiko Ogasawara, Yu Ohkura, Masaki Ueno, Shusuke Haruta, Atsuhito Nakayama, Takatsugu Fujii, Aya Honda, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Harushi Udagawa
Two independent families with strongly suspected hereditary diffuse gastric cancer based on the probands’ endoscopic findings
Moriya Iwaizumi, Hidetaka Yamada, Misaki Fukue, Yasuhiko Maruyama, Ayano Sonoda, Mitsushige Sugimoto, Kenji Koda, Ryoji Kushima, Masato Maekawa, Haruhiko Sugimura
Nivolumab exerts therapeutic effects against metastatic lesions from early gastric adenocarcinoma with a small proportion of neuroendocrine carcinoma after gastrectomy: a case report
Hiroshi Sawayama, Yoshihiro Komohara, Hiroki Hirao, Kazuya Sakata, Noboru Takata, Ichirou Yoshinaka, Kazunori Harada, Hideo Baba
Double small bowel cancers leading to the diagnosis of Lynch syndrome with germline MSH6 mutation in an elderly patient
Sae Ohwada, Kentaro Yamashita, Tomoe Kazama, Kei Mitsuhashi, Akiko Ichiyanagi, Kohei Nakachi, Hiro-o Yamano, Takayuki Nobuoka, Tatsuya Ito, Wataru Sasao, Hiroshi Nakase
Lupus-associated protein losing enteropathy (LUPLE) complicated by a hypercoagulable state and successfully treated with belimumab
Justin S. Lewis, Anil Sharma, Joel B. Horton, Atul Deodhar, Nir Modiano
Neoplastic meningitis due to colorectal cancer
Kaoru Kidate, Hironori Kobayashi, Katsunari Miyamoto, Yoshihiro Sakashita, Motoki Ninomiya, Yujiro Yokoyama, Yasushi Hashimoto, Kazuhiro Toyota, Fumio Shimamoto
A case of an enlarged rectal adenoma while achieving a clinical complete response with chemotherapy for advanced rectal cancer
Yasuyuki Nakamura, Fumikazu Koyama, Kohei Morita, Hiroyuki Kuge, Chiho Ohbayashi, Masayuki Sho
Two cases in which tofacitinib effectively treated both ulcerative colitis and alopecia areata
Oki Kikuchi, Daisuke Saito, Miki Miura, Haruka Wada, Ryo Ozaki, Sotaro Tokunaga, Shintaro Minowa, Masahiro Fukuyama, Tatsuya Mitsui, Akihito Sakuraba, Mari Hayashida, Jun Miyoshi, Minoru Matsuura, Manabu Ohyama, Tadakazu Hisamatsu
Intra-abdominal bleeding as a rare complication after colonic endoscopic mucosal resection in a patient taking direct oral anticoagulants
Yoshinori Sato, Yusuke Satta, Hiroshi Yasuda, Hirofumi Kiyokawa, Masaki Yamashita, Yasumasa Matsuo, Fumio Itoh
Surgical intervention for portal hypertension caused by oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy: a case report and a review of literature regarding radiological and/or surgical interventions for oxaliplatin-associated portal hypertension
Daisuke Morioka, Yusuke Izumisawa, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Kei Sato, Satoshi Komiyama, Kazuya Nakagawa, Manabu Kakizoe, Takashi Murakami, Yoshiki Sato
Immunoglobulin G4-related cholecystitis mimicking a locally advanced gallbladder cancer—a case report and review of literature
Vaneet Jearth, Prachi Patil, Shraddha Patkar, Mahesh Goel, Shaesta Mehta, Kedar Deodhar, Vidya Rao
Mucin-producing bile duct tumor treated successfully with endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy
Takeshi Okamoto, Kenji Nakamura, Katsuyuki Fukuda
Total laparoscopic management of spontaneous biliary perforation
Lawrence Jun Leung, Marc James Henry Vecchio, Ajay Rana, Allison Behrle-Yardley, Nathalie Brewer, Whitney McBride
Successful treatment of adult-onset type II citrullinemia with a low-carbohydrate diet and l-arginine after DNA analysis produced a definitive diagnosis
Satoshi Unita, Noboru Hirashima, Masaaki Shimada, Takuya Tsunekawa, Daiki Tanaka, Takashi Kondo, Noboru Urata, Hisashi Kondo, Masashi Saito, Hiroaki Iwase, Shogo Ito, Takao Togawa, Shinji Saitoh, Yasuhito Tanaka
Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome with formation of multiple liver mass lesions
Tetsuhisa Ko, Hideki Fujii, Haruna Doi, Taito Fukuma, Toru Kadono, Kohei Asaeda, Reo Kobayashi, Takahiro Nakano, Toshifumi Doi, Yoshikazu Nakatsugawa, Shinya Yamada, Takeshi Nishimura, Naoya Tomatsuri, Hideki Sato, Yusuke Okuyama, Hiroyuki Kimura, Norimasa Yoshida
A case of advanced HCC treated with lenvatinib after hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy combined with radiation therapy treatment for portal vein tumor thrombosis in the main trunk
Yumi Kosaka, Tomokazu Kawaoka, Hiroshi Aikata, Yosuke Suehiro, Kenji Yamaoka, Yuwa Ando, Maiko Namba, Yasue Takeuchi, Yasutomo Fujii, Shinsuke Uchikawa, Kenichiro Kodama, Kazuki Oya, Kei Morio, Hatsue Fujino, Takashi Nakahara, Eisuke Murakami, Masami Yamauchi, Masataka Tsuge, Akira Hiramatsu, Michio Imamura, Yasutaka Baba, Kazuo Awai, Tomoki Kimura, Yasushi Nagata, Kazuaki Chayama
Hepatitis A virus infection in an HIV-positive man with previously confirmed immunity against hepatitis A virus
Yukihiro Yoshimura, Hiroshi Horiuchi, Nobuyuki Miyata, Makiko Kondo, Natsuo Tachikawa
A case of complete remission of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with type III portal vein tumor thrombosis treated using transarterial chemoembolization with microspheres and radiation therapy
Daizo Fukushima, Shigeki Imai, Noriyuki Nishino, Kohichi Hamada, Yoshinori Horikawa, Yoshiki Shiwa, Shinya Nishida, Ryota Koyanagi, Hitoshi Wada, Hideo Sakuma
Development of anti-centromere antibody-positive autoimmune hepatitis after childbirth
Mitsunobu Saito, Noriyuki Akutsu, Yasunao Numata, Keisuke Ishigami, Shigeru Sasaki, Hiroshi Nakase
Destructive thyroiditis presenting as thyrotoxicosis followed by hypothyroidism during lenvatinib therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma
Maito Suoh, Hideki Fujii, Yuki Nagata, Kohei Kotani, Atsushi Hagihara, Masaru Enomoto, Akihiro Tamori, Masaaki Inaba, Norifumi Kawada
Complete response to pembrolizumab in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with microsatellite instability
Yuwa Ando, Masami Yamauchi, Yosuke Suehiro, Kenji Yamaoka, Yumi Kosaka, Yasutomo Fuji, Shinsuke Uchikawa, Kenichiro Kodama, Kei Morio, Hatsue Fujino, Takashi Nakahara, Atsushi Ono, Eisuke Murakami, Tomokazu Kawaoka, Shoichi Takahashi, Masataka Tsuge, Akira Hiramatsu, Michio Imamura, Kazuaki Chayama, Hiroshi Aikata
Two cases of benign hepatic nodules caused by sinusoidal dilatation with different hemodynamics
Hiroya Iida, Rie Osaki, Akiko Matsubara, Hiromitsu Maehira, Haruki Mori, Takehide Fujimoto, Akira Andoh, Ryoji Kushima, Osamu Nakashima, Fukuo Kondo, Masaji Tani
Spur cell anemia related to alcoholic liver cirrhosis managed without liver transplantation: a case report and literature review
Takao Miwa, Yuichiro Hatano, Takahiro Kochi, Masashi Aiba, Katsuhisa Toda, Hideko Goto, Noriaki Nakamura, Naoki Katsumura, Kenji Imai, Masahito Shimizu
Exacerbation of psoriasis vulgaris by sorafenib treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma
Tomoko Adachi, Atsushi Hiraoka, Hidenori Okazaki, Kensuke Nagamatsu, Hirofumi Izumoto, Takeaki Yoshino, Miho Tsuruta, Toshihiko Aibiki, Tomonari Okudaira, Hiroka Yamago, Ryuichiro Iwasaki, Yoshifumi Suga, Kenichiro Mori, Hideki Miyata, Eiji Tsubouchi, Tomoyuki Ninomiya, Kojiro Michitaka
Successful treatment with glecaprevir/pibrentasvir for chronic hepatitis C complicated by primary biliary cholangitis
Satoshi Takakusagi, Hitoshi Takagi, Yozo Yokoyama, Kyoko Marubashi, Kazuko Kizawa, Takashi Kosone, Ken Sato, Satoru Kakizaki, Toshio Uraoka
A case report: Long-term complete response of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma obtained after discontinuation of 2-month sorafenib monotherapy
Suguru Hirose, Kazunori Ishige, Masamichi Yamaura, Tsuneo Mizui, Yoshiki Komatsu, Masaomi Nagase, Masashi Sato, Junji Hattori, Masato Endo, Naoyuki Hasegawa, Kuniaki Fukuda, Ichinosuke Hyodo
Successful treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma by laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation in a patient with hemophilia A
Rie Goka, Naoki Morimoto, Kouichi Miura, Shunji Watanabe, Yoshinari Takaoka, Hiroaki Nomoto, Mamiko Tsukui, Takeshi Fujieda, Hiroshi Maeda, Naoto Sato, Tsukasa Ohmori, Norio Isoda, Hironori Yamamoto
Spontaneous reactivation of hepatitis B virus with S gene mutations in an elderly patient with diabetic nephropathy
Noriyuki Obara, Jun Inoue, Hiroyuki Endo, Eiji Kakazu, Masashi Ninomiya, Tomoaki Iwata, Akitoshi Sano, Mio Tsuruoka, Atsushi Masamune
Two elder cases of hepatocellular carcinoma adjacent to intrahepatic vessels successfully treated by carbon ion radiotherapy
Satoshi Takakusagi, Hitoshi Takagi, Kei Shibuya, Takashi Kosone, Ken Sato, Satoru Kakizaki, Tatsuya Ohno, Toshio Uraoka
Invasive liver abscess syndrome accompanied by spondylodiscitis: a case report and review of the literature
Shun-ichi Wakabayashi, Takefumi Kimura, Naoki Tanaka, Jonathan Pham, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Shohei Higuchi, Junichi Kobayashi, Takeji Umemura, Akihiro Iijima
Tumor lysis syndrome in a patient with metastatic melanoma treated with nivolumab
Saiho Sugimoto, Takeshi Terashima, Tatsuya Yamashita, Noriho Iida, Masaaki Kitahara, Yuji Hodo, Tetsuro Shimakami, Hajime Takatori, Kuniaki Arai, Kazunori Kawaguchi, Kazuya Kitamura, Taro Yamashita, Yoshio Sakai, Yukihiro Shirota, Katsuaki Sato, Eishiro Mizukoshi, Masao Honda, Kenichi Harada, Shuichi Kaneko
Portal vein aneurysm with complete spontaneous regression after 10 years using conservative treatment
Yukihiro Watanabe, Kenichiro Takase, Katsuya Okada, Masayasu Aikawa, Kojun Okamoto, Isamu Koyama
A case of pancreatic-pleural fistula of Type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis successfully treated with pancreatic drainage and steroid
Naoyuki Hasegawa, Yuji Yamaguchi, Junji Hattori, Masato Endo, Kazunori Ishige, Kuniaki Fukuda, Ichinosuke Hyodo, Yuji Mizokami
A case of pancreatic mixed acinar–neuroendocrine carcinoma successfully diagnosed with endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration
Fumitaka Niiya, Yuichi Takano, Tetsushi Azami, Takahiro Kobayashi, Naotaka Maruoka, Tetsuji Wakabayashi, Kenichi Matsuo, Kuniya Tanaka, Tomoko Norose, Nobuyuki Ohike, Masatsugu Nagahama
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with mismatch repair deficiency resected after long-term observation
Nobuhiko Ogasawara, Tsunao Imamura, Rikako Koyama, Naoko Inoshita, Atsuhito Nakayama, Daisuke Hattori, Yasuo Ito, Yoshiki Sato, Tetsuo Tamura, Masaji Hashimoto
Splenic artery pseudoaneurysm following chemotherapy in a patient with pancreatic cancer: a case report
Kenei Furukawa, Hiroaki Shiba, Yoshihiro Shirai, Yusuke Nagata, Masayuki Saruta, Katsuhiko Yanaga
Robot-assisted combined pancreatectomy/hepatectomy for metastatic pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma: case report and review of the literature
Anthony Michael Villano, Dany Barrak, Anish Jain, Erin Meslar, Pejman Radkani, Walid Chalhoub, Nadim Haddad, Emily Winslow, Thomas Fishbein, Jason Hawksworth
Splenic rupture caused by pancreatic pseudocyst successfully treated by endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage
Naoyuki Hasegawa, Yoshimi Ito, Masamichi Yamaura, Masato Endo, Kazunori Ishige, Kuniaki Fukuda, Ichinosuke Hyodo, Yuji Mizokami