K Yamamoto

The expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) were immunohistochemically examined in both pelvic and extrapelvic endometriotic lesions. Different expressions of VEGF and COX-2 were observed in both…

Beginning 15 days after ovariectomy (OVX), a high mammary tumor strain of SHN virgin mice at 3 months of age received subcutaneous injections of danazol (0.5 mug / 0.1 ml olive oil, once a day), perphenazine (0.05 mg / 0.1 ml saline, twice …

A 34-year-old woman with a left ovarian cyst (clinically diagnosed as endometrial cyst) was treated with 400 mg of danazol per day. On the next day, after a total dose of only 600 mg of danazol, gingival bleeding and purpura occurred. Her l…

A 13-year-old nulligravida girl, 158.5 cm in height and 76.0 kg in body weight, came to our department complaining of continuous right lower abdominal pain. One month earlier, an ovarian cyst in the right ovary, about 3 cm in diameter, was …

The functional state of iliac cancellous bones in healthy postmenopausal women was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) using a modified organic preparation method. SEM analysis of the location, number, size and phase of the r…

Twenty-seven patients with aplastic anemia (20 severe: 7 moderate) were treated with combined immunosuppression consisting of antilymphocyte globulin (ALG: Ahlbulin, Green Cross Co., Osaka, Japan) and high-dose methylprednisolone. Danazol o…

It has been shown in mice that progesterone stimulates both mammary tumourigenesis and uterine adenomyosis in intact animals in the presence of normal levels of prolactin and oestrogen. From the view-point of the high dependence of progeste…

An accurate preoperative diagnosis of uterine adenomyosis is often difficult. We reviewed our experience with ultrasound evaluation of this pathological entity. Patients with histologically proven adenomyosis were studied to determine the u…