Akira Yajima
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· 11 papers in corpus
other
2000
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the expression of estrogen receptor (ER)-alpha and ER-beta messenger RNA (mRNA) in ovarian endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): Patients with endometriosis and patient…
review
2000
We report a case of endomyometriosis arising in the left uterosacral ligament of a 29-year-old woman. The central cavity of the uterine-like mass was lined by pseudo-stratified columnar epithelium and endometrial stroma. The wall of the cys…
review
1999
Defects in the cell-mediated immune system may play a role in the pathogenesis or progression of pelvic endometriosis. Possible mediators include macrophages, interleukins-1 and -6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. More recent work points t…
other
1998
PROBLEM: Factors regulating fibrosis in peritoneal endometriosis are poorly understood. We hypothesized that mast cell proteases may play a role in the process of fibrosis in peritoneal endometriosis. As the first step in examining the poss…
lab-animal
1997
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the secretion of hepatocyte growth factor by eutopic endometrial stromal cells in vitro. DESIGN: Eutopic endometrial stromal cells were isolated and the culture supernatants were collected after 48 hours of incubati…
case-report
1996
The clinical and pathological features of an apparently unique case of an endometrial cyst of the uterus are reported. The cyst was located within the myometrium of a 16-year-old woman suffering from dysmenorrhea. After excision of the cyst…
1995
Among the women who suffered from endomertiosis, pelvic adhesion and polycystic ovarian deseas were treated by endosopic approach to evaluate the effectiveness and consequent pregnancy rate after endoscopic treatment. For endoscopic incisio…
observational
1994
Macrophage colony stimulating factor (M-CSF) concentrations in the peritoneal fluid of 44 infertile patients were measured. The concentration of M-CSF was significantly higher in the patients with endometriosis than in those without endomet…
observational
1993
OBJECTIVE: To establish a relationship between pelvic pain and the stage and severity of pelvic endometriosis determined according to the revised American Fertility Society classification. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study of 618 cases dia…
case-report
1987
子宮内膜症により発生したと考えられる, 原発腟腺癌の1例を経験した. 症例は38歳の女性で, 後腟円蓋に外向性の腫瘤が認められた. 術前の腫瘍擦過細胞診では, 腺癌を疑わせる悪性細胞が出現していた. 組織学的には, 低分化型の腺癌であったが, 腫瘍下床のrectovaginal septumに, 子宮内膜症が認められた. 腺癌と内膜症との境界部には, borderline malignancyの腺管が存在し, この腫瘍は子宮内膜症より発生した, 原発性の腟腺癌と思われた.
other
1984
Ascitic fluid was obtained from a patient with ovarian endometrioid carcinoma. The cells obtained from the fluid were cultured in Eagle's minimum essential medium containing 15% fetal calf serum at 37 degrees C under humidified 5% CO2 and 9…