Kazuhisa Kitami
ORCID: 0000-0001-9691-4728
· 6 papers in corpus
case-report
2026
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Cystic adenomyoma is a rare focal cystic variant of adenomyosis, and giant lesions are particularly uncommon. Malignant transformation has been reported in endometriosis-related disease, but the molecular features of cy…
observational
2024
BACKGROUND: The accumulation of ascites is a major symptom of ovarian cancer. The volume of ascites is a pathophysiological indicator of the peritoneal environment, such as inflammation and fibrosis; however, the relationship between the vo…
lab-animal
2022
Ovarian cancer (OvCa), a lethal gynecological malignancy, disseminates to the peritoneum. Mesothelial cells (MCs) act as barriers in the abdominal cavity, preventing the adhesion of cancer cells. However, in patients with OvCa, they are tra…
observational
2021
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of incomplete surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy on the prognosis of patients with intraoperative rupture of capsulated stage I epithelial ovarian cancer (OvCa). METHODS: A …
review
2021
Ovarian cancer has one of the poorest prognoses among carcinomas. Advanced ovarian cancer often develops ascites and peritoneal dissemination, which is one of the poor prognostic factors. From the perspective of the "seed and soil" hypothes…
case-report
2016
Bowel endometriosis sometimes causes repeated intestinal obstruction during menstruation. Recently, there are an increasing number of cases of bowel endometriosis treated with laparoscopic bowel resection. We had a case of ileal endometrios…