Toshio Kumasaka

ORCID: 0000-0001-7012-7590 · 5 papers in corpus
observational 2022
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0268299

BACKGROUND: Thoracic endometriosis-related pneumothorax is a secondary spontaneous pneumothorax caused by thoracic endometriosis. Diaphragmatic endometriosis is well-studied, but visceral and/or parietal pleural lesions are not. Although su…

case-report 2017
Respiratory medicine case reports ·doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.06.011

Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) are mesenchymal neoplasms with immunoreactivity for both melanocytic and smooth muscle markers. PEComas occur at multiple sites, and malignant PEComas can undergo metastasis, recurrence and agg…

other 2013
Pathology international ·doi:10.1111/pin.12089

Thoracic endometriosis is a rare disease responsible for catamenial pneumothorax. The immunohistochemical features of thoracic endometriosis are not well understood. An immunohistochemical examination of 84 diaphragmatic specimens of catame…

case-report 2012
Human pathology ·doi:10.1016/j.humpath.2012.03.020

A 41-year-old woman carrying a germline tuberous sclerosis complex 2 (TSC2) mutation, whose regular medical follow-up for tuberous sclerosis complex and tuberous sclerosis complex-associated lymphangioleiomyomatosis had continued for 2 year…

other 2010
Journal of medical genetics ·doi:10.1136/jmg.2009.070565

BACKGROUND: Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (BHDS) is an inherited autosomal genodermatosis characterised by fibrofolliculomas of the skin, renal tumours and multiple lung cysts. Genetic studies have disclosed that the clinical picture as well as r…