S Hirata

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus

case-report 2006

Case study of a pregnant woman with decidualized ovarian endometriosis whose preoperative findings suggested malignant transformation

European journal of gynaecological oncology

BACKGROUND: Because both decidualization and malignant transformation of endometriosis are characterized by mural nodules on the wall of the cyst, the preoperative differential diagnosis is reportedly difficult. CASE: A 31-year-old woman w…

case-report 1997

Mirizzi syndrome caused by xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis: report of a case

Surgery today ·doi:10.1007/bf02384992

Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC) is a rare inflammatory disease of the gallbladder. In severe cases, inflammation extends to adjacent structures, and XGC is sometimes confused with a malignant neoplasm. We recently diagnosed XGC as t…