Kimihiko Ito

Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging are useful tools for the preoperative diagnosis of peritoneal pregnancy; however, accurate diagnosis before surgery remains challenging. We report a rare case of primary peritoneal pregnancy in whic…

•A case of concurrent primary ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma and liver angiosarcoma is detailed herein.•If a liver tumor is found together with ovarian cancer, it is necessary to determine whether this is a primary hepatic malignancy or …

Intra-abdominal bleeding due to uterine fibroids is extremely rare, and preoperative diagnosis is difficult. Herein, we report a case of preoperatively diagnosed hypovolaemic shock due to intra-abdominal haemorrhage, in which fatal sequelae…

INTRODUCTION: Although adenomyosis is a common disease, it is a relatively rare site for cancer origin. On the other hand, chocolate cysts have the potential to develop into cancer. We report a case of endometrioid adenocarcinoma occurred a…

This study examines the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) as a therapeutic target in clear cell carcinoma (CCC) of the ovary, which has been regarded as a chemoresistant histologic subtype. Immunohistochemical analysis using…

In this study clinical studies were conducted on galactosyltransferase associated with tumour (GAT) as a newly developed marker of ovarian cancers. The positive rates of GAT with a cut-off value of 16 U/ml (which corresponds to the mean + 2…