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Aneurisma de la Aorta Abdominal/cirugía , Enfermedades de la Aorta/etiología , Enfermedades Duodenales/etiología , Fístula Intestinal/etiología , Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Vasculares/efectos adversos , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Enfermedades de la Aorta/patología , Enfermedades de la Aorta/fisiopatología , Arteriosclerosis Obliterante/complicaciones , Artritis Reumatoide/complicaciones , Diabetes Mellitus , Enfermedades Duodenales/patología , Enfermedades Duodenales/fisiopatología , Resultado Fatal , Humanos , Fístula Intestinal/patología , Fístula Intestinal/fisiopatología , Masculino , Úlcera Gástrica/complicacionesRESUMEN
We report a rare case of inverted Schneiderian papilloma causing exceedingly high serum levels of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and squamous cell carcinoma-associated antigen (SCC). A 74-year-old man presented with a 6-month history of a productive cough, bloody sputa, and dyspnea. Chest computed tomography showed massive infiltration in the lower lobe with multiple focal soft tissue densities. Blood biochemical analysis revealed a serum CEA level of 107.0 ng/ml (normal <5.0 ng/ml), and an SCC level of 373.0 ng/ml (normal <1.5 ng/ml). Squamous papilloma was diagnosed by histological examination of a bronchoscopic biopsy specimen. To alleviate the patient's symptoms and refine the diagnosis, we performed a right lower lobectomy. The lower lobe of the lung was filled with mucinous sputa and very fragile papillary tumors of various sizes. Microscopic examination revealed papillary growth of stratified epithelial cells with massive mucin production. No nuclear abnormality or invasion of the basal membrane of the tumor cells was observed. Postoperatively, the patient's symptoms resolved quickly, and the serum levels of CEA and SCC decreased to 6.4 ng/ml and 1.7 ng/ml, respectively, within 3 months.
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Antígenos de Neoplasias/inmunología , Antígeno Carcinoembrionario/sangre , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/inmunología , Papiloma Invertido/inmunología , Serpinas/inmunología , Anciano , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patología , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/cirugía , Humanos , Masculino , Papiloma Invertido/patología , Papiloma Invertido/cirugíaRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: A close relationship has been reported between microalbuminuria and atherosclerosis in patients with diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to determine which of the 2 aspects of atherosclerosis, arterial thickening or stiffness, has more effect on levels of microalbuminuria in type 2 diabetic patients. METHODS: Twenty-four-hour urine samples of 167 Japanese type 2 diabetic patients (aged 58 +/- 12 years) without overt proteinuria were collected for quantitative analysis of urinary albumin excretion (UAE). Arterial stiffness was evaluated by measuring aortic pulse-wave velocity (PWV), and arterial thickness was measured by the intima-media thickness (IMT) of the carotid artery. RESULTS: The aortic PWV and carotid IMT were both significantly positively correlated with logarithmically transformed UAE (r=0.269, p<0.001; and r=0.188, p<0.05, respectively). Although there was a significant positive correlation between aortic PWV and carotid IMT (r=0.263, p<0.001), multiple regression analyses demonstrated that aortic PWV, but not carotid IMT, was a significant factor associated with log UAE, independent of other confounding factors (R2=0.246, p<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that increased arterial stiffness, but not arterial thickness, is significantly associated with the increase in albuminuria, and that decreased arterial distensibility due to increased stiffness caused by atherosclerosis may be related to the progression of diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetic patients.
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Albuminuria/diagnóstico por imagen , Albuminuria/fisiopatología , Arterias/diagnóstico por imagen , Arterias/fisiopatología , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/orina , Anciano , Albuminuria/etiología , Aorta/fisiopatología , Velocidad del Flujo Sanguíneo , Arterias Carótidas/diagnóstico por imagen , Elasticidad , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Pulso Arterial , Análisis de Regresión , Túnica Íntima/diagnóstico por imagen , Túnica Media/diagnóstico por imagen , UltrasonografíaRESUMEN
Bone disease occurs in the predialysis phase of chronic renal failure (CRF). The aim of this study was to examine how a decrease in renal function affects annual bone mineral density (BMD) changes in predialysis CRF patients and to examine the factors that affect BMD. The BMD of the distal radius in 53 predialysis CRF patients (age, 61.3 +/- 10.8 years; serum creatinine 2.7 +/- 1.2 mg/dl) was measured by peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) twice with a 1-year interval. The total BMD of the radius significantly decreased over a year (P < 0.001), and both trabecular and cortical BMD showed a significant decrease. Significant positive correlations with BMD changes were found for estimated creatinine clearance (r = 0.375, P < 0.01) and baseline serum 1,25(OH)(2)D (r = 0.434, P < 0.005), indicating that BMD decreased to a greater extent with larger reductions in creatinine clearance and serum 1,25(OH)(2)D. Of several bone metabolic markers examined, baseline serum osteocalcin was significantly positively correlated with annual BMD changes (r = -0.276, P < 0.05). Multiple regression analysis showed that baseline serum 1,25(OH)(2)D (beta = 0.434) was a significant predictor of decreases in total and trabecular BMD (R (2) = 0.188, P < 0.01; and R (2) = 0.207, P < 0.01), independent of other confounding factors. These results indicate that BMD decreases as renal function deteriorates in predialysis CRF patients, and that osteocalcin is a clinically useful marker associated with the decrease in BMD. The serum 1,25(OH)(2)D level is the principal factor affecting BMD of the radius, suggesting that supplementation with an active form of vitamin D is of importance for predialysis CRF patients.