Fumichika Kitamura
Gifu University
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Breast Cancer | 2001
Makoto Takeuchi; Yoshitomo Kashiki; Chiken Shibuya; Satoru Yamamoto; Fumichika Kitamura; Yasuko Nagao; Hiroaki Oota; Naoki Yoshimi
We describe a 74-year-old female presenting with a right breast mass. She had found the mass on self-examination. Physical examination revealed a 2.2×2.5 cm, firm, smooth, and mobile lump in the upper medial portion of the right breast.Mammmography revealed a well marginated, oval-shaped, and isodense nodule. Calcification was not evident. On ultrasonography, the lesion was 17×18× 9 mm and located 5 mm below the overlying skin. Excisional biopsy under local anesthesia was performed. The tumor was easily excised. Histopathologically, the lesion was composed of intersecting bundles of spindle-shaped smooth muscle cells, and involved peripheral ducts and fat tissue. Immunohistochemical staining showed positivity for α-smooth muscle actin (SMA), but was negative for S-100 protein, myoglobin, keratin, and vimentin.From these findings a muscular hamartoma of the breast, a rare subtype of hamartoma, was diagnosed.
Jpn J Gastroenterol Surg, Nihon Shokaki Geka Gakkai zasshi | 2000
Katsuyuki Kunieda; Hisashi Kohmura; Jun Sano; Kazuya Yamaguchi; Shinichiro Aoki; Fumichika Kitamura; Yasuyuki Sugiyama; Shigetoyo Saji
【目的】分子生物学的側面より大腸癌肝転移高危険群の抽出を行った.【対象と結果】(1) 大腸癌48例における, RT-PCRによるMMP-9, uPA, TIMP遺伝子発現と肝転移との関連をみると, 転移群ではMMP-9とuPA発現率が有意に高率でった.(2) 異時性肝転移33例と非転移66例におけるPCNA, CD44, nm23, p53免疫染色による検討では, 転移群でPCNA-LIが有意に高く, CD44 (+), nm23 (-) が有意に多かった.(3) 肝転移65例, 無再発66例における検討では, 肝転移群でMVDが有意に高値で, VEGF染色性が有意に高かった.(4) 大腸癌52例でのCEAとCK-20を用いたRT-PCRによる癌細胞の検索では, 病期の進行とともに検出率が増加した. 遠隔転移 (-) 例でも16%(7/43) が陽性で, うち2例 (29%) に異時性肝転移が認められた.【結語】大腸癌肝転移にはMMP-9, uPA, TIMP, VEGF, MVD, PCNA, nm23, CD44などが関連しており, これらの検索がRT-PCRによる環流血中の癌細胞検出法とともに高危険群抽出に有用であると推察された.
Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (journal of Japan Surgical Association) | 2007
Masahito Nawa; Juji Tsuchiya; Susumu Tachibana; Fumichika Kitamura; Iwao Kumazawa; Hajime Kawagoe
Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (journal of Japan Surgical Association) | 2001
Makoto Takeuchi; Yoshitomo Kashiki; Chiken Shibuya; Satoru Yamamoto; Fumichika Kitamura
Jpn J Gastroenterol Surg, Nihon Shokaki Geka Gakkai zasshi | 2008
Masahito Nawa; Juji Tsuchiya; Susumu Tachibana; Fumichika Kitamura; Iwao Kumazawa; Hajime Kawagoe; Koji Matsui
Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (journal of Japan Surgical Association) | 2006
Motohiro Ito; Katsuyuki Kunieda; Fumichika Kitamura; Tokio Chikaishi
Nihon Gekakei Rengo Gakkaishi (journal of Japanese College of Surgeons) | 2006
Motohiro Ito; Katsuyuki Kunieda; Fumichika Kitamura; Tokio Chikaishi
Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (journal of Japan Surgical Association) | 1998
Kazuya Yamaguchi; Kimitoshi Nishio; Kazuhiro Ishihara; Fumichika Kitamura; Toru Ishikawa; Satoru Yamamoto; Chiken Shibuya; Yoshitomo Kashiki
Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (journal of Japan Surgical Association) | 1998
Fumichika Kitamura; Shigetoyo Saji; Daizo Fukada; Kiichi Miya; Katsuyuki Kunieda; Yasuyuki Sugiyama; Motohisa Katoh; Masahiro Hayakawa; Kazuya Yamaguchi; Jun Sano
Jpn J Gastroenterol Surg, Nihon Shokaki Geka Gakkai zasshi | 1997
Fumichika Kitamura; Shigetoyo Saji; Daizo Fukada; Kiichi Miya; Katsuyuki Kunieda; Yasuyuki Sugiyama; Hiroshi Takao; Motohisa Katoh