Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology OnlineFirst articles

23.04.2024 | Case Report

Simultaneous occurrence of autoimmune hepatitis and autoimmune hemolytic anemia after COVID-19 infection: case report and literature review

Various autoimmune diseases have been reported to develop as a result of a coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) infection. There have been some reports of COVID-19-triggered autoimmune hepatitis and autoimmune hemolytic anemia infection, but none …

verfasst von:: Ryo Abe, Naoyuki Hasegawa, Satoshi Suzuki, Sakiko Shigeta, Ryota Matsuoka, Takayasu Kato, Yusuke Niisato, Emiko Seo, Daisuke Matsubara, Kiichiro Tsuchiya

Open Access 20.04.2024 | Case Report

A case of methotrexate-related lymphoproliferative disease showing multiple liver lesions in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

A 66-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who had been receiving methotrexate (MTX) for 2 years presented with tarry stools. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen revealed irregular wall thickening in the ileocecal …

verfasst von:: Yamato Nagata, Shotaro Akiba, Hidekazu Horiuchi, Kazuo Okumoto, Shigemi Hachinohe, Rintaro Ohe

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20.04.2024 | Case Report

A case of intrahepatic mass-forming portal biliopathy mimicking intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

A 75-year-old man was referred to our department because of an enlarging intrahepatic mass detected on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) follow-up for another disease. MRI showed hypointensity on T1-weighted imaging and hyperintensity on …

verfasst von:: Kazuki Tomihara, Kotaro Ito, Keita Kai, Tomokazu Tanaka, Takao Ide, Hirokazu Noshiro

18.04.2024 | Case Report

A case of an unreported point mutation in promoter 1B of the adenomatous polyposis coli gene, which is responsible for gastric adenocarcinoma and proximal polyposis of the stomach

A 35-year-old woman of Asian descent with epigastralgia was referred to our hospital. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed gastric cancer in the upper body and carpeting fundic gland polyposis in the fornix and body. Computed tomography revealed no …

verfasst von:: Ayaka Ishida, Yasuhiro Inokuchi, Makoto Hirata, Hiroto Narimatsu, Emi Yoshioka, Kota Washimi, Nozomu Machida, Shin Maeda

18.04.2024 | Case Report

Multiple gastric neuroendocrine tumors in a patient with parietal cell dysfunction and adenosine triphosphatase H+/K+ transporting subunit alpha gene variant

A 47-year-old woman presented with multiple gastric tumors, each up to 10 mm in diameter, in the gastric body and fundus without mucosal atrophy. White spots and numerous transparent, light-brownish, small, and rounded spots were observed in the …

verfasst von:: Yu Sasaki, Yasuhiko Abe, Ken Haruma, Hidenori Sato, Makoto Yagi, Naoko Mizumoto, Yusuke Onozato, Minami Ito, Takahiro Watabe, Yoshiyuki Ueno

15.04.2024 | Case Report

Symptomatic duodenal intramural hematoma caused by weight training: a report of two cases

Symptoms of traumatic duodenal intramural hematoma, a rare disease caused by trauma, blood disease, or antithrombotic therapy, can include abdominal pain. Case 1 is that of a 35-year-old man at a gym who dropped a 100 kg barbell on his abdomen. It …

verfasst von:: Shunsuke Kojimahara, Mimari Kanazawa, Keiichi Tominaga, Satoshi Masuyama, Kengo Matsumoto, Shoko Watanabe, Akira Yamamiya, Takeshi Sugaya, Kenichi Goda, Atsushi Irisawa

12.04.2024 | Case Report

A case report of perihilar cholangiocarcinoma in a patient with situs inversus totalis

Situs inversus totalis is a rare congenital malformation in which organs are positioned in a mirror-image relationship to normal conditions. It often presents with vascular and biliary malformations. Only a few reports have pointed out the …

verfasst von:: Naohiro Hirano, Masahiro Iseki, Kei Nakagawa, Masamichi Mizuma, Takashi Kamei, Ryotaro Matsumoto, Shin Miura, Kiyoshi Kume, Atsushi Masamune, Michiaki Unno

12.04.2024 | Case Report

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy diagnosis of circumferentially extraluminal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma in the transverse colon: a case report

A 61-year-old man present to us with continued abdominal pain without abdominal tenderness for 1 month. Blood testing showed elevated biliary enzymes and inflammation. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) revealed thickening of the …

verfasst von:: Tomoyuki Niwa, Moeka Watahiki, Toshikatsu Kosugi, Daisuke Kusama, Hiroki Tamakoshi, Masaki Takinami, Junichi Kaneko, Yurimi Takahashi, Masafumi Nishino, Takanori Yamada

Open Access 08.04.2024 | Case Report

Reactivation of hepatitis C virus caused by steroid monotherapy for sudden deafness

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) reactivation has been reported to be caused due to several anticancer drugs and immunosuppressive agents; however, HCV reactivation after steroid monotherapy has rarely been reported. Here, we report the case of a …

verfasst von:: Hiroki Kaneko, Yoshinori Ozono, Hisayoshi Iwakiri, Hiroshi Hatada, Naomi Uchiyama, Yuri Komaki, Kenichi Nakamura, Satoru Hasuike, Kenji Nagata, Hiroshi Kawakami

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Open Access 08.04.2024 | Case Report

A perforation of a duodenal diverticulum in a 97-year-old patient after total gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y reconstruction: a case report

Most duodenal diverticula (DD) are asymptomatic and rarely develop perforations. Perforation is the most serious complication of DD and often requires emergency surgery. A 97-year-old woman who had undergone total gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y …

verfasst von:: Shinya Ohno, Tomohito Shinoda, Tatsuki Kawahara, Yusuke Nonomura, Reo Tachikawa, Kakeru Tawada, Aiko Ikawa, Bun Sano

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08.04.2024 | Case Report

Pancreaticoduodenectomy after bilirubin adsorption for distal cholangiocarcinoma with severe obstructive jaundice refractory to repeat preoperative endoscopic biliary drainage: a case report

The necessity of biliary drainage before pancreaticoduodenectomy remains controversial in cases involving malignant obstructive jaundice; however, the benefits of biliary drainage have been reported in cases with severe hyperbilirubinemia. Herein …

verfasst von:: Toshihiro Nakayama, Kyoji Ito, Mai Nakamura, Fuyuki Inagaki, Daisuke Katagiri, Natsuyo Yamamoto, Fuminori Mihara, Nobuyuki Takemura, Norihiro Kokudo

07.04.2024 | Case Report

A case of recurrent follicular cholangitis leading to decompensated cirrhosis after left-sided hepatectomy

Follicular cholangitis (FC) is a rare non-neoplastic biliary tract disease first reported in 2003. A 74-year-old woman underwent extended left hepatectomy with a diagnosis of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Histopathological examination of the …

verfasst von:: Hirotaka Oura, Takayoshi Nishino, Yasuki Hatayama, Harutoshi Sugiyama, Makoto Arai, Akihiro Cho, Satoshi Katagiri, Keita Yoshida, Takuya Nagasaka, Tadao Nakazawa

04.04.2024 | Case Report

Long-term endoscopic change of gastric polyp associated with administration of vonoprazan

Vonoprazan (VPZ) has been available in Japan since 2015. Endoscopic features of proton-pump inhibitor (PPI)-related gastric mucosal changes, including fundic gland and hyperplastic polyps, have been observed. However, the relationship between …

verfasst von:: Yorinari Ochiai, Shinji Ito, Daisuke Kikuchi, Shu Hoteya

Open Access 27.03.2024 | Case Report

A case of young male with recurrent acute pancreatitis caused by an intrapancreatic gastric duplication cyst

Gastric duplication cyst (GDC) is a rare gastrointestinal malformation that frequently occurs in the greater curvature of the gastric antrum or corpus. Herein, we reported a case of intrapancreatic GDC found as a result of recurring pancreatitis.

verfasst von:: Sayaka Miyamoto, Yasutaka Ishii, Masahiro Serikawa, Yumiko Tatsukawa, Shinya Nakamura, Juri Ikemoto, Yosuke Tamura, Kenichiro Uemura, Koji Arihiro, Shiro Oka

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27.03.2024 | Case Report

Endoscopic loco-regional treatment in controlling pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) behavior: a case series and literature review

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) are considered rare pancreatic neoplasms, and it is a challenging disease entity due to its indolent behavior and is difficult to manage. Diagnostic challenge is usually found in the imaging-based approach …

verfasst von:: Cosmas Rinaldi Adithya Lesmana

26.03.2024 | Original Article

Clinical features of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated with radiofrequency ablation therapy: developing a simple score to determine the need for immune-adjuvant therapy

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been reported to be the sixth most common type of cancer and third to fourth leading cause of cancer death worldwide [ 1 – 3 ]. Surgical resection (SR) or local ablation are cornerstones of curative-intent …

verfasst von:: Fujimasa Tada, Atsushi Hiraoka, Kosuke Nakatani, Kana Matsuoka, Mai Fukumoto, Takuya Matsuda, Emi Yanagihara, Hironobu Saneto, Taisei Murakami, Kei Onishi, Hirofumi Izumoto, Shogo Kitahata, Kozue Kanemitsu-Okada, Tomoe Kawamura, Taira Kuroda, Jun Hanaoka, Jota Watanabe, Hiromi Ohtani, Osamu Yoshida, Masashi Hirooka, Hideki Miyata, Eiji Tsubouchi, Masanori Abe, Bunzo Matsuura, Tomoyuki Ninomiya, Yoichi Hiasa

26.03.2024 | Case Report

Miliary tuberculosis diagnosed by diffuse hepatic uptake on PET/CT and transjugular liver biopsy

The patient was an 81-year-old man. In his 20s, he had been treated with pharmacotherapy for pulmonary tuberculosis for 1 year. He presented to the Department of Respiratory Medicine with a chief complaint of dyspnea. The possibility of …

verfasst von:: Ren Ueta, Akiko Saito, Yuka Yanai, Yuki Otake, Chizu Yokoi, Jun-ichi Akiyama, Mikio Yanase, Tsuyoshi Tajima

26.03.2024 | Case Report

Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma arising from the lymph node of the pancreatic head: a case report with literature review

A 72-year-old man was referred to our hospital for the examination of a pancreatic head mass. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a contrasted 8-cm-diameter tumor extending from the dorsal pancreatic head to the porta hepatis. The preoperative …

verfasst von:: Takahiro Yamada, Keinosuke Ishido, Norihisa Kimura, Taiichi Wakiya, Hayato Nagase, Shintaro Goto, Tadashi Yoshizawa, Hiroshi Kijima, Seiichi Kato, Kenichi Hakamada

Open Access 25.03.2024 | Case Report

Calcium polystyrene sulfonate-induced rectal ulcer causing E. coli native-valve infective endocarditis

Escherichia coli-associated native-valve infective endocarditis is a rare disease that affects elderly patients with underlying risk factors such as diabetes mellitus, malignancy, and renal failure. Long-term use of calcium polystyrene sulfonate …

verfasst von:: Shinnosuke Fukushima, Hideharu Hagiya, Hiroyuki Honda, Tomoharu Ishida, Ryohei Shoji, Kou Hasegawa, Fumio Otsuka

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25.03.2024 | Case Report

Transarterial embolization with bleomycin–lipiodol emulsion: a successful minimal invasive approach for giant liver hemangioma

Hemangiomas are most common benign liver tumor. Most patients have an excellent prognosis because of the small size and benign nature of tumor. On some occasions, giant liver hemangioma may cause symptoms and significant challenges due to its …

verfasst von:: Juferdy Kurniawan, Maria Teressa, Refael Alfa Budiman, Sahat Basana Romanti Ezer Matondang

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