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Oishi, Sugiko ; Mekaru, Keiko ; Tanaka, E. Suguru ; Arai, Wataru ; Ashikawa, Kyota ; Sakuraba, Yoshiyuki ; Nishioka, Mikiko ; Nakamura, Rie ; Miyagi, Maho ; Akamine, Kozue ; Aoki, Yoichi
出版情報: Reproductive Medicine and Biology.  21  2022-01-29.  John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/0002019669
概要: Purpose: To investigate the relationship between the microbiome of the female genital tract and endometriosis. Methods: This prospective cohort study included 36 women who underwent laparoscopic surgery for ovarian tumor from July 2019 to April 2020. Of them, 18 had endometriosis, and 18 did not have endometriosis. Vaginal secretions, endometrial fluid, peritoneal fluid, and ovarian cystic fluid were collected during surgery. Next-generation sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA was performed to characterize the microbiome. Results: Specific microbiomes were not detected in either peritoneal fluid or ovarian cystic fluid regardless of the presence or absence of endometriosis and the type of cyst. When the cutoff value of infectious bacterial abundance in the vagina was set as 64.3%, there were many cases more than a cutoff value in the endometriosis group significantly (p = 0.01). When the cutoff value of infectious bacterial abundance in the endometrium was set as 18.6%, there were many cases more than a cutoff level in the endometriosis cases significantly (p = 0.02). Conclusion: Peritoneal fluid and ovarian cystic fluid are almost sterile, although dysbiosis may occur in the vaginal and endometrial microbiome in women with endometriosis. 続きを見る
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Akamine, Kozue ; Mekaru, Keiko ; Gibo, Keiya ; Nagata, Chinatsu ; Nakamura, Rie ; Oishi, Sugiko ; Miyagi, Maho ; Heshiki, Chiaki ; Aoki, Yoichi
出版情報: Reproductive Medicine and Biology.  2020-10-25.  Wiley
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/47491
概要: Purpose: To investigate impact of the one‐carbon metabolism (OCM) on oocyte maturity and embryo development.\nMethods: T his prospective study analyzed 18 women who agreed to participate. We measured the OCM biomarkers’ concentrations including Vitamin B12 (VB12), folic acid (FA), and homocysteine (Hcy) in serum and follicular fluid (FF), and assessed their correlation. We also evaluated the influence of such OCM biomarker concentrations in mono‐FF on oocyte maturation, fertilization, embryo quality, and consequent pregnancy after embryo transfers.\nResults: All biomarkers showed a high concentration variability in different follicles of each woman, but their mean levels correlated with the serum levels. Among the 106 collected oocytes, 92 were mature, 59 were fertilized, and 16 yielded good‐quality embryos. We performed 26 single embryo transfers, and 7 patients achieved clinical pregnancies. VB12 concentration (FF) was significantly lower in fertilized than unfertilized oocytes by univariate analysis. In multivariate logistic analysis, a significant correlation was found between FA concentration (FF) <14.25 ng/mL and good‐quality embryos and between Hcy concentration (FF) <4.9 nmol/mL and clinical pregnancy.\nConclusion: OCM in FF may affect fertilization, embryo quality, and clinical pregnancy.
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Kinjo, Tadatsugu ; Mekaru, Keiko ; Nakada, Miyuki ; Nitta, Hayase ; Masamoto, Hitoshi ; Aoki, Yoichi
出版情報: Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology.  2019  2019-05-13.  Hindawi
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/46945
概要: We report a case of Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) where prenatal diagnosis was not made even with major anomaly. A 3 3-year-old Japanese woman was referred to our institution at 23 weeks of gestation because of fetal forearm defect. Ultrasound examination revealed short forearms and short humeri and femurs (–2.1 SD). The fetal estimated body weight was 450 g (–1.3 SD). Fetal MRI at 26 weeks of gestation revealed short forearms and hypoplasty of hand fingers. Fetal growth restriction became evident thereafter, leading to intrauterine fetal death occurring at 29 weeks of gestation. A stillbirth baby was of 798 g in body weight and 33.0 cm in length. External examination showed a low hairline, synophrys, low-set ear, hypertrichosis, and smooth long philtrum with thin lips. The neck appeared short and broad. Finally, CdLS was diagnosed. The prenatal diagnosis might be possible as the arm findings were totally characteristic in a small fetus, regardless of whether an overhanging upper lip was identified. Because CdLS is a rare condition, it is important to consider its possibility as a part of differential diagnosis.
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Miyuki, Miyagi ; Kinjo, Tadatsugu ; Mekaru, Keiko ; Nitta, Hayase ; Masamoto, Hitoshi ; Aoki, Yoichi
出版情報: Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology.  2019  2019-04-30.  Hindawi
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/47012
概要: Massive subchorionic thrombohematoma (MST), termed Breus’ mole, is a rare condition in which a large maternal blood clot separates the chorionic plate from the villous chorion. Common complications of MST include fetal growth restriction, preeclampsia, and intrauterine fetal death. Here, we present a case of a 17-year-old Japanese woman referred to our institution at 21 weeks of gestation. Ultrasound examination revealed a large placental mass with mixed high and low echogenicity measuring approximately 7.6 cm in thickness. Doppler examination showed absence of end-diastolic velocity of the umbilical artery. At 22 weeks of gestation, the patient had a stillbirth weighing 138g. The placenta weighed 502 g and was 8 cm thick, and the total blood loss was 270 g. Macroscopic examination revealed that a subchorionic blood clot measuring 12 cm × 5 cm covered a large portion of the placenta with well-defined margins on the fetal surface. Microscopic examination revealed an intervillous hematoma and fibrinous deposits directly beneath the chorionic plate with adjacent compressive effects. Based on these findings, MST was diagnosed. Because MST is rare, it must be considered in the differential diagnosis of parental conditions. Magnetic resonance imaging can be optimal for diagnosing MST when ultrasound diagnosis is difficult.
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Yagi, Hisao ; Kinjo, Yoshino ; Chinen, Yukiko ; Nitta, Hayase ; Kinjo, Tadatsugu ; Mekaru, Keiko ; Masamoto, Hitoshi ; Goya, Hideki ; Yoshida, Tomohide ; Sanabe, Naoya ; Aoki, Yoichi
出版情報: Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology.  2018  2018-09-13.  Hindawi
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/46946
概要: A 37-year-old (G4P3) woman was referred to our hospital at 32 weeks of gestation for the evaluation of a fetus with an i ntrathoracic cystic lesion. Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed that a fetal cystic lesion without a mucosal layer was located in the posterior mediastinum. These findings were consistent with a bronchogenic cyst. At 38 3/7 weeks of gestation, an elective cesarean section was performed because of her previous cesarean section. A female neonate without any external anomalies, weighing 2,442 g, with Apgar scores of 8 and 9, and requiring no resuscitation was born. Four weeks after delivery, the neonate was admitted because of respiratory distress due to mass effect. At right lateral thoracotomy, a 105 × 65 mm of solitary smooth-walled cyst containing serosanguineous fluid was found in the posterior mediastinum, which was excised completely. Histologic examination revealed the diagnosis of the mediastinal gastric duplication cyst. The neonate made an uneventful recovery. Accurate diagnosis is not necessary, but detection and continuous observation are logical. Although gastric duplication, particularly intrathoracic, is a rare pathology, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of any intrathoracic cyst.
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Kozaki, Mitsuru ; Iraha, Yuko ; Masamoto, Hitoshi ; Nitta, Hayase ; Chinen, Yukiko ; Kinjo, Tadatsugu ; Mekaru, Keiko ; Aoki, Yoichi
出版情報: American Journal of Perinatology Reports.  8  2018-10.  Thieme Medical Publishers
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/47005
概要: Two types of congenital bronchial atresia (proximal and peripheral) have been classified. We report two cases of periphe ral bronchial atresia diagnosed by prenatal ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Evaluating an enlarged lung mass that is homogeneously hyperechoic on US and hyperintense on T2-weighted MRI can help in determining whether bronchial atresia is present. Proximal type is suggested when a dilated main bronchus is observed as a tubule structure of an involved lung hilum. In our cases, T2-weighted MRI revealed homogeneously hyperintense lung lesion with decreased signal intensity of adjacent lobe, flattening diaphragm, and mediastinal shift. Dilatation of the main bronchus was not observed and the opposite lung was normal in appearance. These findings were explained by secondary compression due to enlargement of the involved lung. The preservation of vascular structure and the retained normal shape, though enlarged, in the affected lobe were observed, which demonstrated undisrupted pulmonary architecture of the lobe. Thus, congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation was excluded because pulmonary architecture was relatively preserved. Finally, presumed diagnoses of the peripheral bronchial atresia were made and confirmed by postnatal chest computed tomography.
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Kinjo, Yui ; Masamoto, Hitoshi ; Nitta, Hayase ; Kinjo, Tadatsugu ; Tamaki, Tomoko ; Yoshimi, Naoki ; Aoki, Yoichi
出版情報: Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology.  2018  2018.  Hindawi
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/47006
概要: A 40-year-old pregnant woman presented with a fetal abdominal cyst and oligohydramnios. Color Doppler scan revealed a si ngle blood vessel from the fetal aorta into a single umbilical artery. Severe oligohydramnios limited ultrasonographic evaluation of the fetal lower limbs, kidneys, or bladder. The pregnancy was terminated; the fetus showed fused lower limbs, bulging abdomen, and absent external genitalia and was diagnosed with type III sirenomelia. On autopsy, no normal bladder was observed, but duodenal atresia, anorectal atresia, and right renal agenesis were found. An intra-abdominal cyst, diagnosed histologically as a saccular cloaca, occupied the abdominal cavity. Ultrasonographic diagnosis of fetal sirenomelia is difficult due to poor depiction of the lower limbs. A vitelline artery leading to a single umbilical artery and a fetal abdominal cyst occupying most of the abdominal cavity are considered fetal sirenomelia associated with large defects of the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts.
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Akamine, Kozue ; Mekaru, Keiko ; Heshiki, Chiaki ; Chinen, Yukiko ; Kinjyo, Tadatugu ; Masamoto, Hitoshi ; Aoki, Yoichi
出版情報: Journal of Pregnancy and Child Health.  2017-03-31.  OMICS International
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/0002019348
概要: Background: The impact of vanishing twin (VT) syndrome on obstetric outcome is currently unknown. The aim of this study was to compare obstetric and neonatal outcomes of VT with singleton and twin deliveries after assisted reproduction and to evaluate the impact of VT on pregnancy outcome. Methods: We analyzed 130 births at our hospital between January 2000 and February 2012 that resulted from assisted reproduction. Among these, 96 were singleton, 10 were VT, and 24 were twin deliveries. Vanishing twin was defined as a first-trimester (≤ 12 gestational weeks) embryonic loss of one of the twins. We compared the obstetric and neonatal outcomes of VT with singletons and twins, respectively. Results: The obstetric and neonatal outcomes were similar between VT and singleton deliveries, although there was a trend towards an increased rate of preterm delivery (9.4% vs. 20%, p=0.28), extremely preterm delivery (5.2% vs. 20%, p=0.13), and low birth weight <2500 g (30% vs. 73.3, p=0.023) in the VT group. Outcomes were significantly better in the VT group than in the twin group. The rate of preterm delivery was significantly higher in the twin group than in the VT group (20% vs. 70.8%). Furthermore, birth weight was significantly lower in the twin group than in the VT group (2798 ± 187 vs. 2046 ± 97), and the rate of low birth weight was higher in the twin group than in the VT group (30% vs. 73.3%). Conclusion: Obstetric and neonatal outcome after assisted reproduction may deteriorate according to pregnancy status in the following order: singleton, VT and twin pregnancy. 続きを見る
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Nitta, Hayase ; Taira, Yusuke ; Kinjo, Tadatsugu ; Chinen, Yukiko ; Masamoto, Hitoshi ; Sanabe, Naoya ; Goya, Hideki ; Yoshida, Tomohide ; Sugibayashi, Rika ; Sumie, Masahiro ; Wada, Seiji ; Sago, Haruhiko ; Aoki, Yoichi
出版情報: American Journal of Perinatology Reports.  7  pp.e185-e187,  2017-07.  Thieme Medical Publishers
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/47008
概要: Aim We report a case of congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) with hydrops in which the fetus underwent thorac oamniotic shunting.\nCase Report A 40-year-old (G1P1) woman was diagnosed with a macrocystic CPAM. Thoracoamniotic shunting was performed at 19 weeks of gestation but not well drained and was successfully performed again at 23 weeks. However, the CPAM volume ratio, abdominal circumference, and amniotic fluid index started increasing from 28 weeks and hydrops worsened. The insufficient shunting and the fetal cardiac failure had to be considered. At 32 weeks, a male infant with general edema and massive ascites was born weighing 3,362 g (+4.79 SD) with Apgar scores of 2 and 4. The infant was intubated and high-frequency oscillation and nitric oxide therapies were instituted. The resection of CPAM was performed on day 2. Nasal continuous positive airway pressure was instituted on day 16. The infant was discharged and prescribed with home oxygen therapy (HOT) on day 65. The infant was able to leave the HOT at 30 months and is currently 34 months of age in good condition.\nConclusion Fetal thoracoamniotic shunting may be life-saving in CPAM complicated by hydrops and that this treatment might be sufficient to cure the child.
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Kinjyo, Yoshino ; Nagai, Yutaka ; Toita, Takafumi ; Kudaka, Wataru ; Ariga, Takuro ; Shimoji, Yuko ; Nakasone, Tadaharu ; Taira, Yusuke ; Arakaki, Yoshihisa ; Nakamoto, Tomoko ; Wakayama, Akihiko ; Ooyama, Takuma ; Maemoto, Hitoshi ; Heianna, Joichi ; Aoki, Yoichi
出版情報: The British Journal of Radiology.  90  2017.  The British Institute of Radiology
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/46027
概要: Objective:To compare patients with cervical cancer who were primarily treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) u sing 20 mg m^<-2> CDDP for 5 days every 3 weeks with weekly regimens of 40 mg m^<-2>. Methods:We retrospectively analyzed 185 patients with Stage IB-IVA squamous-cell carcinoma of the cervix who were treated with CCRT between 2005 and 2013 at our hospital. The CCRT regimen consisted of cisplatin (CDDP) at 20 mg m^<-2> for 5 days every 3 weeks or 40 mg m^<-2> weekly, administered concomitantly with RT. Results:The median age was 50 years (range: 22-70 years) in the triweekly group and was 50.5 years (range: 28-70 years) in the weekly group. The 5-year overall survival rate in the triweekly and weekly groups were 82.0% and 83.3%, respectively (p = 0.851); their disease-free survival rate was 79.6% and 78.1%, respectively (p = 0.672). In the triweekly group, 56 patients (50.9%) had grade 3/4 leukopenia, which was significantly higher than that of 11 patients (15%) in the weekly group (p < 0.0001). Conclusion:The weekly CDDP regimen for CCRT seems better in patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Stages IB-IVA squamous-cell carcinoma of the cervix. Advances in knowledge: The weekly CDDP regimen for CCRT seems better in patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Stages IB-IVA squamous-cell carcinoma of the cervix.
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