[Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Left Pelvic Kidney : A Case Report].

We report the case of a 61-year-old man who was incidentally diagnosed with a left pelvic ectopic kidney with renal tumor. Computed tomography showed a hypervascular tumor at the posterior surface of the ectopic kidney with five arterial and two venous supply vessels. On preoperative examination, this patient had respiratory dysfunction. For these reasons, an open radical nephrectomy was performed. Histological examination revealed a clear cell renal cell carcinoma, pT1aN0M0, G1, and a Fuhrman nuclear grading system grade of G2. No evidence of disease was observed 15 months after surgery.

Determination of the degree of degradation of frying rapeseed oil using fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy combined with partial least-squares regression.

This rapid method for determining the degree of degradation of frying rapeseed oils uses Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy combined with partial least-squares (PLS) regression. One hundred and fifty-six frying oil samples that degraded to different degrees by frying potatoes were scanned by an FTIR spectrometer using attenuated total reflectance (ATR). PLS regression with full cross validation was used for the prediction of acid value (AV) and total polar compounds (TPC) based on raw, first, and second derivative FTIR spectra (4000-650 cm(-1)). The precise calibration model based on the second derivative FTIR spectra shows that the coefficients of determination for calibration (R (2)) and standard errors of cross validation (SECV) were 0.99 and 0.16 mg KOH/g and 0.98 and 1.17% for AV and TPC, respectively. The accuracy of the calibration model, tested using the validation set, yielded standard errors of prediction (SEP) of 0.16 mg KOH/g and 1.10% for AV and TPC, respectively. Therefore, the degradation of frying oils can be accurately measured using FTIR spectroscopy combined with PLS regression.

Analysis of carbonyl value of frying oil by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.

A rapid method for determining the carbonyl value of frying oils has been developed using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and chemometrics. One hundred and fifty-six frying oils with different carbonyl values were collected from an actual potato frying process. FTIR spectra in the range of 4000-650 cm(-1) were scanned with a FTIR spectroscopy apparatus using the attenuated total reflectance (ATR) method. A good calibration model was obtained using the partial least-squares (PLS) regression method with full cross validation for predicting the carbonyl value of frying oils. For the model, the coefficients of determination (R(2)), standard errors of cross validation (SECV) and standard errors of prediction (SEP) were 0.99, 1.87 µmol g(-1) and 1.93 µmol g(-1), respectively. Moreover, standard deviation ratios of reference data in the validation sample set to the SEP were higher than 3. This study shows that the carbonyl value of frying oils can be successfully determined to a high accuracy using FTIR spectroscopy combined with PLS regression.

[A case of primary retroperitoneal mucinous cystadenocarcinoma].

The present report describes a 31-year-old Japanese woman with a retroperitoneal cystic mass adjoining below the left kidney. No disseminated tumors were observed, and resection of the tumor only was performed laparoscopically. The surgical specimen showed a well-differentiated papillary mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the ovarian type. Additional gynecological examination, including positron emission tomography-computed tomography, showed no malignancy at other sites. Recurrence or metastasis has not been observed after more than 1 year of follow-up. Primary retroperitoneal mucinous cystadenocarcinoma is a very rare tumor. Thirty-six and 55 cases have been reported previously in the English and Japanese literature, respectively. The pathogenesis of the disease remains unclear and controversial. A standard treatment has not been established in the literature, and a consistent prognosis has not been reported. Therefore, close post-operative follow-up is strongly recommended.

[Case of urachal cancer treated by neoadjuvant chemotherapy with FOLFOX4 (oxaliplatin, 5-FU and leukovolin)].

A 52-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for treatment of urachal cancer. She complained of supurapubic dull pain and gross hematuria. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a non-papillary sessile tumor, which was located on the dome of the bladder and invaded the small intestine. The tumor was diagnosed as Sheldon's stage IIIC urachal cancer. After three courses of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with FOLFOX4 (oxaliplatin, 5-FU and leukovolin), the tumor was reduced from 7 x 6 cm to 5.5 x 5 cm in size. Consequently, the patient underwent an en-bloc resection of the urachal tumor with the dome of the bladder and the parts of the ileum invaded by the tumor. One course of adjuvant chemotherapy (FOLFOX4) was performed. Surgical specimen revealed histologically well differentiated squamous carcinoma and invasion to the propria of the ileum. The surgical margins were negative for the cancer. For 1.5 years after the surgery, no local recurrence or distant metastasis has been observed.