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Auris Nasus Larynx ; 48(5): 1013-1022, 2021 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33883097

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OBJECTIVE: Although both sarcopenia and systemic inflammation affect the outcomes of head and neck cancer (HNC) patients, the association between sarcopenia and systemic inflammation and the combined prognostic effect of these factors in HNC patients remain unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of sarcopenia with systemic inflammation on survival and disease control in HNC patients. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed medical records of HNC patients treated between 2009 and 2016. The skeletal muscle area was measured using a single computed tomography image slice at the level of the third cervical vertebra. A prognostic score (SPLR) was developed based on sarcopenia and the platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and its prognostic value was evaluated. RESULTS: Overall, 164 patients were enrolled. In the multivariate analysis, sarcopenia was significantly associated with poor overall survival (OS) (p < 0.01). However, neither sarcopenia nor a high PLR was an independent prognostic factor for disease-free survival (DFS) or locoregional recurrence-free survival (LRFS). A high PLR was an independent predictor for sarcopenia (p < 0.01). A high SPLR was associated with older age, lower serum hemoglobin, and lower body mass index (all p < 0.05). Multivariate analysis revealed that SPLR was a significant independent predictor of OS, DFS, and LRFS (all p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Systemic inflammation is significantly associated with sarcopenia. The survival and oncological effects of sarcopenia were enhanced when PLR was high. Thus, the combination of these two parameters may be useful for identifying HNC patients at a risk of poor survival outcomes.


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Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/terapia , Inflamação/sangue , Contagem de Linfócitos , Contagem de Plaquetas , Sarcopenia/epidemiologia , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Cabeça e Pescoço/terapia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Quimiorradioterapia Adjuvante , Feminino , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/sangue , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/epidemiologia , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/patologia , Humanos , Inflamação/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Análise Multivariada , Terapia Neoadjuvante , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Otorrinolaringológicos , Prognóstico , Sarcopenia/diagnóstico por imagem , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Cabeça e Pescoço/sangue , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Cabeça e Pescoço/epidemiologia , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas de Cabeça e Pescoço/patologia , Taxa de Sobrevida , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Auris Nasus Larynx ; 48(4): 731-737, 2021 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33261982

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OBJECTIVES: Malnutrition and inflammation are common in patients with head and neck cancer and are closely associated with prognosis. Although several parameters for evaluating nutritional/inflammatory status have been assessed in relation to the prognosis of patients with head and neck cancer, previous studies primarily included patients with advanced-stage disease. To date, there is no consensus regarding the most reliable parameter for predicting the prognosis of early and advanced-stage head and neck cancer. This study sought to evaluate nutritional/inflammatory prognostic factors before treatment in patients with early and advanced-stage head and neck cancer. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed medical records of patients treated between 2008 and 2015 at our institution in order to evaluate the effects of nutritional/inflammatory parameters, including C-reactive protein/albumin ratio, modified Glasgow prognostic score, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, platelet/lymphocyte ratio, and Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index, on overall survival. Effects of potential risk factors on overall survival were analyzed by computing Kaplan-Meier estimates; curves were compared using the log-rank test. RESULTS: A total of 164 patients were enrolled. C-reactive protein/albumin ratio, modified Glasgow prognostic score, platelet/lymphocyte ratio, and Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index were found to be statistically significantly correlated with overall survival. Only the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index remained statistically significant in the multivariate analysis. The three-year survival rates according to the four-group Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index scores for normal, low, moderate, and high risk were 95.5%, 84.3%, 53.8%, and 23.4%, respectively. CONCLUSION: The Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index is therefore a useful prognostic factor for patients with early and advanced-stage head and neck cancer.


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Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/mortalidade , Inflamação/complicações , Desnutrição/complicações , Estado Nutricional , Idoso , Biomarcadores/sangue , Feminino , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/sangue , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/complicações , Humanos , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Linfócitos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neutrófilos , Prognóstico , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de Risco , Taxa de Sobrevida
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Auris Nasus Larynx ; 47(2): 254-261, 2020 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31495531

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OBJECTIVES: Data on the adult-onset periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome are scarce. European studies reported that unlike pediatric-onset PFAPA, tonsillectomy is ineffective for adult-onset PFAPA. The aims of this study were (1) to assess the response to tonsillectomy in a cohort of Japanese adult-onset PFAPA patients and (2) to evaluate the histologic appearance of tonsils in adult-onset PFAPA patients and to compare them with those of tonsils from age- and sex-matched controls with chronic tonsillitis. METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study, 5 adults with PFAPA and 15 controls who had undergone tonsillectomy were recruited. The size of the tonsil germinal centers was measured by hematoxylin and eosin staining, and the number and density of B and T lymphocytes in germinal centers were measured by immunohistochemistry, using CD3, CD4 and CD8 as T cell markers and CD20 as B cell marker. RESULTS: All patients had complete remission of the symptoms after surgery. PFAPA patients had significantly smaller germinal center areas than controls. The number and density of CD8+ cells in germinal centers were significantly lower in tonsils from PFAPA compared with controls. No differences were found between the two groups in CD3+, CD4+, and CD20+ cells. These results are compatible with the tonsillar features of pediatric-onset PFAPA. CONCLUSION: Our report demonstrates that tonsillectomy might be effective for adult-onset PFAPA and that tonsils of adult- and pediatric-onset PFAPA share the same histological features. These results suggest that the pathogenic mechanisms of adult- and pediatric-onset PFAPA are identical.


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Febre/cirurgia , Linfadenite/cirurgia , Faringite/cirurgia , Estomatite Aftosa/cirurgia , Tonsilectomia , Adulto , Idade de Início , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Doença Crônica , Feminino , Febre/complicações , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Linfadenite/complicações , Masculino , Pescoço , Tonsila Palatina/patologia , Faringite/complicações , Faringite/patologia , Estomatite Aftosa/complicações , Síndrome , Tonsilite/cirurgia
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Case Rep Otolaryngol ; 2019: 1746180, 2019.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31637075

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Adult-onset periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome is a rare condition, having been reported in only three patients in Japan till date. While almost all pediatric PFAPA patients respond well to tonsillectomy, some European studies have reported that tonsillectomy may be ineffective for adult-onset PFAPA. All the Japanese patients with adult-onset PFAPA had been treated orally so far (cimetidine with or without prednisone), instead of tonsillectomy. We reported a case involving a 37-year-old Japanese man with PFAPA syndrome who presented with a history of febrile episodes associated with pharyngitis, cervical adenitis, and aphthous stomatitis for one year. The patient had been undergoing oral medication therapy without any significant improvement. Tonsillectomy was performed for the patient, and complete resolution of PFAPA was achieved. Our experience suggests that a tonsillectomy is a viable option for the treatment of adult-onset PFAPA.

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Case Rep Otolaryngol ; 2019: 3208469, 2019.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31263614

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Malignant metastases to the thyroid are rare and even rarer from colorectal cancer (CRC). Most cases of CRC metastasis to the thyroid involve metastases to other organs as well, particularly the liver and/or lung. There are only three reports of CRC metastasizing to the thyroid without involvement of another site. Patients with solitary thyroid metastasis from CRC have a poor prognosis after surgery, whereas resection is beneficial in their counterparts with a solitary liver or lung metastasis. This difference could be the result of delayed diagnosis of thyroid metastasis in patients with CRC, given that postoperative follow-up examination of the thyroid is not routinely performed. Here we describe a patient who was found to have a solitary metastasis of sigmoid cancer to the thyroid on postoperative imaging and has had prolonged disease-free survival after thyroidectomy. Our experience suggests that a low threshold of suspicion is crucial for timely diagnosis of thyroid metastasis from CRC and that resection can improve disease-free survival.

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Case Rep Otolaryngol ; 2018: 6346453, 2018.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30652042

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The presence of a cartilaginous mass on the bony external auditory canal is an unusual finding. Currently, two different diagnoses have been used to describe this type of mass: chondroma and cartilaginous choristoma. There is currently no consensus on which diagnosis is appropriate for this type of lesion. Choristoma is defined as a tumor-like growth of normal tissue occurring in an abnormal location. Histological examination alone cannot be used to distinguish between cartilaginous choristoma and chondroma, as both lesions comprise normal mature hyaline cartilage. To diagnose a mass as cartilaginous choristoma on the bony external auditory canal, it is necessary to confirm that it does not originate from the underlying periosteum. Here, we present the cases of two patients with typical cartilaginous masses on the bony external auditory canal, in which the surgical findings showed that the masses were not in contact with the underlying periosteum, indicating that cartilaginous choristoma-not chondroma-is an appropriate diagnosis for these mass lesions. The clinical findings (characteristic appearance and location) reported here may aid clinicians in the diagnostic and surgical management of these cartilaginous masses.

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J Clin Endocrinol Metab ; 90(5): 2898-903, 2005 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15741259

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Our previous studies using microsatellite markers near or in the TSH receptor (TSHR) gene revealed significant association between autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) in Japanese patients and TSHR microsatellite alleles. In the present study, we performed a case-control analysis of AITD using single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) spaced 3-50 kb apart spanning the TSHR gene. We observed significant associations between AITD/Graves' disease (GD)/Hashimoto's thyroiditis and multiple SNPs. Specifically, the SNP JST022302 and several adjacent SNPs in intron 7 of the TSHR gene were significantly associated with GD (P = 0.039-0.0004) but not Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Furthermore, we identified three haplotype blocks around intron 7 by linkage disequilibrium analysis. A single SNP haplotype [AATG(CT)6(TT)AG] in the haplotype block including JST022302 showed significant association with GD in haplotype case-control analysis (P = 0.0058). These findings suggest that alleles of intron 7 of the TSHR gene contribute to GD susceptibility.


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Doença de Graves/genética , Íntrons , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Receptores da Tireotropina/genética , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Feminino , Frequência do Gene , Haplótipos , Humanos , Desequilíbrio de Ligação , Masculino
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J Hum Genet ; 48(5): 236-242, 2003.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12768441

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As part of a genome scan to locate familial Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) genes, an autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) susceptibility locus has recently been identified at 5q31-q33 in a Japanese population. We performed an association study using six microsatellite markers located at this locus in a set of 440 unrelated Japanese AITD patients and 218 Japanese controls. We found significant allelic association between AITD and three markers located in 5q23-q33. GD demonstrated significant associations with two of these markers, while HT did not show significant associations with any markers. Further, when patients with GD were stratified according to clinical manifestations, the association was significantly different from the other subgroup of each category. These findings suggest the presence of susceptible genes of AITD, especially distinct subgroups of GD, in or near 5q23-q33.


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Doenças Autoimunes/genética , Cromossomos Humanos Par 5 , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Doença de Graves/genética , Tireoidite Autoimune/genética , Alelos , Feminino , Frequência do Gene , Ligação Genética , Marcadores Genéticos , Genótipo , Heterozigoto , Humanos , Japão , Masculino , Polimorfismo Genético , Risco
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