Volume 59, Number 3,4
CONTENTS
August 2012

Review

The utility of FDG-PET in the diagnosis of thymic epithelial tumors 225
Hideki Otsuka
Originals

The safety and usefulness of the single incision, transabdominal pre-peritoneal (TAPP) laparoscopic technique for
inguinal hernia
235
Hirohiko Sato, Mitsuo Shimada, Nobuhiro Kurita, Takashi Iwata, Masanori Nishioka, Shinya Morimoto,
Kozo Yoshikawa, Tomohiko Miyatani, Masakazu Goto, Hideya Kashihara, Chie Takasu
Histological characteristics of incidentally-found growing meningiomas 241
Hidetoshi Kasuya, Osami Kubo, Koichi Kato, Boris Krischek
Effects of indole-3-carbinol and phenethyl isothiocyanate on bile and pancreatic juice excretion in rats 246
Hiroki Ishibashi, Tomomi Kuwahara, Haruyuki Nakayama-Imaohji, Yoshinari Ohnishi, Hiroki Mori,
Mitsuo Shimada
Basal metabolic rate and body composition of elite Japanese male athletes 253
Takako Koshimizu, Yoshiko Matsushima, Yukari Yokota, Kae Yanagisawa, Satsuki Nagai, Koji Okamura,
Yutaka Komatsu, Takashi Kawahara
Case reports

Bicuspid aortic valve endocarditis complicated by perivalvular abscess 261
Tomoya Hara, Takeshi Soeki, Toshiyuki Niki, Kenya Kusunose, Koji Yamaguchi, Yoshio Taketani,
Takashi Iwase, Hirotsugu Yamada, Tetsuzo Wakatsuki, Masashi Akaike, Masataka Sata
Recurring facial low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma in an elderly patient : A case report 266
Yoshiro Abe, Ichiro Hashimoto, Hideki Nakanishi
Hepatic screlosed hemangioma which was misdiagnosed as metastasis of gastric cancer : report of a case 270
Shinichiro Yamada, Mitsuo Shimada, Tohru Utsunomiya, Yuji Morine, Satoru Imura, Tetsuya Ikemoto,
Hiroki Mori, Jun Hanaoka, Shuichi Iwahashi, Yu Saitoh, Michihito Asanoma
Trigonal cavernous malformation with intraventricular hemorrhage : A case report and literature review 275
Hidenori Ohbuchi, Yasuhiko Osaka, Takahiro Ogawa, Masataka Nanto, Yoshikazu Nakahara,
Kanade Katsura, Hiroshi Tenjin, Hidetoshi Kasuya
High serum levels of both carcinoembryonic antigen and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 in a patient with sigmoid colon
cancer without metastasis
280
Hajime Nakatani, Tatsuya Kumon, Masamitsu Kumon, Shinichi Hamada, Toyotake Okanoue,
Akihiro Kawamura, Kimiko Nakatani, Makoto Hiroi, Kazuhiro Hanazaki
Usefulness of transcatheter arterial embolization prior to excision of hypervascular musculoskeletal tumors
284
Seiji Iwamoto, Shoichiro Takao, Hayato Nose, Yoichi Otomi, Mitsuhiko Takahashi, Toshihiko Nishisho,
Junji Ueno, Natsuo Yasui, Masafumi Harada

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