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Atsutake Okamoto
Researcher at Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital
Publications - 96
Citations - 3828
Atsutake Okamoto is an academic researcher from Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pancreatitis & Autoimmune pancreatitis. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 96 publications receiving 3692 citations.
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Lymphoplasmacytic sclerosing pancreatitis with cholangitis: A variant of primary sclerosing cholangitis extensively involving pancreas
TL;DR: Differences in age, radiologic appearance, and the negative history of ulcerative colitis exist, but the two cases in this study could be considered as a variant of PSC extensively involving pancreas, which can readily be mistaken for pancreatic carcinoma.
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Autoimmune pancreatitis: proposal of IgG4-related sclerosing disease
Terumi Kamisawa,Atsutake Okamoto +1 more
TL;DR: A new clinicopathological entity is proposed, “IgG4-related sclerosing disease” and it is suggested that AIP is a pancreatic lesion reflecting this systemic disease.
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Concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor in the sera of normal controls and cancer patients.
Y. Yamamoto,Masakazu Toi,Shinichi Kondo,Tomoe Matsumoto,Hideo Suzuki,Masatsugu Kitamura,Koji Tsuruta,T. Taniguchi,Atsutake Okamoto,Takeo Mori,Misao Yoshida,Takaaki Ikeda,Takeshi Tominaga +12 more
TL;DR: It was concluded that VEGF was detectable in normal sera, and its level was increased in some populations of cancer patients, particularly for solid tumors.
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IgG4-related sclerosing disease incorporating sclerosing pancreatitis, cholangitis, sialadenitis and retroperitoneal fibrosis with lymphadenopathy.
TL;DR: A new clinicopathological entity of IgG4-related scleroses disease incorporating sclerosing pancreatitis, cholangitis, sialadenitis and retroperitoneal fibrosis with lymphadenopathy is proposed.
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Treating patients with autoimmune pancreatitis: Results from a long-term follow-up study
TL;DR: To avoid futile surgery, in relatively elderly male patients with obstructive jaundice suggestive of pancreatic carcinoma, preoperative clinical suspicion of AIP is mandatory.