Publications by authors named "Kouta Tanaka"

Herein, we report a case of focal periphyseal edema in a 12-year-old female tennis player. The onset of chronic knee pain in adolescents has differential diagnoses, including fatigue fracture, epiphysis (Osgood-Schlatter disease), growth plate injury, Brodie abscess, patella-femoral malalignment, neoplasia, and meniscus tears. In this case, magnetic resonance imaging revealed focal bone marrow edema around the center of the epiphyseal plate of the distal femur.

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For preparing the optimal condition in transcervical resection (TCR) surgery, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist has been utilized. Recently, an oral GnRH antagonist (relugolix) is available and acts directly on GnRH receptor, avoiding flare up and reducing blood E2 levels rapidly. We retrospectively compared the oral GnRH antagonist ( = 14) effect to that of subcutaneous GnRH agonist ( = 19) for the pretreatment of endometrium in TCR myomectomy.

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