Excellence Award Winner (Case Report Category)
2023年11月24日
Excellence Award (Case Report Category) Recipient’s Remarks
Taiga Komatsu
St. Luke’s International Hospital
I am honored to have received the Excellent Award (Case Report Category) at the ACP Japan Chapter Annual Meeting 2023. I presented a case of “Diagnosis of human alveolar echinococcus mimicking cancer of unknown primary”. First, we could not find the primary tumor and then we also did a biopsy, the result of which suggested echinococcus. In this case, I emphasized how important history taking is.
We sometimes rely on the result of blood tests and imaging to diagnose without spending enough time in history taking and physical exams. Because the primary tumor was not found in this case, we did imaging, endoscopy/colonoscopy and a biopsy, and then we first suspected echinococcus. After that, we were able to get a reasonable social history. This reminds me of the importance of history taking because if we had asked more at first, we would have gotten the correct diagnosis earlier.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the doctors of the Department of Medical Oncology, Hokkaido University, who taught me a lot. I would also like to express my gratitude to all involved in ACP Japan Chapter Annual Meeting for giving me such a wonderful chance to make a presentation.