TOTTORI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

• Head of department
   Akira Yamasaki

We provide our best support to make your life "rich."

We deal with a wide variety of diseases such as respiratory disease, autoimmune disease, neoplastic disease, and allergic disease. We have many specialists in each field, providing high-quality treatment. We provide standard therapy based on the latest information for regular diseases, and often conduct clinical trials on novel therapies for intractable diseases.

Fields of expertise

• Respiratory malignant disease(lung cancer, cancer of unknown primary orign, pleural mesothelioma) Correct individual anticancer drug therapy and targeted therapy
• High diagnostic yield latest diagnostic techniques with virtual bronchoscope and guide sheath in endobronchial ultrasonography
• Bronchial asthma, drug therapy
• Diffusive lung disease(interstitial pneumonia),drug therapy
• Leukapheresis(clinical trial)
• Collagen disease(SLE, dermatomyositis, scleroderma, vasculitis ,etc.) drug therapy, biotherapy
• Interstitial pneumonia due to collagen diseases

Diseases of interests

• Neoplastic disease including lung cancer, cancer of unknown primary orign, pleural mesothelioma,etc.
• Allergic disease including bronchial asthma, sick house syndrome, etc.
• COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
• Pneumonia
• Pulmonary tuberculosis
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Interstitial pneumonia
• Collagen disease(SLE, dermatomyositis, scleroderma, vasculitis ,etc. )
• Chronic respiratory disease

Principal treatment

• Cancer chemotherapy
• Endoscopic therapy
• Home oxygen therapy
• Hyposensitization therapy
• High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin
• Biotherapy(collagen disease)
• Molecular- targeted therapy
• Pleural effusion, pneumothorax therapy
• Noninvasive ventilation therapy
• Antibiotic chemical treatment
• Plasma exchange
• Leukapheresis

Principal tests

• Chest CT, PET-CT, MRI
• Bronchoscopy, ultrasound-guided biopsy
• Virtual bronchoscopy
• Respiratory function test
• Astograph
• Immunological test
• 　 Sleep apnea syndrome screening
• Breath nitrogen monoxide measurement