Recently CNN.co.jp reported the following:
人の喉に未知の臓器を発見、オランダ研究チーム発表
2020.10.22 Thu posted at 11:09 JST
(CNN) オランダの研究チームが、これまでの医学では知られていなかった臓器が人ののどの奥に見つかったとして、このほど医学誌に研究結果を発表した。
発表を行ったのはオランダがん研究所などの研究チーム。鼻腔(びくう)と咽頭(いんとう)がつながる部分の頭蓋骨(ずがいこつ)の中に、未知の腺が隠れているのを発見した。同チームは「tubarial glands」という名称を提案している。
超音波やCTスキャン、磁気共鳴断層撮影(MRI)といった一般的な検査ではこの臓器は見つけられず、前立腺がんの転移を調べるPSMA PET/CTという先端のスキャン検査で初めて見つかった。
論文を発表した研究者は「2020年にこんなものが見つけられるとは思わなかった」と振り返る。
これが新しい臓器なのか、それとも唾液(だえき)腺の一部とみなすべきなのかについては論議もあったが、詳しく調べた結果、解剖学的にも機能的にも新しい器官であることが裏付けられたとしている。
病理学に詳しい米ラトガース大学の専門家は「人体にはまだ学ぶべきことがたくさんある。テクノロジーはそうした発見を可能にする。これは体内のエキサイティングな発見の始まりかもしれない」と指摘している。
Translation
(CNN) A Dutch research team recently published a findings in
a medical journal to claim that an organ previously unknown to medicine was
found in the back of the human throat.
It was a research team from the Dutch Cancer Institute etc. that made the presentation. It found an unknown gland hidden in the skull where the nasal cavity and pharynx were connected. The team was proposing to name as the "Tabarial Glands".
This organ was found on a scan test to diagnose cancer metastasis. The research team also examined the scans of the heads and necks of 100 patients who were undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, and also dissected bodies of a man and a woman. It turned out that all of them had this organ in pair.
This organ was not found by regular examinations such as ultrasound, CT scan, and magnetic resonance tomography (MRI), but was first found by advanced scan examination called PSMA PET / CT, which examined the metastasis of prostate cancer.
The researcher who published the paper recalled, "I didn't think we could find something like this in 2020."
There was some debate as to whether this was a new organ or
should be considered part of the salivary gland. With results from detailed
examination, it was said that it could be proved to be a new organ both
anatomically and functionally.
An expert at Rutgers University, who was familiar with
pathology, pointed out that "about the human body there are still a lot to
learn. Technology enables such discoveries. This may be the beginning of
exciting discoveries in the body."
I agree
with the view point that, about the human body, there are still a lot to learn and
new technologies will enable us to make new discoveries.
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