YASUYUKI KINOSHITA

Last Updated :2025/04/23

Affiliations, Positions
Hiroshima University Hospital(Medical), Associate Professor or Lecturer
E-mail
y-kinoshitahiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • MD, PhD, Hiroshima University

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • The Japan Neurosurgical Society
  • The Japanese Congress of Neurological Surgeons
  • The japan Society for Hypothalamic and Pituitary Tumors
  • The Japan Endocrine Society
  • The Japanese Society for Neuroendoscopy
  • The Pituitary Society
  • The Japanese Congress of Brain Tumor Surgery
  • Conference on Neurosurgical Techniques and Tools
  • The Japan Brain Dock Society
  • The Japan Society for CNS Computed Imaging
  • Japan Society for Surgical Infection
  • Japanese Society of Clinical Sports Medicine
  • The Japanese Headache Society

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Year, Medical Neuroscience III
  2. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Practice of Medicine I

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Imaging characteristics and treatment of recurrent germinoma., Journal of Neurosurgery, online ahead, 20250124
  2. ★, Management policy for postoperative acromegaly patients with normal IGF-1 and high GH levels on oral glucose tests, Pituitary, 26(1), 4, 20241226
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  3. ★, Pseudocapsular resection to prevent recurrence in nonfunctioning pituitary neuroendocrine tumors with more than 5 years of follow-up: a retrospective, single-center study, Journal of Neurosurgery, 142(1), 224, 20240802
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  4. Blood culture bottles for culturing cerebrospinal fluid in cases of bacterial meningitis caused by Enterococcus faecalis: A case report, Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, 20240524
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  5. Characteristics of radiation-induced brain tumors from our case series and systematic review, Journal of Neurosurgery, 141(6), 1614, 20240607
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  6. Differences in invasiveness and recurrence rate among nonfunctioning pituitary neuroendocrine tumors depending on tumor subtype, Neurosurg Rev, 46(1), 317, 20231130
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  7. Long-Term Follow-Up Over 16 Years for Pituitary Hyperplasia Due to Primary Hypothyroidism With Positive Thyroid Stimulation Blocking Antibody: A Case Report, Cureus, 2023
  8. Characteristics and therapeutic strategies of brain and cranial radiation-induced sarcoma: analysis of 165 cases from our case experience and comprehensive review, Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2023
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  9. Optic tract edema in craniopharyngioma as a predictor of BRAFV600E mutation presence, Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology, 53(5), 378-385, 20230429
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  10. Usefulness of critical flicker fusion frequency measurement and its laterality for evaluating compressive optic neuropathy due to pituitary neuroendocrine tumors, Neurosurgical Review, 46(1), 4, 202212
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  11. ★, Natural course of Rathke's cleft cysts and risk factors for progression., Journal of Neurosurgery, 138(5), 1426-1432, 202209
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  12. ★, Influence of growth hormone therapy on germinoma survivors, Pituitary, 25(6), 854-860, 202212
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  13. ★, Predictive factors for recovery from adult growth hormone deficiency after transsphenoidal surgery for non-functioning pituitary adenoma, Journal of Neurosurgery, 25(1), 100-107, 2022
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  14. ★, Isolated neurohypophysial sarcoidosis involving cavernous sinus mimicking malignant tumor, NMC Case Report Journal, 9, 31-35, 2022
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  15. Intratumoral hemorrhage after endoscopic third ventriculostomy for obstructive hydrocephalus caused by brain tumors., World Neurosurgery, 158, e258-e264, 2022
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  16. ★, Predictive factors of postoperative diabetes insipidus in 333 patients undergoing transsphenoidal surgery for non-functioning pituitary adenoma, Pituitary, 25(1), 100-107, 202202
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  17. Metachronous double pituitary adenoma with altered transcriptional factor profile: a case report and literature review, NMC Case Report, 8(1), 657-663, 20211007
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  18. ★, Pseudocapsular resection in elderly patients with non-functioning pituitary adenoma, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 210, 106997, 202111
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  19. Clinical characteristics and thyroid hormone dynamics of thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas at a single institution, Endocrine, 73(1), 151-159, 202107
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  20. Detecting non-germinomatous germ cell tumor component by arterial spin labeling perfusion-weighted MR imaging in central nervous system germ cell tumor, Eur J Radiol, 136, 109523, 202103
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  21. Primary and Recurrent Growing Teratoma Syndrome in Central Nervous System Nongerminomatous Germ Cell Tumors: Case Series and Review of the Literature., World Neurosurgery, 134, e360-e371, 202002
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  22. ★, Physiologic pituitary hyperplasia causing visual disturbance during adolescence, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 2019
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  23. Sellar xanthogranuloma: a quest based on nine cases assessed with anterior pituitary provocation test., World Neurosurg, 2019
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  24. ★, Nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas in elder patients, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 53, 127-131, 201807
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  25. Factors Related to Frailty Associated with Clinical Deterioration After Meningioma Surgery in the Elderly., World neurosurgery, 201807
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  26. Postoperative changes in metabolic parameters of patients with surgically controlled acromegaly: assessment of new stringent cure criteria, Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo), 58(4), 137, 201804
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  27. Proton MRS detection of high lipid levels and low ADC is characteristics of germinoma., World Neurosurgery, 112, 84, 201804
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  28. Multivariate risk factor analysis and literature review of postoperative deterioration in Karnofsky Performance Scale score in elderly patients with skull base meningioma., Neurosurg Focus, 44(4), E14, 201804
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  29. ★, Pitfalls of a neuroendoscopic biopsy of intraventricular germ cell tumors, WORLD NEUROSURGERY, 106, 430-434, 201710
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  30. Preoperative and Postoperative Pituitary Function in Patients with Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma -Based on Pituitary Provocation Tests., Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo), 57(10), 548-556, 201710
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  31. Review of Current Evidence Regarding Surgery in Elderly Patients with Meningioma., Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo), 57(10), 521-533, 201710
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  32. A Case of Intradural Retroclival Chordoma, No Shinkei Geka, 45, 623-627, 201707
  33. ★, Transsphenoidal posterior pituitary lobe biopsy in patients with neurohypophysial lesions., WORLD NEUROSURGERY, 99, 543-547, 201703
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  34. Changes in quality of life in patients with acromegaly after surgical remission - A prospective study using SF-36 questionnaire., ENDOCRINE JOURNAL, 64(1), 27-38, 201701
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  35. Effect of Gonadotropin and Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Secretion on Invasiveness of Clinically Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas: A Cell Culture Study., WORLD NEUROSURGERY, 96, 578-584, 201612
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  36. ★, The long-term recurrence of Rathke's cleft cysts as predicted by histology but not by surgical procedure, JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY, 125(4), 1002-1007, 201610
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  37. Treatable glomerular hyperfiltration in patients with active acromegaly, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, 175(4), 325-333, 201610
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  38. ★, The Surgical Side Effects of Pseudocapsular Resection in Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas., WORLD NEUROSURGERY, 93, 430-435, 201609
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  39. ★, Solitary Langerhans cell histiocytosis located in the neurohypophysis with a positive titer HCG-beta in the cerebrospinal fluid, CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM, 32(5), 901-904, 201605
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  40. ★, Diffusion-weighted imaging and the apparent diffusion coefficient on 3T MR imaging in the differentiation of craniopharyngiomas and germ cell tumors, NEUROSURGICAL REVIEW, 39(2), 207-213, 201604
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  41. ★, Clinical features and natural course of acromegaly in patients with discordance in the nadir GH level on the oral glucose test and the IGF-1 value at three months after adenomectomy, NEUROSURGICAL REVIEW, 39(2), 313-319, 2016
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  42. Pituitary metastases: current practice in Japan, JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY, 123(4), 998-1007, 2015
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  43. Treatment Strategy for Acromegaly, Jpn J Neurosurg, 24(8), 521-527, 2015
  44. ★, Postoperative fever specific to neuroendoscopic procedures, NEUROSURGICAL REVIEW, 37(1), 99-104, 201401
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  45. ★, Pituitary adenomas in childhood and adolescence with a focus on intratumoral hemorrhage, PITUITARY, 17(1), 1-6, 2014
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  46. Transsphenoidal surgical treatment of pituitary adenomas in patients aged 80 years or older, NEUROSURGICAL REVIEW, 37(2), 269-276, 2014
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  47. ★, Impact of subclinical haemorrhage on the pituitary gland in patients with pituitary adenomas, CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY, 80(5), 720-725, 2014
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  48. A case of petrous apex cholesterol granuloma successfully treated with endoscopic endonasal surgery., Hiroshima J Med Sci, 63, 39-42, 2014
  49. ★, A craniopharyngioma with spontaneous involution of a gadolinium-enhanced region on magnetic resonance imaging, SURGICAL NEUROLOGY INTERNATIONAL, 5, 128, 2014
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  50. Pharmacological Treatment for Pituitary Adenomas, Jpn J Neurosurg, 22(2), 101-108, 20130220
  51. ★, The arginine and GHRP-2 tests as alternatives to the insulin tolerance test for the diagnosis of adult GH deficiency in Japanese patients: A comparison, ENDOCRINE JOURNAL, 60(1), 97-105, 2013
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  52. ★, A Rathke's cleft cyst located entirely in the anterior pituitary lobe, ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA, 155(6), 1085-1086, 2013
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  53. Severe growth hormone deficiency is rare in surgically-cured acromegalics, PITUITARY, 16(3), 326-332, 2013
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  54. Growth Hormone Receptor Expression in Brain Tumors, Hiroshima Journal of Medical Sciences, 61(1), 1-6, 201203
  55. ★, Supra-diaphragmatic Pituitary Adenoma Removed Through the Trans-tuberculum Sellae Approach - Case Report, NEUROLOGIA MEDICO-CHIRURGICA, 52(2), 91-95, 2012
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  56. Endonasal Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery for theSellar or Parasellar Lesion, Japanese journal of neurosurgery, 20(0), 20110410
  57. ★, Post-operative hyponatremia in patients with pituitary adenoma: post-operative management with a uniform treatment protocol, ENDOCRINE JOURNAL, 58(5), 373-379, 2011
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  58. ★, Masked hyperprolactinemia: Tumor-derived factors inhibiting prolactin secretion caused by pituitary-stalk damage, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE, 18(12), 1651-1655, 2011
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  59. Role of PROPELLER diffusion-weighted imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient in the evaluation of pituitary adenomas, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY, 80(2), 412-417, 2011
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  60. Gradual declination of IGF-1 over a year after transsphenoidal adenomectomy of GH producing pituitary adenomas, ENDOCRINE JOURNAL, 58(12), 1087-1091, 2011
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  61. Role of PROPELLER diffusion weighted imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient in the diagnosis of sellar and parasellar lesions, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY, 74(3), 420-427, 2010
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  62. The endoscopic surgery improves the outcome of the transsphenoidal surgery in the patients with functional pituitary adenomas, ENDOCRINE JOURNAL, 57, S524-S524, 2010
  63. Dissecting Aneurysm of the Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery : A Case Report, Japanese journal of neurosurgery, 14(6), 407-412, 20050620
  64. Occipital Sinus Pericranii associated with a Cerebellar Venous Angioma, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY, 12(7), 496-501, 20030720

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Treatments of functional pituitary adenoma, 2023/05/21, With Invitation, Japanese
  2. 生理的過形成に伴い一過性両耳側半盲を繰り返す1例, 第27回　臨床内分泌代謝Update, 2017/11/25, Without Invitation, Japanese
  3. Influence of pseudo-capsular resection in non-functioning pituitary adenomas with a focus on postoperative pituitary functions, Joint neurosurgical convention 2016, The 7th international MT.bandai symposium for neuroscience, The 8th Pan-pacific neurosurgery congress, 2016/04/09, Without Invitation, English, Cambodia
  4. Masked hyperprolactinemia: Tumor-derived factors inhibiting prolactin secretion caused by pituitary-stalk damage, Yasuyuki Kinoshita, 13th Pituitary Congress, 2013/06/13, Without Invitation

Awards

  1. 2013/11/02, Acromegaly Forum Incentive Award, Acromegaly Forum
  2. 2013/06/08, Kojinkai Award, Hiroshima University, Kojinkai, The arginine and GHRP-2 tests as alternatives to the insulin tolerance test for the diagnosis of adult GH deficiency in Japanese patients: A comparison

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. KAKENHI, 2019/04, 2022/03
  2. KAKENHI, 2015, 2018

Social Activities

History as Peer Reviews of Academic Papers

  1. 2025, Neurosurgical Review, Others, 1
  2. 2025, Pituitary, Others, 2
  3. 2025, Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Others, 1
  4. 2025, Endocrine, Others, 1
  5. 2025, Endocrine Journal, Others, 1
  6. 2024, Neurosurgical Review, Others, 2
  7. 2024, World Neurosurgery, Others, 2
  8. 2024, Frontiers in Endocrinology, Others, 1
  9. 2024, Endocrine, Others, 1
  10. 2024, Pituitary, Others, 2
  11. 2024, Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Others, 3
  12. 2024, Cureus, Others, 1
  13. 2024, BMC Cancer, Others, 1
  14. 2023, World Neurosurgery, Others, 1
  15. 2023, Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Others, 2
  16. 2023, Neurosurgical Review, Others, 2
  17. 2023, Scientific Reports, Others, 3
  18. 2023, Endocrine Journal, Others, 1
  19. 2023, PLOS ONE, Others, 1
  20. 2022, Expert Review of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Others, 1
  21. 2022, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, CASE REPORTS, Others, 2
  22. 2022, Neurosurgical Review, Others, 1
  23. 2021, Neurosurgical Review, Others, 1
  24. 2021, Neuroendocrinology, Others, 1
  25. 2020, Frontiers Neurology, Others, 1
  26. 2020, Neurosurgical Review, Others, 1
  27. 2020, Scientific Reports, Others, 1
  28. 2019, Endocrine Journal, Others, 1
  29. 2019, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, CASE REPORTS, Others, 1