Takagi, Kuniyasu Kamada, Teppei Fuse, Yoshinobu Kai, Wataru Takahashi, Junji Nakashima, Keigo Nakaseko, Yuichi Suzuki, Norihiko Yoshida, Masashi Okada, Shinya
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Background Metastatic neuroendocrine carcinoma has an extremely poor prognosis, and no effective second-line treatment is available. Herein, we describe a case of multiple metastases after primary resection of esophageal neuroendocrine carcinoma successfully treated with nivolumab plus radiotherapy in a short time. Case presentation A man in his 70...
Hasegawa, Noboru Takeyama, Hiroshi Suzuki, Yozo Noura, Shingo Odagiri, Kazuki Yanagimoto, Yoshitomo Yamashita, Masafumi Shimizu, Junzo Kawase, Tomono Imamura, Hiroshi
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Background Paraduodenal hernia is a rare internal hernia which accounts for only 1% of all intestinal hernias. There have been limited reported cases of paraduodenal hernia treated by laparoscopic surgery. We report a case of left paraduodenal hernia that was successfully treated by single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS). Case presentation A 1...
Nambara, Sho Sakaguchi, Yoshihisa Shoji, Fumihiro Tsuda, Yasuo Kudou, Kensuke Kusumoto, Eiji Hashimoto, Kenkichi Kusumoto, Tetsuya Ikejiri, Koji
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Background Bochdalek hernia is a rare disease in adults. Diaphragmatic hernia in adults has been repaired using minimally invasive surgery through laparoscopy or thoracoscopy. However, the literature regarding the combined use of laparoscopy and thoracoscopy for the repair of Bochdalek hernia is limited. Case presentation A 26-year-old man diagnose...
Onishi, Shun Kedoin, Chihiro Murakami, Masakazu Higa, Nayuta Yoshida, Akihiro Onitsuka, Kazutoshi Moriyama, Takahiro Yoshimoto, Koji Ieiri, Satoshi
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Background Image-guided surgery with an open magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is applied for brain tumors in the neurosurgery field, but has rarely been reported in pediatric surgery. We report our initial experience of intraoperative confirmation of precision rectal pull-through during laparoscopically assisted anorectoplasty (LAARP) in an ...
Baba, Tokuro Kawano, Takafumi Saito, Yusuke Onishi, Shun Yamada, Koji Yamada, Waka Masuya, Ryuta Nakame, Kazuhiko Kawasaki, Yota Iino, Satoshi
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Background Perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasm (PEComa) in a child is very rare. We herein report the first malignant case of PEComa developing in the liver of a pediatric patient. Case presentation A 10-year-old boy visited a private clinic with prolonged fever of unknown etiology. Abdominal ultrasonography was performed to evaluate the fever’s...
Takano, Yasuhiro Haruki, Koichiro Tsukihara, Shu Abe, Tadashi Koyama, Muneyuki Ito, Daisuke Kanno, Hironori Son, Kyonsu Hanyu, Nobuyoshi Eto, Ken
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Background Suture granuloma with hydronephrosis after abdominal surgery is extremely rare. We herein report a successfully treated case of suture granuloma with hydronephrosis caused by ileostomy closure after rectal cancer surgery. Case presentation A 63-year-old male underwent laparoscopic low anterior resection with covering ileostomy. Two month...
Takahashi, Atsushi Imamura, Hiroshi Ito, Ryota Kawano, Fumihiro Gyoda, Yu Ichida, Hirofumi Yoshioka, Ryuji Mise, Yoshihiro Fukumura, Yuki Sano, Katsuhiro
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Background Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FL-HCC) is a liver tumor that occurs almost exclusively in young adults without underlying liver disease. In spite of its distinct clinical characteristics and specific imaging findings, preoperative diagnosis is often difficult due to the extremely low incidence of the tumor. Although FL-HCC shows...
Tomioka, Yasuaki Otani, Shinji Tanaka, Shin Shien, Kazuhiko Suzawa, Ken Miyoshi, Kentaroh Yamamoto, Hiromasa Okazaki, Mikio Sugimoto, Seiichiro Yamane, Masaomi
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Background Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) is a rare polyclonal lymphoproliferative disease caused by the overrepresentation of interleukin-6 (IL-6). Tocilizumab (TCZ) is a humanized monoclonal antibody that binds to the IL-6 receptor and is approved for the treatment of iMCD. The efficacy and tolerability of TCZ in patients with i...
Hojo, Yudai Kurahashi, Yasunori Tomita, Toshihiko Kumamoto, Tsutomu Nakamura, Tatsuro Ishida, Yoshinori Shinohara, Hisashi
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Background Gomez gastroplasty, which was developed in the 1970s as one of the gastric restrictive surgeries for severe obesity, partitions the stomach using a stapler from the lesser towards the greater curvature at the upper gastric body, leaving a small channel. This procedure is no longer performed due to poor outcomes, but surgeons can encounte...
Kimura, Yasuaki Ishioka, Daisuke Kamiyama, Hidenori Tsujinaka, Shingo Rikiyama, Toshiki
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Background Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an effective treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but delayed thermal damage can cause diaphragmatic hernia (DH). Surgery is recommended for DH, and open surgery is widely accepted. This report presents a case of laparoscopic surgery for strangulated DH that occurred after RFA. Case ...
