Tamamori, Yutaka Sakurai, Katsunobu Kubo, Naoshi Yonemitsu, Ken Fukui, Yasuhiro Nishimura, Junya Maeda, Kiyoshi Nishiguchi, Yukio
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BackgroundAnastomotic leakage is a serious, sometimes critical complication of upper gastrointestinal (GI) surgery. The cavity and target drainage tubes are difficult to reach; therefore, a nasogastric tube (NGT) and fasting are required for an extended period. We successfully treated and managed two patients with anastomotic leakage using percutan...
Kanda, Tatsuo Wakai, Atsuhiro Chida, Tadasu Nakamura, Yuichi
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BackgroundVasospastic angina is a rare but potentially life-threatening adverse event (AE) of S1, an oral fluoropyrimidine anticancer agent. However, this AE is not well known owing to its low incidence. We report herein a case of a patient who suffered from vasospastic angina associated with S1 chemotherapy for unresectable gastric adenocarcinoma,...
Sasaki, Takahiro Furuhata, Tomohisa Nishimura, Masashige Ono, Tatsunori Noda, Akiyoshi Koizumi, Hirotaka Miyajima, Nobuyoshi Otsubo, Takehito
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BackgroundNeuromuscular and vascular hamartoma is a rare lesion of the small intestine, with only 26 cases reported since its initial description in 1982. No occurrence of hamartoma in the appendix has been reported until now.Case presentationA 60-year-old man had been suffering from longstanding right lower quadrant pain. Abdominal computed tomogr...
Shinden, Yoshiaki Saho, Hazuki Nomoto, Yuki Nagata, Ayako Minami, Koji Nakajo, Akihiro Akahane, Toshiaki Hiraki, Tsubasa Tanimoto, Akihide Owaki, Tetsuhiro
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BackgroundWhen diagnosing patients with bilateral breast cancer, it is challenging to determine the relationship between multiple breast cancer lesions at the individual patient level with certainty.Case presentationA 35-year-old Japanese woman was diagnosed with a left breast cancer. She was previously diagnosed with right pT3N3M0 stage IIIC breas...
Isozaki, Tetsuro Murakami, Kentaro Yamanouchi, Eigoro Uesato, Masaya Toyozumi, Takeshi Koide, Yoshio Tsukamoto, Soichiro Sakata, Haruhito Hayano, Koichi Kano, Masayuki
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BackgroundEsophagostomy is important in the treatment of esophageal cancer. However, esophagectomy has a higher risk of postoperative complications. Treatment for complications is often difficult, and in some cases, oral intake is no longer possible. Recently, magnetic compression anastomosis (MCA) was developed; it is a relatively safe method of a...
Yazawa, Tomohiro Igai, Hitoshi Matsuura, Natsumi Ohsawa, Fumi Kamiyoshihara, Mitsuhiro
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BackgroundEndobronchial lipoma is a rare benign tumor. The standard treatment is bronchoscopic intervention or surgical resection. Here, we present a case of endobronchial lipoma treated by right basal segmentectomy via a uniportal thoracoscopic approach.Case presentationA 66-year-old female presented with a persistent cough and recurring high-grad...
Kuriyama, Naotaka Ando, Koji Hu, Qingjiang Miyashita, Yu Fujimoto, Yoshiaki Jogo, Tomoko Hokonohara, Kentaro Nakanishi, Ryota Hisamatsu, Yuichi Kimura, Yasue
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BackgroundRectal endometriosis is a rare disease. A definitive diagnosis prior to surgery is often difficult. We encountered a patient with rectal sub-obstructive endometriosis that was treated by robot-assisted laparoscopic low anterior resection.Case presentationA 43-year-old woman visited our hospital with suspected stenosis caused by upper rect...
Matsuda, Keiji Hashiguchi, Yojiro Asako, Kentaro Okada, Yuka Ohno, Kohei Tsukamoto, Mitsuo Fukushima, Yoshihisa Shimada, Ryu Ozawa, Tsuyoshi Hayama, Tamuro
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BackgroundSmall bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common postoperative complication of ulcerative colitis (UC). There have been a few recent reports of afferent limb syndrome (ALS) as a rare occurrence in cases of SBO. We present a case of ALS with recurrent SBO that was successfully managed surgically.Case presentationWhen this male patient was 55 year...
Shimizu, Yuji Ashida, Ryo Sugiura, Teiichi Okamura, Yukiyasu Ito, Takaaki Yamamoto, Yusuke Ohgi, Katsuhisa Sasaki, Keiko Uesaka, Katsuhiko
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BackgroundIntraductal tubulopapillary neoplasm (ITPN) is a rare and newly described entity defined as an intraductal, grossly visible, tubule-forming epithelial neoplasm with high-grade dysplasia and ductal differentiation without overt production of mucin. Because of its rarity, the clinical and molecular aspects of ITPN have not been fully invest...
Kawagishi, Sachi Kanzaki, Ryu Taniguchi, Seiji Kimura, Kenji Kimura, Toru Takabatake, Hiroyuki Morii, Eiichi Inoue, Masayoshi Shintani, Yasushi
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BackgroundSebaceous gland carcinoma (SGC) of the eyelid is an aggressive malignant eyelid tumor, and it can metastasize to the regional lymph nodes and distant organs. There have been only a few reported cases of patients who underwent pulmonary metastasectomy for metastatic SGC. We herein report a patient who underwent repeat pulmonary metastasect...
