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  1. Ventral hernia repair (VHR) for obese patients is often associated with an increased risk of postoperative complications and hernia recurrences. Achieving preoperative weight loss is ideal before VHR; however,...

    Authors: Manabu Amiki, Yasuhiro Ishiyama, Ichitaro Mochizuki, Kazuhiro Narita, Manabu Goto and Koji Sekikawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:27
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  2. An 80-year-old man presented to our emergency department complaining of a mass on the right side of his chest and pain in the right flank of his back. A chest computed tomography (CT) scan showed a relatively ...

    Authors: Yuki Itagaki, Akira Fukunaga, Hironobu Takano, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Kohei Nishigami, Tatsunosuke Ichimura, Hiroto Manase, Masahiko Obata, Tatsuya Kato and Satoshi Hirano
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:26
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  3. Segmental dilatation of the colon (SDC) is a rare disease that is characterized by an abrupt segment of dilated colon between regions of normal-sized colon. We herein report a case of SDC associated with Hirsc...

    Authors: Hideyuki Yokokawa, Mariko Yoshida, Shinya Takazawa, Mai Kutsukake, Kanako Omata, Shoko Ogawa and Jun Fujishiro
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:25
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  4. Muir–Torre syndrome is an autosomal-dominant mutation in mismatch repair genes that gives rise to sebaceous tumors and visceral malignancies over time. Because colorectal and genitourinary cancers are common i...

    Authors: Tomoyuki Sugi, Osamu Shimomura, Shinji Hashimoto, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Manami Doi, Yoshihiro Miyazaki, Tsuyoshi Enomoto, Yoshimasa Akashi, Kazuhisa Araki and Tatsuya Oda
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:24
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  5. Ectopic gastric mucosa mainly occurs in the duodenal bulb, and its etiology is thought to be congenital straying of gastric tissues. Primary duodenal carcinoma is a rare disease; however, reports of carcinoma ...

    Authors: Ryosuke Fukushima, Norio Kubo, Shigemasa Suzuki, Naoki Yagi, Shunsaku Furuke, Takashi Ooki, Ryusuke Aihara, Akira Mogi, Yasuo Hosouchi and Ken Shirabe
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:23
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  6. Horseshoe kidney is one of the most common congenital renal fusion anomalies and is characterized by abnormalities in the position, rotation, vascular supply, and ureteral anatomy of the kidney. When performin...

    Authors: Tadahiro Kojima, Kiyotaka Kurachi, Kyota Tatsuta, Kosuke Sugiyama, Toshiya Akai, Katsunori Suzuki, Kakeru Torii, Mayu Sakata, Yoshifumi Morita, Hirotoshi Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Hiramatsu, Atsuko Fukazawa and Hiroya Takeuchi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:22
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  7. Killian–Jamieson diverticulum, which is a relatively rare pharyngoesophageal diverticulum, is difficult to distinguish from Zenker’s diverticulum. Because major points of the relevant surgical procedures for t...

    Authors: Yuki Watanabe, Yusuke Taniyama, Ken Koseki, Hirotaka Ishida, Yohei Ozawa, Hiroshi Okamoto, Chiaki Sato, Michiaki Unno and Takashi Kamei
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:21
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  8. Mesentero-axial gastric volvulus (MAGV) is an uncommon subtype of gastric volvulus (GV). However, reports of such cases in adult patients are very rare. We present an unusual case of idiopathic MAGV in an old ...

    Authors: Masato Kawahara, Tsunehiko Maruyama, Yoshiki Kaneko, Naoaki Konno, Hiroshi Kashimura and Tatsuya Oda
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:20
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  9. Tumor-produced high molecular weight insulin-like growth factor-II (big insulin-like growth factor-II) is considered to cause non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia. This paper presents a case of surgically resecte...

    Authors: Noriyuki Nishiwaki, Yoshihiro Mikuriya, Fumiaki Takatsu, Ryoji Ochiai, Tomokazu Kakishita, Naruyuki Kobayashi, Takaya Kobatake, Shinji Hato, Norihiro Teramoto, Mototsugu Nagao, Izumi Fukuda and Koji Ohta
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:19
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  10. Spontaneous rapture of a germ cell tumor (GCT) metastases causing massive hemoretroperitoneum in a patient without choriocarcinoma component who has not received previous systemic chemotherapy is an exceedingl...

    Authors: Konstantinos Vasiliadis, Chrysanthi Simou, Anastasios Tzotzou, Nikolaos Kalinderis, Dimitrios Valoukas, Elsa Pazarli, Paulos Drakontaidis and Christos Papavasiliou
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:18
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  11. Malignant tumors with rhabdoid features are rare, highly aggressive, and some of them are characterized by SMARCB1 (INI1) loss. Although cases of rhabdoid carcinoma are extremely rare, its occurrence in the colon...

    Authors: Toshinori Kobayashi, Yuki Matsui, Hisanori Miki, Masahiko Hatta, Mitsuaki Ishida, Hironaga Satake and Mitsugu Sekimoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:17
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  12. Atezolizumab plus bevacizumab therapy was recently introduced as the first line for unresectable advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but immune-related adverse events (IrAEs) due to atezolizumab are a gre...

    Authors: Shintaro Arakaki, Shinichiro Ono, Futoshi Kawamata, Shinichiro Ishino, Yasunori Uesato, Tomo Nakajima, Yukiko Nishi, Satoko Morishima, Shingo Arakaki, Tatsuji Maeshiro, Masayoshi Souri, Akitada Ichinose, Hiroaki Masuzaki and Mitsuhisa Takatsuki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:16
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  13. The finding of a vermiform appendix within the peritoneal sac of an inguinal hernia is called Amyand’s hernia. The reported incidence of Amyand’s hernia and femoral hernia is 1% and 3.8%, respectively. To our ...

    Authors: Franco A. Corvatta, René M. Palacios Huatuco, Santiago Bertone and José F. Viñas
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:15
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  14. Combined basilar subsegmentectomy via uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is an extremely complex surgery. Moreover, no the existing reports describe the procedure and technique. Here, we present th...

    Authors: Satoshi Takamori, Hiroyuki Oizumi, Jun Suzuki and Satoshi Shiono
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:14
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  15. Tumor embolization due to venous infiltration of breast cancer pulmonary metastases is very rare.

    Authors: Ayana Sato, Akiko Matsumoto, Saki Naruse, Yuka Isono, Yuka Maeda, Miki Yamada, Tatsuhiko Ikeda, Yuko Sasajima and Hiromitsu Jinno
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:13
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  16. Inguinal endometriosis is a rare clinical disease with an unclear etiology and pathogenesis, and its diagnosis requires accurate medical history-taking and histological examination. However, surgical treatment...

    Authors: Shu Mushiake, Nao Kawaguchi, Mitsuhiro Asakuma, Koji Komeda, Tetsunosuke Shimizu, Fumitoshi Hirokawa, Tomoo Shimomura and Sang-Woong Lee
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:12
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  17. Mesenteric venous thrombosis (MVT) and appendiceal diverticulitis are rare diseases. There has been no previous report on MVT complicating appendiceal diverticulitis. Herein, we report the first case of MVT co...

    Authors: Jun Ichikawa, Kosuke Toda, Haruku Fujita, Kenjiro Hirai, Hidenori Ohe and Hidekazu Yamamoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:11
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  18. A solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) poses a diagnostic challenge, which includes both a benign and malignant etiology. A size enlargement often indicates malignancy. We herein describe a case of a solitary pulmo...

    Authors: Nao Ito, Shuhei Iizuka, Kanji Sasaki, Yoshiro Otsuki and Toru Nakamura
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:10
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  19. Ischemic colitis affects the left colon in elderly individuals and localization on the right side, especially in the cecum, is rare. We report a case of gangrenous ischemic colitis localized in the cecum of a ...

    Authors: Kohei Tateno, Yoko Motegi, Hiroomi Ogawa, Kunihiko Suga, Takuhisa Okada, Katsuya Osone, Ryuji Katoh, Yasunari Ubukata, Hideyuki Saito, Keigo Hara, Makoto Sakai, Kyoichi Ogata, Makoto Sohda, Chiaki Murakami, Ken Shirabe and Hiroshi Saeki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:9
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  20. A gastrocolic fistula is an unusual communication between the colon and the stomach. Although colon cancer is the most common malignant cause of gastrocolic fistula in the Western world, the incidence of gastr...

    Authors: Tomoyuki Sugi, Masanao Kurata, Tomoaki Furuta, Osamu Ishibashi, Satoshi Inagawa, Hiroyuki Ariga, Junya Kashimura, Hitomi Kawai, Norio Takayashiki and Tatsuya Oda
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:8
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  21. Rendu–Osler–Weber disease (Osler disease) is a genetic disease with an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern. It is characterized by widespread telangiectasia in multiple organs. Liver involvement of FNH is r...

    Authors: Naoko Sekiguchi, Daisaku Yamada, Shogo Kobayashi, Kazuki Sasaki, Yoshifumi Iwagami, Yoshito Tomimaru, Takehiro Noda, Hidenori Takahashi, Yuichiro Doki and Hidetoshi Eguchi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:7
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  22. The primary disease of Trousseau’s syndrome is often highly advanced cancer, and treatment of the primary disease after cerebral infarction is often difficult. We herein report a case of pancreatic head cancer...

    Authors: Takumi Kitahama, Shimpei Otsuka, Teiichi Sugiura, Ryo Ashida, Katsuhisa Ohgi, Mihoko Yamada and Katsuhiko Uesaka
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:6
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  23. We encountered two cases of a new type of retroperitoneal hernia. We herein report the unique features of these cases.

    Authors: Yoichi Nakagawa, Hiroo Uchida, Satoshi Makita, Kazuki Yokota, Akinari Hinoki, Chiyoe Shirota, Takahisa Tainaka, Wataru Sumida, Hizuru Amano, Seiya Ogata, Aitaro Takimoto, Shunya Takada, Takuya Maeda and Yousuke Gohda
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:5
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  24. A muco-submucosal elongated polyp is a non-neoplastic growth composed of mucosa and submucosa. Although muco-submucosal elongated polyps are commonly reported in the large intestine, they are rare in the small...

    Authors: Ryosuke Kikuchi, Shigenobu Emoto, Hiroaki Nozawa, Kazuhito Sasaki, Koji Murono, Shinya Abe, Hirofumi Sonoda, Aya Shinozaki-Ushiku and Soichiro Ishihara
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:4
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  25. Total pancreatectomy (TP) is often selected for treatment of various pancreatic diseases. However, the resultant lack of autoregulation of glycometabolism necessitates careful postoperative management.

    Authors: Yasutaka Masuda, Sho Kiritani, Junichi Arita, Akihiko Ichida, Yoshikuni Kawaguchi, Nobuhisa Akamatsu, Junichi Kaneko and Kiyoshi Hasegawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:3
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  26. Large tumors of serous cystic adenomas in the pancreatic body-to-tail severely compress the surrounding organs and retroperitoneal space.

    Authors: Atsushi Nanashima, Hiroki Takamori, Naoya Imamura, Kousei Tahira, Eiji Kitamura, Masahide Hiyoshi, Takeomi Hamada, Yuuki Tsuchimochi, Hiroyuki Komori and Toshiyuki Kamoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:2
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  27. Upper lumber hernia is a rare entity which can cause obstruction and strangulation. Laparoscopic technique has been considered effective for such hernia repairs; however, there is no report of use of the self-...

    Authors: Reika Yamashita, Katsuhito Suwa, Tomoyoshi Okamoto and Ken Eto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:1
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  28. Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma (KHE) is a rare locally aggressive vascular neoplasm that occurs mainly in the pediatric population. KHE usually originates just underneath the skin and affects deeper tissues t...

    Authors: Eiichiro Watanabe, Naoki Hashizume, Akihiro Yoneda, Mureo Kasahara, Genta Ozeki, Takeshi Saito, Michimasa Fujiogi, Motohiro Kano, Yuki Yamamoto, Osamu Miyazaki, Takanobu Maekawa, Noriyuki Nakano, Takako Yoshioka, Akihiro Fujino and Yutaka Kanamori
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:225
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  29. Although new-onset diabetes has been described in up to 20% of patients with newly diagnosed pancreatic cancer, reports regarding new-onset diabetes associated with newly developed liver metastasis from pancre...

    Authors: Sho Kiritani, Yoshihiro Ono, Manabu Takamatsu, Atsushi Oba, Takafumi Sato, Hiromichi Ito, Yosuke Inoue and Yu Takahashi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:224
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  30. Preoperative treatment is performed for locally advanced colon cancer with extensive tumor proximity or suspected invasion of skeletal muscles, major organs, and blood vessels. Oxaliplatin-based regimens are o...

    Authors: Hiroshi Sawayama, Yuji Miyamoto, Katsuhiro Ogawa, Mayuko Ohuchi, Yuki Hisano, Moeko Kato, Hiroki Tubakihara, Naoya Yoshida and Hideo Baba
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:223
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  31. A giant inguinoscrotal hernia is a rare inguinal hernia that extends below the midpoint of the inner thigh while standing. Although reports of laparoscopic surgery for giant inguinoscrotal hernias have increas...

    Authors: Kenichi Nakamura, Susumu Shibasaki, Masashi Takenaka, Akiko Serizawa, Shingo Akimoto, Masaya Nakauchi, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Kazuki Inaba, Ryoichi Shiroki, Ichiro Uyama and Koichi Suda
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:222
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  32. Intrapulmonary penetration of the thoracic aorta is a rare, life-threatening complication of a chronic dissecting aortic aneurysm. It causes massive hemoptysis requiring prompt intervention to prevent fatal ai...

    Authors: Tsubasa Mikami, Takashi Yamauchi, Satoshi Sakakibara, Yoshito Ito, Hitoshi Suhara, Yukio Hayashi, Toru Kuratani, Takafumi Masai and Yoshiki Sawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:221
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  33. Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma is a rare stromal tumor with no standard treatment. However, some reports have revealed that follicular dendritic cell sarcoma has an inflammatory pseudotumor variant associat...

    Authors: K. Abe, M. Kitago, S. Matsuda, M. Shinoda, H. Yagi, Y. Abe, G. Oshima, S. Hori, Y. Endo, T. Yokose, E. Miura, N. Kubota, A. Ueno, Y. Masugi, H. Ojima, M. Sakamoto…
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:220
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  34. Esophageal duplication cyst (EDC) is a type of gastrointestinal duplication cyst that involves congenital malformations of the gastrointestinal tract. EDCs are frequently found in the mediastinum and thoracoab...

    Authors: Shosaburo Oyama, Kenji Tanaka, Masaaki Moriyama, Takashi Nonaka, Tetsuro Tominaga, Terumitsu Sawai, Naoe Kinoshita and Takeshi Nagayasu
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:219
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  35. Distant metastasis is extremely rare for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) without lymph node metastasis or extrathyroidal extension, for which active surveillance (AS) is indicated. The evaluation of di...

    Authors: Hidenori Kamio, Hiromi Onizuka, Yusaku Yoshida, Yoko Omi, Tamami Isaka, Yoji Nagashima, Kiyomi Horiuchi and Takahiro Okamoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:218
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  36. Calcitonin-producing pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (PanNENs) are extremely rare. There have been no reports of a patient in whom liver metastases were the presenting finding, and a calcitonin-producing P...

    Authors: Ryusei Yamamoto, Ryuzo Yamaguchi, Katsushi Yoshida, Masataka Ando, Yoshitaka Toyoda, Aya Tanaka and Kenji Kato
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:217
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  37. Authors: Chihiro Yoshikawa, Ichiro Yamato, Yasuyuki Nakata, Tadashi Nakagawa, Takashi Inoue, Mitsuhiro Nakatani, Daiki Nezu, Shunsuke Doi, Yasuhiro Kuroda, Kazuki Fujii, Shouhei Kishida, Midori Kamikubo and Saiho Ko
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:216
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    The original article was published in Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:148

  38. Thrombosis of the pulmonary vein stump is a common complication after a left upper lobectomy and can be a source of embolism in various organs, such as the kidneys. A renal infarction, on the other hand, is a ...

    Authors: Yoshihito Iijima, Shun Iwai, Nozomu Motono and Hidetaka Uramoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:215
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  39. When a patient has multiple tumors in different organs, it is very important to identify whether the tumors are multiple cancers or metastasis from one tumor in order to establish an optimal treatment strategy...

    Authors: Kenichiro Furukawa, Keiichi Hatakeyama, Masanori Terashima, Keiichi Fujiya, Yutaka Tanizawa, Etsuro Bando, Takashi Sugino, Kenichi Urakami, Tateaki Naito, Hiroyasu Kagawa and Ken Yamaguchi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:214
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  40. The treatment of duplicated thoracic ducts (TDs) injury after esophagectomy generally requires a bilateral transthoracic approach. We present the cases of two patients with postoperative chylothorax who underw...

    Authors: Shuhei Komatsuzaki, Katsuji Hisakura, Koichi Ogawa, Yoshimasa Akashi, Jaejeong Kim, Shoko Moue, Yoshihiro Miyazaki, Kinji Furuya, Manami Doi, Yohei Owada, Osamu Shimomura, Yusuke Ohara, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Shinji Hashimoto, Tsuyoshi Enomoto, Naoto Koike…
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:213
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  41. Rectal neuroendocrine neoplasms can induce liver metastasis. However, few reports exist on the associated long-term recurrence rates. We report a case of liver metastasis identified 15 years after rectal neuro...

    Authors: Miho Akabane, Satoshi Okubo, Keiichi Kinowaki, Masaru Matsumura, Junichi Shindoh and Masaji Hashimoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:212
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  42. Strongyloides colitis is a severe form of strongyloidiasis that carries a high mortality rate if untreated. There is an overlapping clinical presentation between Strongyloides colitis and Crohn’s disease. Here...

    Authors: Sabah Uddin Saqib, Sumit Sood, Ling Wong and Abhilasha Patel
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:211
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  43. Since humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy (HHM) in breast cancer patients without bone metastasis is rare, the clinical features of this condition are not fully understood.

    Authors: Sakina Hashizume, Masafumi Shimoda, Tetsuhiro Yoshinami, Kaori Abe, Nanae Masunaga, Yoshiaki Sota, Tomohiro Miyake, Tomonori Tanei and Kenzo Shimazu
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:210
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  44. A hematoma that gradually increases over a chronic course of months or longer is defined as a chronic expanding hematoma (CEH). CEHs often develop in the limbs and on body surfaces that are susceptible to exte...

    Authors: Atsuki Taniguchi, Takeyoshi Nishiyama, Jun Kozai, Izuru Endo and Nobuyuki Watanabe
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:209
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  45. Acute appendicitis is a common abdominal pathology, particularly in younger patients presenting with abdominal pain. The clinical presentation is typically characterized by right lower quadrant pain (with loca...

    Authors: Ushanthan Uthayanan, Walter Kolb, Bruno Schmied and Stephan Bischofberger
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:208
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  46. Middle lobe torsion is a rare complication of right upper lobectomy. Middle lobe torsion can be critical; thus, various preventive measures are used.

    Authors: Hiroki Matsumiya, Koji Kuroda, Masataka Mori, Masatoshi Kanayama, Akihiro Taira, Shinji Shinohara, Masaru Takenaka and Fumihiro Tanaka
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:207
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  47. The treatment strategy for metastatic lesions of primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME) is currently determined on a case-by-case basis, based on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) gu...

    Authors: Keita Hanada, Shigeru Tsunoda, Motoo Nomura, Shintaro Fujimura, Yojiro Yutaka, Tatsuto Nishigori, Shigeo Hisamori, Hisatsugu Maekewa, Nobuaki Hoshino, Atsushi Itami, Eiji Tanaka and Kazutaka Obama
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:206
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  48. Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) in the esophagus is extremely rare. Therefore, there are few reports of UPS in the esophagus (UPSE). We present a case of UPSE after multiple cancer treatments.

    Authors: Yuho Ebata, Yoshihisa Sakaguchi, Yasuo Tsuda, Sho Nambara, Kensuke Kudou, Eiji Kusumoto, Rintaro Yoshida, Tetsuya Kusumoto and Koji Ikejiri
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:205
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  49. Open pneumothorax with chest wall deficit is a rare chest trauma that is serious and can lead to severe respiratory failure; however, it is a potentially lifesaving injury if utilized appropriately.

    Authors: Rina Tokuda, Yohei Okada, Futoshi Nagashima, Makoto Kobayashi, Wataru Ishii and Ryoji Iizuka
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:204
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  50. Iatrogenic tracheal injury is a rare but potentially morbid condition and often poses a diagnostic challenge due to its rarity and the lack of specific clinical findings. Because a delayed diagnosis is associa...

    Authors: Minori Nakamura, Shuhei Iizuka and Toru Nakamura
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:203
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