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  1. Metastatic cancer to the stomach is relatively rare. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a reliable biomarker used in the screening and management of patients with prostate cancer. However, it is difficult to d...

    Authors: Koji Shindo, Kenoki Ohuchida, Taiki Moriyama, Fumio Kinoshita, Yutaka Koga, Yoshinao Oda, Masatoshi Eto and Masafumi Nakamura
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:303
  2. Pancreatic cancer is a disease with a poor prognosis, requiring multidisciplinary treatment combining chemotherapy and surgery for effective management. Distal pancreatectomy with celiac axis resection (DP-CAR...

    Authors: Yoshiki Murase, Daisuke Ban, Aya Maekawa, Shuichi Watanabe, Yoshiya Ishikawa, Keiichi Akahoshi, Kosuke Ogawa, Hiroaki Ono, Atsushi Kudo, Toshifumi Kudo, Shinji Tanaka and Minoru Tanabe
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:302
  3. The mainstay treatment for arteriovenous malformation in the pancreatic head (Ph-AVM) is standard pancreatectomy, especially pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), or interventional endovascular treatment. We report th...

    Authors: Takahiro Korai, Yasutoshi Kimura, Masafumi Imamura, Minoru Nagayama, Ayumi Kanazawa, Ryo Miura, Takeshi Murakami, Daisuke Kyuno, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Kotomi Terai, Shintaro Sugita, Takayuki Nobuoka, Tadashi Hasegawa and Ichiro Takemasa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:301
  4. Adult intussusception is recognized as an abdominal emergency. More than 90% of adult patients with intussusception have distinct causes that are related to benign or malignant tumors. In contrast, idiopathic ...

    Authors: Kyota Tatsuta, Mayu Sakata, Kosuke Sugiyama, Toshiya Akai, Katsunori Suzuki, Yuhi Suzuki, Takafumi Kawamura, Yoshifumi Morita, Hirotoshi Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Hiramatsu, Kiyotaka Kurachi and Hiroya Takeuchi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:300
  5. Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT), a mesenchymal fibroblastic tumor with a hypervascular nature, rarely develops in the pelvis. Resection of a giant SFT occupying the pelvic cavity poses an increased risk of develo...

    Authors: Kizuki Yuza, Jun Sakata, Hiroki Nagaro, Takuya Ando, Yuki Hirose, Kohei Miura, Kazuyasu Takizawa, Takashi Kobayashi, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Takaaki Hanyu, Yoshifumi Shimada, Masayuki Nagahashi, Shin-Ichi Kosugi and Toshifumi Wakai
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:299
  6. Chemotherapy has been considered the main treatment for stage IV gastric cancer (GC). However, advances in chemotherapy have provided new clinical approaches, permitting conversion surgery with the aim of R0 r...

    Authors: Satoshi Toyota, Hiroshi Naito, Saki Motoyoshi, Ryota Nakanishi, Eiji Oki, Hiroyuki Orita and Daisuke Korenaga
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:298
  7. Although the primary treatment for malignant phyllodes tumor (PT) is complete surgical excision with either breast-conserving surgery or total mastectomy, recent technical advances have led to the adoption of ...

    Authors: Emi Morioka, Masakuni Noguchi, Miki Noguchi, Masafumi Inokuchi, Ken-ichi Shimada, Akihiro Shioya, Akane Aikawa, Hiroshi Minato and Mitsuharu Earashi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:297
  8. The stomach has many incoming vessels and is resistant to ischemia due to the rich microvascular network within its submucosal layer. Although reports of gastric remnant necrosis after gastrectomy have been ra...

    Authors: Atsushi Gakuhara, Shuichi Fukuda, Tomoyuki Tsujimoto, Hideo Tomihara, Katsuya Ohta, Kotaro Kitani, Kazuhiko Hashimoto, Hajime Ishikawa, Jin-ichi Hida and Masao Yukawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:296
  9. Meningeal carcinomatosis is a very rare metastatic site of gastric cancer and meningeal carcinomatosis without other metastatic sites is much extremely rare. Herein, we report our experience with a very rare c...

    Authors: Takayuki Tanaka, Kengo Kanetaka, Takahiro Ikeda, Shun Yamaguchi, Syunsuke Kawakami, Tomoo Kitajima, Toru Iwata and Susumu Eguchi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:295
  10. This report describes the first clinical experience with magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) using the ExAblate 2100 system for non-invasive breast cancer.

    Authors: Akiko Matsutani, Yoshimi Ide, Sakiko Miura, Masafumi Takimoto, Sadao Amano and Seigo Nakamura
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:294
  11. Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity (PSH) may occur in patients with traumatic brain injury. Heterotopic ossification (HO) has frequently been observed in patients with PSH and has been found to impair patien...

    Authors: Takeaki Sato, Mayo Watanabe, Yoshito Onoda, Taku Oyanagi and Shigeki Kushimoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:293
  12. Gastric inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP) is a rare polypoid lesion of the stomach that is characterized pathologically by the presence of spindle cells, a prominent network of blood vessels, and inflammatory i...

    Authors: Akimasa Kawai, Hideo Matsumoto, Ken Haruma, Tomoko Kanzaki, Yuji Sugawara, Takashi Akiyama and Toshihiro Hirai
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:292
  13. Several severe intraoperative complications of lung cancer surgery have been reported, but the incorrect transection of the main bronchus is a very rare and serious complication. We report a surgical case of a...

    Authors: Yuma Shindo, Masahiro Miyajima, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Wataru Arai, Ryunosuke Maki, Kodai Tsuruta and Atsushi Watanabe
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:291
  14. A majority of gastrinomas causing Zollinger–Ellison syndrome are located in the duodenum or pancreas. Primary hepatic gastrinomas are rare and difficult to diagnose. We report a rare case of primary hepatic ga...

    Authors: Shunya Hanzawa, Hiroshi Sadamori, Masaaki Kagoura, Kazuteru Monden, Masayoshi Hioki, Tsuyoshi Hyodo, Kunihiro Omonishi and Norihisa Takakura
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:290
  15. Right aortic arch (RAA) is a congenital malformation detected in 0.04% of the population without heterotaxia and makes esophagectomy and mediastinal lymphadenectomy difficult. A left thoracic approach is recom...

    Authors: Motoki Murakami, Yasutaka Nakanishi, Yudai Hojo, Tatsuro Nakamura, Tsutomu Kumamoto, Yasunori Kurahashi, Yoshinori Ishida and Hisashi Shinohara
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:289
  16. Bowel herniation through a defect in the broad ligament of the uterus is a rare disease and few cases of recurrence have been reported. We report herein a recurrence case of a patient with broad ligament herni...

    Authors: Yoshifumi Hashimoto, Tatsuo Kanda, Tadasu Chida and Kazuyoshi Suda
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:288
  17. Solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) are rare tumors, mostly derived from connective tissue mesenchymal cells that arise from the pleura. There are very few reports of primary pancreatic SFT. Preoperative diagnosis ...

    Authors: Yuka Taguchi, Takanobu Hara, Hiroaki Tamura, Masahito Ogiku, Mana Watahiki, Toru Takagi, Takashi Harada, Shinichiro Miyazaki, Tadataka Hayashi, Toshikazu Kanai, Hiroki Mori, Takachika Ozawa and Yoshiro Nishiwaki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:287
  18. Lipomas are the most common cause of intussusception in adults. To our knowledge, however, no cases of lipoma and ectopic gastric mucosa with gastritis cystica profunda (GCP) have been reported. We report a ca...

    Authors: Natsuko Yamauchi, Takashi Ito, Hiroki Matsuoka, Teruhiro Chohno, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Yoshihiro Kakeji and Takamasa Ohnishi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:286
  19. Anomalous systemic arterial supply to the basal segment of the lung (ABLL) is a relatively rare congenital anomaly characterized by aberrant systemic arterial blood flow to the basal segment of the lung. We ex...

    Authors: Takahiro Utsumi, Haruaki Hino, Shintaro Kuwauchi, Nobuya Zempo, Kaori Ishida, Natsumi Maru, Hiroshi Matsui, Yohei Taniguchi, Tomohito Saito, Koji Tsuta and Tomohiro Murakawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:285
  20. Dermatomyositis is associated with malignant tumors including breast cancer, and inflammatory breast cancer is considered to have a poorer prognosis than most breast cancers.

    Authors: Gaku Inaguma, Akihiko Shimada, Junya Tsunoda, Tomohiko Matsuzaki, Tomohiko Nishi, Hiroaki Seki and Hidetoshi Matsumoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:284
  21. A Killian–Jamieson diverticulum is a rare pharyngoesophageal diverticulum that is radically treated by diverticulectomy. However, there is no consensus on whether cricopharyngeal myotomy is necessary, and the ...

    Authors: Takuya Saito, Tetsuya Ogawa, Shintaro Kurahashi, Hiroki Okamoto, Hirotake Gonda, Tatsuki Matsumura, Takaaki Osawa, Yasuyuki Fukami, Shunichiro Komatsu, Kenitiro Kaneko and Tsuyoshi Sano
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:283
  22. Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) currently play an important role in the treatment of patients with end-stage heart failure who require a bridge to heart transplantation or destination therapy. With the...

    Authors: Taiki Kajiwara, Takeshi Naitoh, Yusuke Suzuki, Atsushi Kohyama, Hideaki Karasawa, Hideyuki Suzuki, Masatoshi Akiyama, Yoshikatsu Saiki, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Shinobu Ohnuma, Takashi Kamei and Michiaki Unno
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:282
  23. The safe management of patients with COVID-19 has been a challenge during the current pandemic, leading to healthcare workers being disproportionately affected by the virus. In Costa Rica, 20% of all infection...

    Authors: Alfredo Sanchez-Betancourt, Pablo Sibaja-Alvarez, Milagros Gonzalez-Cole, Ivannia Mendez-Barboza, Crishtna Ledezma-Cruz and Priscilla Vargas-Paez
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:281
  24. Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species, which are weak pathogenic bacteria generally. However, the acute and severe pathogenicity of Staphylococcus lugdunensis infective endocar...

    Authors: Kazuhiro Yamazaki, Kenji Minakata, Kazuhisa Sakamoto, Jiro Sakai, Yujiro Ide, Masahide Kawatou, Hideo Kanemitsu, Tadashi Ikeda, Kenji Minatoya and Ryuzo Sakata
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:280
  25. Glomus tumors are subcutaneous tumors arising from glomus bodies, thermoregulatory components of the skin. These tumors could occur in visceral organs where glomus bodies are not normally present. Herein, we r...

    Authors: Ichiro Tamaki, Yohei Hosoda, Hironobu Sasano, Yu Sasaki, Hidenori Kiyochi, Yoshiro Taki and Izumi Komoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:279
  26. Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a well-known complication of ulcerative colitis (UC), but it is rare to encounter patients requiring both living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) and proctocolectomy. ...

    Authors: Yoshihiro Miyagi, Tatsuya Kinjo, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Noboru Harada, Shingo Arakaki, Tetsu Kinjo, Akira Hokama and Mitsuhisa Takatsuki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:278
  27. The middle hepatic veins are often infiltrated by intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Reconstruction of the hepatic vein plays a critical role in preserving more of the residual liver volume and reducing the risk...

    Authors: ShiWei Yang, DongDong Han, Liang Wang, Lei Gong and CanHong Xiang
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:277
  28. Nivolumab is effective for gastric cancer and lung cancer, but complete response is rare. We experienced a case of synchronous gastric cancer and lung cancer who was treated by nivolumab and laparoscopic gastr...

    Authors: Shunji Endo, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Koji Kurose, Masaharu Higashida, Hisako Kubota, Yuko Okamoto, Shumei Mineta, Hironori Tanaka, Toshimasa Okada, Atsushi Tsuruta, Takashi Akiyama, Toru Oga and Tomio Ueno
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:276
  29. Chronic idiopathic colonic pseudo-obstruction (CICP) is a rare disease, defined as a condition of the chronically damaged colon, without obstruction or stenosis, and a pathological abnormality in the myenteric...

    Authors: Kosuke Yoshimura, Hiroki Ohge, Norimitsu Shimada, Shinnosuke Uegami, Yusuke Watadani, Ikki Nakashima, Toshinori Hirano, Hiroki Kitagawa, Yuki Kaiki and Shinya Takahashi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:275
  30. Gallbladder neuroendocrine tumors (GB-NETs) are extremely rare, representing only 0.5% of all NETs because no neuroectodermal cells are present in the gallbladder. In 2019, the World Health Organization update...

    Authors: Hideo Tomihara, Kazuhiko Hashimoto, Tomoko Wakasa, Hajime Ishikawa, Tomoyuki Tsujimoto, Atsushi Gakuhara, Shuichi Fukuda, Katsuya Ohta, Kotaro Kitani, Jin-ichi Hida, Yoshio Ohta and Masao Yukawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:274
  31. Various approaches have been used to assist and facilitate segmentectomy with favorable oncological outcomes. We describe a hybrid approach comprising virtual-assisted lung mapping (VAL-MAP), which is a preope...

    Authors: Masahiro Yanagiya, Noriko Hiyama and Jun Matsumoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:273
  32. Pulmonary metastasis of scalp angiosarcoma (SA) is a rare, but life-threatening disease, challenging to diagnose and manage. We report two cases of pneumothorax and hemothorax with pathologically proven metast...

    Authors: Masahide Isowa, Satona Tanaka, Ryo Nakanobo, Yoshito Yamada and Hiroshi Date
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:272
  33. The prognosis of patients with recurrent gastric cancer is poor despite chemotherapy being clinically recommended as the first therapeutic strategy. Recent clinical trials have established the clinical utility...

    Authors: Takaaki Arigami, Daisuke Matsushita, Keishi Okubo, Takako Tanaka, Ken Sasaki, Masahiro Noda, Yoshiaki Kita, Shinichiro Mori, Yusuke Tsuruda, Hiroshi Kurahara and Takao Ohtsuka
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:271
  34. Delayed arterial hemorrhage after pancreaticoduodenectomy is a life-threatening complication. There are no reports about infected aneurysms of the superior mesenteric artery after pancreaticoduodenectomy witho...

    Authors: Tokuyuki Yamashita, Kenya Yamanaka, Ai Izumi, Jun Matsui, Makoto Kurimoto, Hikaru Aoki and Jun Tamura
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:270
  35. Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) originate from neuroendocrine cells, which are found throughout the body. NETs occur principally in the gastrointestinal tract (approximately 65%) and bronchopulmonary tract (appro...

    Authors: Keita Kodera, Seiichiro Eto, Nei Fukasawa, Wataru Kai, Tomo Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Hirabayashi, Hidejiro Kawahara and Nobuo Omura
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:269
  36. Repeat laparoscopic surgery has become increasingly common. However, reports of liver resection after pancreatoduodenectomy are scarce, and we report the first successful case of a patient who underwent laparo...

    Authors: Muneyasu Kiriyama, Yuji Kaneoka, Atsuyuki Maeda, Yuichi Takayama, Takamasa Takahashi and Kazuaki Seita
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:268
  37. Pancreaticoduodenectomy after esophageal resection is technically difficult, because blood flow of the gastric conduit should be preserved. Celiac axis stenosis (CAS) is also a problem for pancreaticoduodenect...

    Authors: Masaaki Minagawa, Hirofumi Ichida, Ryuji Yoshioka, Yu Gyoda, Tomoya Mizuno, Hiroshi Imamura, Yoshihiro Mise, Hidehiko Yoshimatsu, Yuki Fukumura, Kota Kato, Yoshiaki Kajiyama and Akio Saiura
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:267
  38. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Hiroaki Fukuzawa, Keisuke Kajihara, Yasuhiro Kuroda, Yuki Fujieda, Kotaro Uemura, Yuki Takeuchi, Yoshitomo Samejima, Insu Kawahara, Keiichi Morita, Tamaki Iwade and Kosaku Maeda
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:266

    The original article was published in Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:55

  39. Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is rare neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract associated with high rates of malignant transformation. GIST has been found largely in the stomach, small bowel, colon and ...

    Authors: Naoki Hashizume, Saki Sakamoto, Suguru Fukahori, Shinji Ishii, Nobuyuki Saikusa, Yoshinori Koga, Naruki Higashidate, Shiori Tsuruhisa, Hirotomo Nakahara, Yoshiaki Tanaka and Minoru Yagi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:265
  40. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is the second most common malignancy of primary liver cancer. Among the several pathological types of ICC, only five cases of the clear cell type have been reported, inclu...

    Authors: Takuya Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Abe, Akihiko Oshita, Shuji Yonehara, Yoshio Katamura, Nozomu Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Masahiro Nakahara, Hideki Ohdan and Toshio Noriyuki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:264
  41. The evolution of remote systems and artificial intelligence technology has led to increase in robotic surgeries. One system used in this case report is the Senhance robotic system. The most important premise f...

    Authors: Atsuko Kataoka, Yasumitsu Hirano, Hiroka Kondo, Satoshi Shimamura, Masahiro Kataoka, Masahiro Asari, Takatsugu Fujii, Shintaro Ishikawa, Toshimasa Ishii and Shigeki Yamaguchi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:263
  42. Erosion of a pacer lead into the chest wall may result in pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade. Free rupture into the pleura or mediastinum can result in hypotension and cardiac arrest.

    Authors: Michael J. Herr, J. Macy Cottrell, H. Edward Garrett Jr. and Darryl S. Weiman
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:262
  43. Clear cell sarcoma-like tumor of the gastrointestinal tract (CCSLTGT) is extremely rare. It is a mesenchymal neoplasm that usually forms in the small intestine of adolescents and young adults, is prone to loca...

    Authors: Takuhisa Okada, Yasumitsu Hirano, Shintaro Ishikawa, Hiroka Kondo, Toshimasa Ishii and Shigeki Yamaguchi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:260
  44. Due to the development of diagnostic imaging technology, we have increased chance of detecting multiple primary cancers. However, simultaneous triple cancer is still a very rare finding whose frequency is not ...

    Authors: Hiroki Imamura, Hajime Hirose, Shunji Endo, Yasuji Hashimoto, Masashi Takeda, Shinya Kidogami, Yukako Mokutani, Tomoya Kishimoto, Shinichi Yoshioka, Shigeyuki Tamura and Yo Sasaki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:259
  45. Endoscopic balloon dilatation (EBD) is the established treatment for common bile duct (CBD) stones. Although pancreatitis and bleeding have been reported as major complications of EBD, balloon-related complica...

    Authors: Koji Morishita and Hideaki Sasaki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:258
  46. Indocyanine green (ICG) is useful for evaluating the intestinal perfusion of anastomosis. Especially for patients with prior surgeries, ICG imaging enables surgeons in visualizing the anatomical field. Here, w...

    Authors: Tomoaki Okada, Kenji Kawada, Takashi Kobayashi, Toshiaki Wada and Yoshiharu Sakai
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:257
  47. The concept of GIST was established in 1998, clearly differentiating between gastrointestinal leiomyosarcoma and GISTs among gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumors. Lymph node metastasis is extremely rare in true...

    Authors: Tomoya Tago, Shuji Suzuki, Jun Kuroda, Ryutaro Udou, Kiyotaka Nishida, Yukio Oshiro, Jirou Shimazaki, Keni Kou, Yukio Morishita and Mitsugi Shimoda
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:256
  48. Persistent descending mesocolon (PDM) is a congenital anomaly associated with the failure of fixation of the descending colon to the lateral abdominal wall. In the laparoscopic colectomy for colorectal cancer,...

    Authors: Yumi Furuichi, Kensuke Kumamoto, Eisuke Asano, Akihiro Kondo, Jun Uemura, Hironobu Suto, Minoru Oshima, Takayoshi Kishino, Hisashi Usuki, Keiichi Okano and Yasuyuki Suzuki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:255
  49. Intrathoracic mesothelial cysts are congenital lesions induced by the abnormal development of the pericardial coelom. There have been a few reports of giant mesothelial cyst of the superior mediastinum, but th...

    Authors: Takehiko Manabe, Soichi Oka and Kenji Ono
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:249

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