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  1. Malrotation is a congenital anomaly during the development of the embryonic intestine. Although it is generally considered a pediatric surgical condition, it can have significant implications for adult surgery...

    Authors: Yumiko Kageyama, Ryuzo Yamaguchi, Shinya Watanabe, Keiji Aizu, Shinichiro Kobayashi, Fumiya Sato, Hironori Fujieda, Yoshitaka Toyoda and Tsutomu Iwata

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:223

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  2. Pancreatic pleural effusion and ascites are defined as fluid accumulation in the thoracic and abdominal cavity, respectively, due to direct leakage of the pancreatic juice. They usually occur in patients with ...

    Authors: Yuta Yoshida, Ippei Matsumoto, Tomonori Tanaka, Kentaro Yamao, Akihiro Hayashi, Keiko Kamei, Shumpei Satoi, Atsushi Takebe, Takuya Nakai, Mamoru Takenaka and Yoshifumi Takeyama

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:222

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  3. Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) is an acute neuropsychiatric disorder resulting from thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency, frequently associated with chronic alcoholism and total parenteral nutrition without thiamine....

    Authors: Chikanori Tsutsumi, Toshiya Abe, Tomohiko Shinkawa, Hideyuki Watanabe, Kazuyoshi Nishihara and Toru Nakano

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:220

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  4. Since the ToGA trial, trastuzumab-based chemotherapy is the standard treatment for HER2 positive stage IV gastric cancer. However, it is not yet clear whether surgical resection after trastuzumab-based chemoth...

    Authors: Koichi Hayano, Hiroki Watanabe, Takahiro Ryuzaki, Naoto Sawada, Gaku Ohira, Masayuki Kano, Masaya Uesato and Hisahiro Matsubara

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:219

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  5. Pouch volvulus after proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis is a very rare postoperative complication. The common site of pouch volvulus has been reported to be the ileal pouch–anal anastomosis and the middle ...

    Authors: Michio Itabashi, Yoshiko Bamba, Hisako Aihara, Kimitaka Tani, Ryousuke Nakagawa, Kurodo Koshino, Takeshi Ohki, Shinpei Ogawa, Yuji Inoue and Masakazu Yamamoto

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:218

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  7. Neuromuscular 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 unt...

    Authors: Takahiro Sasaki, Tomohisa Furuhata, Masashige Nishimura, Tatsunori Ono, Akiyoshi Noda, Hirotaka Koizumi, Nobuyoshi Miyajima and Takehito Otsubo

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:216

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  8. When 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.

    Authors: Yoshiaki Shinden, Hazuki Saho, Yuki Nomoto, Ayako Nagata, Koji Minami, Akihiro Nakajo, Toshiaki Akahane, Tsubasa Hiraki, Akihide Tanimoto, Tetsuhiro Owaki, Yuko Kijima and Shoji Natsugoe

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:215

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  9. Anastomotic 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 fa...

    Authors: Yutaka Tamamori, Katsunobu Sakurai, Naoshi Kubo, Ken Yonemitsu, Yasuhiro Fukui, Junya Nishimura, Kiyoshi Maeda and Yukio Nishiguchi

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:214

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  10. Esophagostomy 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, ora...

    Authors: Tetsuro Isozaki, Kentaro Murakami, Eigoro Yamanouchi, Masaya Uesato, Takeshi Toyozumi, Yoshio Koide, Soichiro Tsukamoto, Haruhito Sakata, Koichi Hayano, Masayuki Kano, Hideki Hayashi and Hisahiro Matsubara

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:213

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  11. Endobronchial 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...

    Authors: Tomohiro Yazawa, Hitoshi Igai, Natsumi Matsuura, Fumi Ohsawa and Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:212

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  12. Rectal 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 laparos...

    Authors: Naotaka Kuriyama, Koji Ando, Qingjiang Hu, Yu Miyashita, Yoshiaki Fujimoto, Tomoko Jogo, Kentaro Hokonohara, Ryota Nakanishi, Yuichi Hisamatsu, Yasue Kimura, Daisuke Tsurumaru, Kenichi Kohashi, Yoshinao Oda, Eiji Oki, Masataka Nishimura and Masaki Mori

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:211

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  13. Intraductal 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 differentiat...

    Authors: Yuji Shimizu, Ryo Ashida, Teiichi Sugiura, Yukiyasu Okamura, Takaaki Ito, Yusuke Yamamoto, Katsuhisa Ohgi, Keiko Sasaki and Katsuhiko Uesaka

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:210

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  14. Small 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 pr...

    Authors: Keiji Matsuda, Yojiro Hashiguchi, Kentaro Asako, Yuka Okada, Kohei Ohno, Mitsuo Tsukamoto, Yoshihisa Fukushima, Ryu Shimada, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Tamuro Hayama, Keijiro Nozawa, Takeo Fukagawa and Yuko Sasajima

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:209

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  15. Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most frequent submucosal tumor, and with advancements of diagnostic modalities, the incidence of GIST cases diagnosed have increased. Similarly, prevalence of morbi...

    Authors: Kenkichi Hashimoto, Yoshihisa Sakaguchi, Sho Nambara, Kensuke Kudou, Eiji Kusumoto, Keiji Yoshinaga, Tetsuya Kusumoto and Koji Ikejiri

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:208

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  16. Appendectomy for acute appendicitis (AA) is considered one of the most common emergency surgeries. However, emergency appendectomy accompanied with complex lesions such as extensive abscess formation is not re...

    Authors: Yuta Kasagi, Keita Natsugoe, Takehiko Aoyagi, Yoshinari Nobutou, Eiji Tsujita, Mayumi Ishida, Sosei Kuma, Katsumi Takizawa and Hideaki Uchiyama

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:207

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  17. Sebaceous 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 patien...

    Authors: Sachi Kawagishi, Ryu Kanzaki, Seiji Taniguchi, Kenji Kimura, Toru Kimura, Hiroyuki Takabatake, Eiichi Morii, Masayoshi Inoue and Yasushi Shintani

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:206

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  18. Pharyngoesophageal dysphagia sometimes develops after esophagectomy. However, severe dysphagia after esophagectomy due to cricopharyngeus muscle dysfunction is a rare complication. There are no recommended cli...

    Authors: Shinichiro Kobayashi, Ken Taniguchi, Fujinobu Tanaka, Shigeto Maeda, Takanori Hirayama, Takayuki Tokunaga, Hiroaki Takeshita, Shiro Miura and Tamotsu Kuroki

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:205

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  19. Primary neuroendocrine tumor (NET) originating from the extrahepatic bile duct is rare, although liver metastasis from gastroenteropancreatic NET is frequently observed. We herein report a case who successfull...

    Authors: Mamiko Miyashita, Yoshihiro Ono, Manabu Takamatsu, Yosuke Inoue, Takafumi Sato, Hiromichi Ito, Yu Takahashi and Akio Saiura

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:204

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  20. Nipple-areola complex (NAC) reconstruction is a technique used in breast reconstructive surgery, which is performed during the final stage of breast reconstruction after total mastectomy of primary breast canc...

    Authors: Mariko Kimura, Kazutaka Narui, Hidetaka Shima, Shizune Ikejima, Mayu Muto, Toshihiko Satake, Mikiko Tanabe, Yoshiaki Inayama, Shoko Adachi, Akimitsu Yamada, Kazuhiro Shimada, Sadatoshi Sugae, Yasushi Ichikawa, Takashi Ishikawa and Itaru Endo

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:203

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  21. Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm (SPN) of the pancreas is an extremely rare neoplasm with a favorable prognosis. On the other hand, pancreatic invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) is known to be an aggressive maligna...

    Authors: Chikanori Tsutsumi, Toshiya Abe, Yusuke Sawatsubashi, Sadafumi Tamiya, Daisuke Kakihara, Kazuyoshi Nishihara and Toru Nakano

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:202

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  22. Although the first-line therapy for early-stage gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma is the eradication of Helicobacter pylori, the effect of eradication in Helicobacter pylori-negative cases is unc...

    Authors: Fumiaki Shiratori, Isamu Hoshino, Hisashi Gunji, Nobuhiro Takiguchi, Yoshihiro Nabeya and Hideaki Shimada

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:201

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  23. Gastric hamartomatous inverted polyp (GHIP) is a pathological condition where enlarged gastric glands with cystic dilatation grow in the submucosa. It is difficult to excise the tissue due to its location. In ...

    Authors: Suguru Hayase, Mei Sakuma, Shun Chida, Masaru Saito, Hirofumi Ami, Yoshihisa Koyama, Shinji Ohki and Koji Kono

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:200

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  24. Solitary pulmonary metastasis from esophageal basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSCC) components is an extremely rare recurrence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

    Authors: Kumiko Sekiguchi, Takeshi Matsutani, Tsutomu Nomura, Nobutoshi Hagiwara, Akihisa Matsuda, Hidetsugu Hanawa, Keisuke Mishima, Nobuhiko Taniai, Ryuji Ohashi and Hiroshi Yoshida

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:199

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  25. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Mohamed Elshawy, Takeo Toshima, Yoshiki Asayama, Yuichiro Kubo, Shinichiro Ikeda, Toru Ikegami, Shingo Arakaki, Tomoharu Yoshizumi and Masaki Mori

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:198

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    The original article was published in Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:164

  26. Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a novel disease concept of unknown cause that is characterized by abundant infiltration of IgG4-positive cells, mass-forming lesions, and elevated serum IgG4 leve...

    Authors: Tomoyuki Ueki, Toru Miyake, Mitsuhiro Narita, Masatsugu Kojima, Sachiko Kaida, Hiroya Iida, Tomoharu Shimizu and Masaji Tani

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:197

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  27. Undifferentiated carcinoma of the colon is rare, and its prognosis is very poor. We report a case of undifferentiated carcinoma of the colon with rhabdoid features developed during treatment of non-small lung ...

    Authors: Yuya Ashitomi, Mitsuhiro Yano, Michihisa Kono, Takefumi Suzuki, Ichiro Kawamura, Shinji Okazaki, Yukinori Kamio, Osamu Hachiya, Yuka Urano and Fuyuhiko Motoi

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:196

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  28. There are no previous reports of debulking of giant liver hemangioma. This report describes our experience with debulking surgery for a patient with bilateral giant liver hemangiomas with severe symptoms.

    Authors: Shun-ichi Ariizumi, Yoshihito Kotera, Shingo Yamashita, Akiko Omori, Takaaki Kato, Go Shibuya, Hiroto Egawa and Masakazu Yamamoto

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:195

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  29. Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is a highly aggressive form of thyroid cancer associated with a very poor prognosis. Anaplastic transformation most commonly occurs in the thyroid itself or within regional lymph n...

    Authors: Kiyotaka Hosoda, Kei Kusama, Naoe Yanagisawa, Taiichi Machida, Akihito Nishio, Shinji Nakata, Ichiro Ito, Masahide Watanabe and Harutsugu Sodeyama

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:194

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  30. Multiple gallbladders represent a rare congenital disorder, and coexistence with carcinoma is extremely rare, leading to a high possibility of misdiagnosis and surgical complications. In this study, a case was...

    Authors: Takashi Furuhashi, Toshihiko Abe, Koichiro Sakata, Mayaka Noda, Tadafumi Fuchikami, Nobuhisa Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Fujito, Norihiro Onari and Tetsuo Hamada

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:193

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  31. Killian–Jamieson diverticulum is a rare pharyngoesophageal diverticulum that arises below the cricopharyngeus muscle. Unlike the most common Zenker’s diverticulum, which requires cricopharyngeal and esophageal...

    Authors: Yasunori Kurahashi, Yudai Hojo, Tatsuro Nakamura, Tsutomu Kumamoto, Yasutaka Nakanishi, Yoshinori Ishida and Hisashi Shinohara

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:192

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  32. Neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) originating from the extrahepatic bile duct (EHBD) is very rare but is known for its aggressiveness and poor prognosis. We herein report a case of rapidly progressed NEC in the e...

    Authors: Mariko Kamiya, Naoto Yamamoto, Yuto Kamioka, Hirohide Inoue, Hirokazu Yotsumoto, Masaaki Murakawa, Toru Aoyama, Kota Washimi, Kae Kawachi, Takashi Oshima, Makoto Ueno, Norio Yukawa, Yasushi Rino, Munetaka Masuda and Soichiro Morinaga

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:191

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  33. Liver cirrhosis occurs in approximately 80–90% of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and hepatic resection may be dangerous because of well-documented liver cirrhosis, which may be accompanied by po...

    Authors: Norifumi Harimoto, Kenichiro Araki, Ryo Muranushi, Kouki Hoshino, Kei Hagiwara, Norihiro Ishii, Mariko Tsukagoshi, Takamichi Igarashi, Akira Watanabe, Norio Kubo, Kei Shibuya, Masaya Miyazaki, Hirofumi Kawanaka and Ken Shirabe

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:190

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  34. We experienced a case of early stage lung cancer involving a morbidly obese patient. Obesity is associated with a higher incidence of surgical complications. We examined the effectiveness of laparoscopic sleev...

    Authors: Shingo Iwata, Akeo Hagiwara and Yutaka Harima

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:189

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  36. Choroidal malignant melanoma is the most common primary malignant tumor of the eye in adults. Prognosis after recurrence of this disease has been dismal because of the absence of an effective therapy. However,...

    Authors: Ryuta Muraki, Yoshifumi Morita, Shinya Ida, Ryo Kitajima, Satoru Furuhashi, Ryota Kiuchi, Makoto Takeda, Hirotoshi Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Hiramatsu, Takanori Sakaguchi, Akira Kasuya, Yoshihiro Hotta and Hiroya Takeuchi

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:187

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  37. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST) is a very rare disease, and its pathogenesis is unknown. There are few reports of MPNST of the oesophagus. We report a case of an MPNST that was diagnosed and r...

    Authors: Kento Tomizawa, Tatsuya Miyazaki, Arisa Yamaguchi, Ryoya Honda, Marie Hoshino, Mitsuhiro Yanai, Yohei Miyamae, Ryo Kurosaki, Hisashi Shimizu, Kazuhisa Arakawa and Munenori Ide

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:186

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  38. The occurrence of sarcoid reactions has been recognized in various cancers. The common location for observing these granulomas is mainly the lymph nodes, but a rare occurrence in the spleen has been reported.

    Authors: Haruhiko Okada, Kazutomo Ouchi, Tetsuya Saito, Yuka Takahashi, Masaki Yamada, Naoki Negami, Yasunori Ishido, Sanae Yamazaki and Masahiko Sato

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:185

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  39. Outcome of the liver transplantation (LT) is worse in hepatitis C virus (HCV)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-coinfected patients compared to patients infected with HCV alone. We report the world’s first ca...

    Authors: Hidekazu Yamamoto, Yasuhiko Sugawara, Yuzuru Sambommatsu, Keita Shimata, Daiki Yoshii, Kaori Isono, Masaki Honda, Taro Yamashita, Shuzo Matsushita, Yukihiro Inomata and Taizo Hibi

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:184

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  40. Post-esophagectomy bronchopleural fistulas can be life-threatening in patients who are exhausted, for example, by surgical stress and pleural infection; therefore, establishment of a reliable surgical procedur...

    Authors: Yohei Honda, Akihiro Taira, Ayako Hirai, Koji Kuroda, Yoshinobu Ichiki and Fumihiro Tanaka

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:183

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  41. Cholesterol granuloma in the mediastinum is rarely observed, accounting for 1% of all mediastinum tumors. There have been only a few reports of multifocal cholesterol granulomas of the thymus. We herein report...

    Authors: Takehiko Manabe, Soichi Oka and Kenji Ono

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:182

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  42. Endosalpingiosis in the lymph nodes of the mesocolon is very rare. We reported a case with appendiceal endometriosis who had endosalpingiosis in the lymph nodes of the mesocolon that was found during laparosco...

    Authors: Koichiro Niwa, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Michitoshi Goto, Yutaka Kojima, Makoto Takahashi, Shun Ishiyama, Masaya Kawai, Yuu Okazawa, Natumi Tomita, Eiichiro Seki, Yuki Fukumura and Takashi Yao

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:181

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  43. IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic fibro-inflammatory condition that predominantly involves exocrine organs. Concerning its thoracic presentation, it often manifests as interstitial lung disease or f...

    Authors: Hiroshi Matsui, Takahiro Utsumi, Natsumi Maru, Yohei Taniguchi, Tomohito Saito, Haruaki Hino, Mitsuaki Ishida, Koji Tsuta and Tomohiro Murakawa

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:180

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  44. Pulmonary vein stenosis or occlusion is a rare but one of the most devastating complications after catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias, and surgical repair is an option in severe cases. The sutureless te...

    Authors: Naohiro Wakabayashi, Aina Hirofuji, Natsuya Ishikawa and Hiroyuki Kamiya

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:179

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  45. Traumatic diaphragmatic injuries (TDIs) are relatively uncommon and require surgical repair to prevent or address herniation. Three quarters of TDIs are due to blunt thoraco-abdominal trauma. In blunt TDIs, va...

    Authors: Satish Kesavaramanujam, Michael C. Morell, Dhanush Harigovind, Chandana Bhimmanapalli and Sebastiano Cassaro

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:178

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  46. Despite improved surgical techniques and perioperative management, anastomotic leakage (AL) after esophageal cancer surgery remains a potential complication. In most cases, spontaneous healing upon proper drai...

    Authors: Shigemasa Suzuki, Ryusuke Aihara, Takashi Ooki, Naoki Matsumura, Wataru Wada, Akira Mogi, Yasuo Hosouchi, Yasuji Nishida, Makoto Sakai, Makoto Sohda, Hiroshi Saeki and Ken Shirabe

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:177

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  47. Synovial sarcoma (SS) of the esophagus is extremely rare. Because of the microscopic features of SS, the monophasic type can easily be misdiagnosed as other spindle cell tumors. Here, we present the first case...

    Authors: Ken Sasaki, Masahiro Noda, Yusuke Tsuruda, Yasuto Uchikado, Itaru Omoto, Yoshiaki Kita, Takaaki Arigami, Shinichiro Mori, Hiroshi Kurahara, Akihiro Nakajo, Michiyo Higashi and Takao Ohtsuka

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:176

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  48. Ischemic colitis can occur after colectomy and is sometimes difficult to treat. We report 4 cases of refractory, delayed onset, regional congestive colitis occurring on the anal side of the anastomosis after l...

    Authors: Takatsugu Fujii, Shigeo Toda, Yuki Nishihara, Yusuke Maeda, Kosuke Hiramatsu, Yutaka Hanaoka, Rikiya Sato, Shuichiro Matoba, Masashi Ueno and Hiroya Kuroyanagi

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:175

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  49. Goblet cell carcinoid (GCC) is a neuroendocrine tumor usually found in the appendix. GCCs exhibit characteristic findings with mixed endocrine-exocrine features such as staining positive for neuroendocrine mar...

    Authors: Yoshiyuki Inoue, Hisanaga Horie, Yuko Homma, Ai Sadatomo, Makiko Tahara, Koji Koinuma, Hironori Yamaguchi, Toshiki Mimura, Atsushi Kihara, Alan Kawarai Lefor and Naohiro Sata

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:174

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  50. Aortic dilatation may occur in some patients even after complete repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). The progression rate of the aortic diameter is so slow, and the incidence of aortic dissection is so low th...

    Authors: Yosuke Nishimura, Toru Yasutsune, Shohei Shimajiri, Yuki Jinzai, Eigo Ikushima, Takehiro Kishigami and Tomoya Takigawa

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:173

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