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  1. The gold standard treatment for locally advanced colon cancer is curative surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy, although this approach is associated with serious concerns, such as high recurrence rates an...

    Authors: Yusuke Asada, Fumitaka Nakayama, Takashi Takenoya, Ippei Oto, Tetsuya Nakamura, Koji Osumi and Noriaki Kameyama
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:23
  2. As laparoscopic surgery becomes more prevalent worldwide, Meckel’s diverticula are increasingly being discovered incidentally during surgery. There is no consensus on whether to follow up or resect such divert...

    Authors: Shoko Kato, Takuya Saito, Shintaro Kurahashi, Yasuyuki Fukami, Shunichiro Komatsu, Kenitiro Kaneko and Tsuyoshi Sano
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:21
  3. The study introduces the application of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in pediatric stoma closure, emphasizing the importance of enhancing aesthetics and minimizing surgical site infections (SSI).

    Authors: Yuka Kumata, Daisuke Ishii, Seiya Ishii, Keita Motoki, Naomi Ueno, Ranko Hinooka and Hisayuki Miyagi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:20
  4. Refractory pyothorax caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a challenging clinical condition; complications such as bronchopleural fistulae can further hinder its treatment. To avoid a fa...

    Authors: Masami Kuramochi, Mayumi Shinonaga and Setsuo Kuraoka
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:19
  5. Pancreatic and duodenal-related complications after right colectomy carry a higher risk of mortality.

    Authors: Rika Ono, Tetsuro Tominaga, Takashi Nonaka, Yuma Takamura, Kaido Oishi, Toshio Shiraishi, Shintaro Hashimoto, Keisuke Noda, Terumitsu Sawai and Takeshi Nagayasu
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:18
  6. Surgery is indicated for symptomatic epiphrenic esophageal diverticula. Based on the features of a case, thoracoscopic or laparoscopic approaches may be used. Epiphrenic diverticula are often associated with e...

    Authors: Yusuke Uchi, Soji Ozawa, Tomofumi Ando, Koki Hayashi, Takuma Aoki and Motohide Shimazu
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:17
  7. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is a hereditary tumor syndrome characterized by endocrine tumors with mainly a parathyroid, pancreatic, or anterior pituitary origin. Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (L...

    Authors: Hiroto Ishida, Soichiro Funaki, Seiji Taniguchi, Eiichi Morii and Yasushi Shintani
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:16
  8. Lung abscess treatment results the treatment results improved with the development of antibiotics; however, surgical treatment is indicated when pyothorax is present, surgical treatment is indicated. When a lu...

    Authors: Yoshihito Iijima, Takaki Mizoguchi, Masahito Ishikawa, Shun Iwai, Nozomu Motono and Hidetaka Uramoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:15
  9. Liver transplantation is the definitive therapy for patients with decompensated cirrhosis. Marfan syndrome is a systemic inheritable connective tissue disease associated with fibrillin-1 gene mutations, which ...

    Authors: Takuma Ishikawa, Shinji Itoh, Takeo Toshima, Yuki Nakayama, Katsuya Toshida, Yuriko Tsutsui, Norifumi Iseda, Takuma Izumi, Shohei Yoshiya, Mizuki Ninomiya and Tomoharu Yoshizumi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:14
  10. Locally recurrent rectal cancer (LRRC) involving the upper sacrum is typically incurable, and palliative treatment is the only option for most patients, resulting in a poor prognosis and reduced quality of lif...

    Authors: K. Nagata, H. Takiyama, K. Tashiro, M. Yamadera, K. Okamoto, Y. Kajiwara, E. Shinto, Y. Kishi, S. Matsukuma, S. Yamada and H. Ueno
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:13
  11. Bronchial artery aneurysm (BAA) is a rare vascular anomaly with the potential for serious complications, such as rupture leading to hemothorax or hemoptysis. Although bronchial artery embolization (BAE) is rec...

    Authors: Yasuaki Tomioka, Eiji Yamada, Tsuyoshi Hyodo and Masahiko Muro
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:12
  12. Juvenile polyposis syndrome (JPS) is an autosomal dominant, inherited disorder characterized by multiple hyperproliferative polyps of the gastrointestinal tract, particularly of the colon, rectum, and stomach. SM...

    Authors: Kenya Nakamura, Koji Kubota, Akira Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Notake, Tomohiko Ikehara, Kentaro Umemura, Atsushi Kamachi, Takamune Goto, Hidenori Tomida, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Tadanobu Nagaya, Takeji Umemura and Yuji Soejima
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:11
  13. Pulmonary artery sarcomas (PASs) are rare, and complete tumor resection is often difficult at the time of detection. We encountered a case of PAS that was thought to be resectable; however, the patient had sev...

    Authors: Sakiko Sato, Hideo Ichimura, Keisuke Kobayashi, Shuntaro Kawabata, Tomoyuki Kawamura, Hisashi Suzuki, Akito Imai, Kanji Matsuzaki, Akiko Sakata, Daisuke Matsubara and Yukio Sato
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:10
  14. The sarcomatous variant of carcinoma is relatively rare in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). Sarcomatous ICC (SICC) is associated with a poorer prognosis compared with ICC. SICC is rarely diagnosed before...

    Authors: Eisho Kanemitsu, Rei Takahashi, Setsuko Nakanishi, Satoru Sueyoshi, Atsushi Kobayashi, Takao Nishimura and Hiromitsu Nagata
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:9
  15. Gallbladder hemorrhage is a rare but fatal condition. The reported causes of gallbladder hemorrhage include iatrogenesis, atherosclerotic changes in the cystic arteries, acute cholecystitis or cholelithiasis, ...

    Authors: Yuichi Hirose, Yusuke Tajima, Hiroki Sakata, Toshimasa Uekusa, Kentaro Kamada, Takashi Ikehara, Izuru Matsuda, Satomi Yoneyama, Akio Hidemura and Hiroyuki Suzuki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:8
  16. Liposarcoma originating from peripancreatic fat tissue is extremely rare. This case report presents a surgical case of a giant liposarcoma originating from peripancreatic fat tissue with origin identification ...

    Authors: Kiyoshi Narita, Hiroshi Kaneko, Fumiya Hasegawa, Nozomi Akao, Tomoki Kusafuka, Ryosuke Desaki, Masaomi Ogura, Takashi Hamada, Kana Asakawa and Tetsuya Murata
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:7
  17. Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital condition that involves complete transposition (right to left reversal) of the visceral organs. Laparoscopic surgery can be challenging because of the mirror-i...

    Authors: Ryoma Yokoi, Jesse Yu Tajima, Shigeru Kiyama, Masahiro Fukada, Ryuichi Asai, Yuta Sato, Itaru Yasufuku, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Naoki Okumura, Katsutoshi Murase, Takao Takahashi and Nobuhisa Matsuhashi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:6
  18. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare stromal tumor, often found in children and young adults, and most commonly occurs in the lungs. Surgical resection is considered the standard treatment for lo...

    Authors: Sakura Hiramatsu, Ryo Ataka, Yusuke Nakayama, Miho Hirai, Ayako Hirata, Jun Takeshima, Kenjiro Hirai, Shinya Hamasu, Ikuo Aoyama and Tetsuro Hirose
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:5
  19. Intestinal Behçet's disease (BD) is often associated with ulceration that requires surgery, including perforation and abscess formation. However, no consensus has been reached on the optimal extent of resectio...

    Authors: Rika Ono, Tetsuro Tominaga, Takashi Nonaka, Yuma Takamura, Kaido Oishi, Toshio Shiraishi, Shintaro Hashimoto, Keisuke Noda, Terumitsu Sawai, Shinji Okano and Takeshi Nagayasu
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:3
  20. Anti-coagulant ileus, characterized by intramural hematoma due to excessive anti-coagulant therapy, presents a diagnostic challenge. Although previously considered uncommon, recently, reporting cases of anti-c...

    Authors: Hideyuki Masui, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yusuke Sakamoto, Shintaro Yagi and Satoshi Kaihara
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:2
  21. Uncontrolled ulcer bleeding of duodenal ulcer (DU) after endoscopic therapy often needs surgery. At present, cutting the bottom of the ulcer with ligation and performing its excision-lesion are the common ways...

    Authors: Bixian Luo, Han Liu and Weihua Gong
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:1
  22. Adenomyoepithelioma (AME) of the breast is an uncommon tumor characterized by the proliferation of ductal epithelial and myoepithelial cells with the heterogeneity. Although benign AME is relatively easy to di...

    Authors: Yurika Fukudome, Yoshika Nagata, Yui Yamada, Toshihiro Saeki and Takahisa Fujikawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:214
  23. Levodopa–carbidopa intestinal gel (LCIG) treatment is an effective Parkinson’s disease (PD) treatment that requires percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy with a jejunal extension tube (PEG-J). Buried bumper synd...

    Authors: Masatoshi Nakagawa, Noboru Inoue, Shuhei Takise, Masashi Takayanagi, Tsukasa Kubo, Hiroto Muroi, Masanobu Nakajima, Shinji Morita, Takatoshi Nakamura and Kazuyuki Kojima
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:213
  24. A diaphragmatic hernia is a prolapse of the abdominal organs into the thoracic cavity through a hole in the diaphragm. Traumatic diaphragmatic injuries are rare and usually occur after blunt or penetrating tho...

    Authors: Satoshi Higuchi, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Yukinori Kurokawa, Takuro Saito, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, Kota Momose, Kotaro Yamashita, Koji Tanaka, Tomoki Makino, Kiyokazu Nakajima, Hidetoshi Eguchi and Yuichiro Doki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:212
  25. Since indocyanine green (ICG) accumulates selectively in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells, it can be used to detect metastatic lesions. Lymph node metastasis of HCC is rarely observed, both simultaneously ...

    Authors: Shunsuke Furukawa, Takao Ide, Kotaro Ito, Tomokazu Tanaka and Hirokazu Noshiro
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:211
  26. Mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa (MAIVF) is a fibrous region connecting the anterior mitral leaflet (AML) and aortic valve. Pseudoaneurysm of the MAIVF is a rare condition that has been reported as a sequel...

    Authors: Kosuke Nakata, Shuji Moriyama, Jun Takaki, Masahiro Takeo, Hideki Doi, Toshiyuki Matsumura and Toshihiro Fukui
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:210
  27. CA15-3 is often elevated in breast cancer recurrence and rarely in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). We report a case of DCIS with elevated CA15-3 levels, which was diagnosed after over 2 years of follow-up.

    Authors: Mutsumi Fujimoto, Yoshie Kobayashi, Kazuya Kuraoka, Tomoyuki Yoshiyama and Hideo Shigematu
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:209
  28. Thyroid storm can be complicated by liver dysfunction, which may occasionally progress to acute liver failure. We herein report a case of acute liver failure following thyroid storm that was treated with livin...

    Authors: Kantoku Nagakawa, Akihiko Soyama, Takanobu Hara, Hajime Matsushima, Hajime Imamura, Takayuki Tanaka, Michi Morita, Sakaya Kuba, Tomohiko Adachi, Masaaki Hidaka, Hisamitsu Miyaaki, Satoru Akazawa, Ichiro Horie, Motohiro Sekino, Tetsuya Hara, Shinji Okano…
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:208
  29. Gastrocutaneous fistulas are a rare complication of enterocutaneous fistulas and can be caused by intestinal injury, infection, and anastomotic leakage. They are typically treated conservatively or endoscopica...

    Authors: Yuji Kobayashi, Shusuke Yagi, Kazuhiko Yamada, Daiki Kato, Naoki Enomoto, Kyoko Nohara and Norihiro Kokudo
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:207
  30. There are several options for the treatment of gastrointestinal stricture, including endoscopic stent placement and bypass surgery. However, a benign stricture is difficult to manage in a reconstructed gastric...

    Authors: Koji Shindo, Kenoki Ohuchida, Tomohiro Nagasue, Taiki Moriyama, Fumika Goto, Koji Tamura, Kinuko Nagayoshi, Yusuke Mizuuchi, Naoki Ikenaga, Kohei Nakata and Masafumi Nakamura
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:206
  31. Primary angiosarcomas of the breast are rare and highly aggressive. We herein report a rare case of multiple angiosarcomas detected concurrently in both breasts.

    Authors: Ryota Matsuda, Michiyo Saimura, Keisei Anan, Kento Katsuyama, Yuki Tahara, Kanako Kurata, Kohei Horioka, Mitsuhiro Nakamoto, Kenichiro Koga, Shoshu Mitsuyama, Eiichi Sato, Shinichi Wakamatsu and Sadafumi Tamiya
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:205
  32. Severe scoliosis can cause reflux esophagitis, and is a risk factor for Barrett's adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. Severe scoliosis is associated with respiratory dysfunction, impaired operative tolerance, and...

    Authors: Daisuke Taguchi, Kotaro Yamashita, Kota Momose, Koji Tanaka, Tomoki Makino, Takuro Saito, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Yukinori Kurokawa, Kiyokazu Nakajima, Hidetoshi Eguchi and Yuichiro Doki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:204
  33. A self-expandable metal stent is often placed as a bridge to elective surgical treatment of left-sided malignant obstruction of the colon because it allows for primary anastomosis without the need for a tempor...

    Authors: Taro Tanabe, Genki Tsukuda, Takahiro Hobo, Noboru Yokoyama and Haruhiro Inoue
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:203
  34. The rate of residual liver recurrence after the resection of colorectal liver metastases is high, and most cases recur within 5 years of the initial hepatectomy. Here, we report two cases of residual liver rec...

    Authors: Shotaro Yagi, Makoto Takahashi, Taiki Tsuji, Susumu Yanagibashi, Taku Higashihara, Hideo Ohtsuka, Tatsuya Hayashi, Kunio Takuma, Yasuhiro Morita, Ayano Nakazono, Haruka Okada and Masayuki Ohtsuka
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:202
  35. A colovesical fistula (CVF) is commonly treated by resection of the intestine containing the fistula or creation of a defunctioning stoma. We herein report a case of successful fistula closure and avoidance of...

    Authors: Goro Takahashi, Akihisa Matsuda, Takeshi Yamada, Kay Uehara, Seiichi Shinji, Yasuyuki Yokoyama, Takuma Iwai, Kohki Takeda, Sho Kuriyama, Toshimitsu Miyasaka, Shintaro Kanaka, Tai Terayachi, Tetsuya Okino and Hiroshi Yoshida
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:201
  36. Left-sided portal hypertension including gastric venous congestion may be caused by ligating the splenic vein during pancreaticoduodenectomy with portal vein resection or total pancreatectomy. The usefulness o...

    Authors: Sanshiro Hatai, Keizo Kaku, Shinsuke Kubo, Yu Sato, Hiroshi Noguchi, Yasuhiro Okabe, Naoki Ikenaga, Kohei Nakata and Masafumi Nakamura
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:200
  37. Perforation of the pyriform sinus, included in hypopharyngeal injury, is a rare condition typically caused by iatrogenic factors. We present a case of an infant who developed deep cervical and mediastinal absc...

    Authors: Noboru Oyachi, Fuminori Numano, Tomohiro Saito, Minako Hoshiai and Keiichi Koizumi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:199
  38. Oxaliplatin-based regimens are commonly used as adjuvant chemotherapy following surgery for colorectal cancer. Adverse events associated with oxaliplatin include blue liver, which is caused by sinusoidal dilat...

    Authors: Akira Dejima, Yasuji Seyama, Daisuke Nakano, Misato Takao, Soichiro Natsume, Mikiya Takao, Sakiko Nakamori, Tatsuya Kanai, Shinichiro Horiguchi and Kazushige Kawai
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:198
  39. Anorectal fistula cancer is often diagnosed in an advanced state, and radical resection is difficult when invasion of the pelvic wall is observed. In addition, there is currently no clear evidence for perioper...

    Authors: Takuya Inoue, Yuki Sekido, Takayuki Ogino, Tsuyoshi Hata, Norikatsu Miyoshi, Hidekazu Takahashi, Mamoru Uemura, Tsunekazu Mizushima, Yuichiro Doki and Hidetoshi Eguchi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:197
  40. Colorectal cancer (CRC) metastasizes to various organs, while cutaneous metastases are rare. Although there have been several previous reports of axillary cutaneous metastases with other metastases of CRC, the...

    Authors: Daisuke Yamai, Yoshifumi Shimada, Hikaru Ozeki, Akio Matsumoto, Kaoru Abe, Yosuke Tajima, Mae Nakano, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Jun Sakata and Toshifumi Wakai
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:196
  41. Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by frequent esophageal involvement. However, there are few reports on esophagectomy for esophageal strictures associated with SSc. Herein, we pre...

    Authors: Yuho Ebata, Yasue Kimura, Kentaro Nonaka, Sho Nambara, Qingjiang Hu, Ryota Nakanishi, Tomonori Nakanoko, Mitsuhiko Ota, Eiji Oki and Tomoharu Yoshizumi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:195
  42. Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is an extremely rare and malignant pediatric lung tumor. Purely cystic PPB has a more favorable prognosis than solid PPB, but may be difficult to distinguish from a certain type ...

    Authors: Mitsumasa Okamoto, Shoka Kimura, Machiko Hotta, Yudai Tsuruno and Hiroaki Fukuzawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:193
  43. IgG4-related diseases are characterized by marked infiltration and IgG4-positive plasma cells and fibrosis, and involve multiple organs. However, IgG4-related mastitis is rare. We report a case of mastitis ass...

    Authors: Moe Itakura, Yoshiya Horimoto, Yumiko Ishizuka, Hiroko Onagi, Takuo Hayashi, Toshio Kawamoto, Junichiro Watanabe and Kotaro Iijima
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:192
  44. Sacrococcygeal teratomas (SCTs) are known to cause urological complications, but urethrovaginal (UV) fistula as a complication of SCT is rare. We herein report a case of SCT with UV fistula and hydrocolpos.

    Authors: Yuichi Shibui, Satoshi Obata, Ryuichiro Hirose, Ryo Nakano, Takashi Setoue, Takeshi Miyazaki, Hirofumi Matsuoka and Toshihiko Sato
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:191
  45. This case report highlights the exceptional rarity of appendix duplication in adults, a condition that closely mimics appendiceal tumors, posing diagnostic challenges. The novelty of this case lies in its pres...

    Authors: Jumpei Shibata, Akihiro Tomida, Masaoki Hattori, Akihiro Hirata, Hiromitsu Imataki, Yukiya Orihara, Hideharu Shintomi, Keiya Aono and Motoi Yoshihara
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:190
  46. An Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare intermediate malignancy characterized by myofibroblast proliferation and inflammatory cell infiltration. Various organs are the primary sites of origin. Ho...

    Authors: Naoya Kimura, Masatsugu Hiraki, Michiaki Akashi, Koichi Miyahara, Minori Imamura, Shunsuke Furukawa and Ryuichiro Samejima
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:189
  47. Small bowel cancer is very rare, accounting for less than 5% of all gastrointestinal cancers, and small bowel adenocarcinoma accounts for approximately 40% of all small bowel cancers. Small bowel adenocarcinom...

    Authors: Yuri Nishioka, Yasunori Matsumoto, Shunsuke Imanishi, Satoshi Endo, Takeshi Toyozumi, Yoshihiro Kurata, Takuma Sasaki, Gaku Ohira, Koichi Hayano and Hisahiro Matsubara
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:188
  48. Spontaneous regression of malignant tumors is a rare phenomenon, especially in primary lung cancer. The underlying mechanisms remain unclear, but they may often involve immunological mechanisms.

    Authors: Madoka Goto, Koichi Fukumoto, Yasuhisa Ichikawa, Hideki Tsubouchi, Mika Uchiyama and Shoichi Mori
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:187

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