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  1. Dropped head syndrome (DHS) is caused by dysfunction of the cervical musculature. It is classified into two groups according to the cause: one is weakness of the neck extensors and the other is hypercontractio...

    Authors: Yuta Marunaka, Takuma Ohashi, Takeshi Kubota, Keiji Nishibeppu, Hirotaka Konishi, Atsushi Shiozaki, Hitoshi Fujiwara and Eigo Otsuji
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:174
  2. Rosai–Dorfman disease (RDD) is an uncommon proliferative histiocytic disorder involving lymph nodes and various organs. Forty-three percent of RDD cases originate from extranodal sites; however, RDD rarely ari...

    Authors: Eri Kisu, Masatsugu Hiraki, Keiichiro Okuyama, Sachiko Maeda, Shin Takesue, Kana Kusaba, Keita Kai, Tatsuya Manabe and Hirokazu Noshiro
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:173
  3. Post-pneumonectomy syndrome (PPS) is a rare but serious condition that can occur after pneumonectomy. It is characterized by a mediastinal shift towards the vacated hemithorax, which can potentially lead to re...

    Authors: Koki Maeda, Nobuhiro Imamura, Keisuke Tabata, Shoichiro Morizono, Takuya Tokunaga, Aya Takeda, Go Kamimura, Oniwa Masashi, Keiko Mizuno, Masaya Aoki and Kazuhiro Ueda
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:172
  4. Pooled data analysis from three phase I/II larotrectinib clinical trials revealed that larotrectinib demonstrated rapid and durable disease control and a favorable safety profile for patients with neurotrophic...

    Authors: Haruhiko Yamazaki, Makoto Sugimori and Aya Saito
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:171
  5. A multidisciplinary treatment approach is recommended for patients with extensive, advanced, or recurrent thymomas. However, detailed treatment strategies, such as chemotherapy regimens and optimal surgical pr...

    Authors: Ayaka Makita, Shota Nakamura, Tomohiro Setogawa, Yoshito Imamura, Shoji Okado, Yuji Nomata, Hiroki Watanabe, Yuta Kawasumi, Yuka Kadomatsu, Harushi Ueno, Taketo Kato, Tetsuya Mizuno and Toyofumi Fengshi Chen-Yoshikawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:170
  6. Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) is a rare disorder characterized by the proliferation of Langerhans cells along the small airways, which causes nodular and cystic changes in the lung parenchyma....

    Authors: Naoki Date, Akihiro Ohsumi, Kenji Minatoya and Hiroshi Date
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:169
  7. Appendiceal goblet cell adenocarcinoma (AGCA) is a newly proposed cancer type in the 5th edition of the WHO Classification of Tumours in 2019. We experienced this rare form of appendiceal primary neoplasm.

    Authors: Takayasu Azuma, Yoshihiro Sato, Hiroto Chiba and Junichiro Haga
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:168
  8. Fourth-degree perineal tears associated with vaginal delivery (PTAVD) occur in approximately 0.25 to 6% of vaginal deliveries. A persistent challenge in treating fourth-degree PTAVD is the high incidence of an...

    Authors: Hisanori Miki, Kobayashi Toshinori, Hatta Masahiko, Takuki Yagyu and Mitsugu Sekimoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:167
  9. Most adult cases of intussusception are caused by colorectal cancer, and emergency surgery is performed when symptoms such as abdominal pain and vomiting are present. The patient must customarily undergo both ...

    Authors: Yuhei Oshima, Yasuhiro Ishiyama, Hiroto Tanaka, Tadatsugu Fujii, Naoto Okazaki, Toshimasa Ishii, Katuya Deguchi, Yasumitsu Hirano and Isamu Koyama
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:166
  10. Hepatopancreatoduodenectomy (HPD) is a high-risk surgical procedure. Delayed division of the pancreatic parenchyma (DDPP) was reported as a novel technique in HPD for reducing postoperative pancreatic fistula....

    Authors: Aoi Hayasaki, Naohisa Kuriyama, Benson Kaluba, Tatsuya Sakamoto, Haruna Komatsubara, Koki Maeda, Toru Shinkai, Daisuke Noguchi, Takahiro Ito, Kazuyuki Gyoten, Takehiro Fujii, Yusuke Iizawa, Akihiro Tanemura, Yasuhiro Murata, Masashi Kishiwada, Mitsunaga Narushima…
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:165
  11. In laparoscopic colorectal surgery, accurate localization of a tumor is essential for ensuring an adequate ablative margin. Therefore, a new method, near-infrared laparoscopy combined with intraoperative colon...

    Authors: Kaori Watanabe, Hiroki Takahashi, Shuhei Uehara, Akira Kato, Yoshiaki Fujii, Takeshi Yanagita, Takuya Suzuki, Hajime Ushigome, Yuzo Maeda, Ryo Ogawa, Yoichi Matsuo, Akira Mitsui and Shuji Takiguchi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:164
  12. Sigmoid volvulus (SV) is an acute abdominal condition characterized by torsion of the sigmoid colon around the mesentery, and often results in intestinal obstruction that may progress to bowel ischemia, necros...

    Authors: Hideyuki Masui, Kenji Kawada, Susumu Inamoto, Toshiaki Wada, Yoshiharu Sakai and Kazutaka Obama
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:163
  13. The safety of laparoscopic hepatectomy for inherited coagulation disorders is unclear; however, the safety of open hepatectomy has been reported in several studies. Herein, we report the first case of a laparo...

    Authors: Oğuzhan Şal, Katsunori Sakamoto, Kei Tamura, Masahiko Honjo, Yusuke Nishi, Naotake Funamizu, Kohei Ogawa and Yasutsugu Takada
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:162
  14. A chronic expanding hematoma is an uncommon entity described as an organized blood collection that increases in size after the initial hemorrhagic event without histological neoplastic features. The standard t...

    Authors: Asuna Sakamoto, Yasuhisa Ando, Dongping Feng, Mina Nagao, Hiroyuki Matsukawa, Bunpei Nishiura, Akihiro Kondo, Hironobu Suto, Eisuke Asano, Takayoshi Kishino, Minoru Oshima, Kensuke Kumamoto and Keiichi Okano
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:160
  15. Gastrointestinal mucormycosis is a rapidly progressing and often fatal disease, predominantly affecting immunocompromised patients. Surgical intervention, in addition to antifungal therapy, is essential. Herei...

    Authors: Yukiya Orihara, Shingo Kurahashi, Katsuhiko Kamei and Kazuhiro Hiramatsu
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:159
  16. Tumors arising from catecholamine-producing chromophil cells in paraganglia are termed paragangliomas (PGLs), which biologically resemble pheochromocytomas (PCCs) that arise from the adrenal glands. Spontaneou...

    Authors: Masataka Nakagawa, Naoki Tanimine, Hiroshi Sakai, Ryosuke Nakano, Shintaro Kuroda, Masahiro Ohira, Hiroyuki Tahara, Kentaro Ide, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Kouji Arihiro and Hideki Ohdan
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:158
  17. Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) is the most common congenital abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract. However, MD is rare in clinical practice, and perforation of a MD by a foreign body is even rarer. Preoperati...

    Authors: Gaoyuan Tian, Zefeng Yuan, Ming Luo, Yujin Zhang and Bin Kong
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:157
  18. Paget's disease (PD) is a carcinoma, in which irregular atypical cells with abundant cytoplasm proliferate mainly within the epithelium and is classified into PD occurring in the breast and extramammary Paget'...

    Authors: Hidetoshi Satomi, Shingo Ishiguro, Sei Murayama, Takashi Kanesaka, Tomoki Michida, Ryu Ishihara and Keiichiro Honma
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:156
  19. Anticoagulant therapy with heparin is the first-line treatment for acute mesenteric vein thrombosis and is effective in improving outcomes. Conversely, patients with failed early anticoagulant therapy occasion...

    Authors: Ichiro Okada, Masahiro Hagiwara, Hisashi Yoneyama, Saeko Kohara and Yokobori Shoji
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:154
  20. No standard therapy for non-small lung cancer patients that have acquired resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy has been established. Some can be effectively treated by salvage surgery, though ...

    Authors: Masao Kobayashi, Soichiro Funaki, Hideki Nagata, Mitsugi Furukawa, Eiichi Morii and Yasushi Shintani
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:153
  21. Ovarian endometriomas (OEs) are rarely found in the pediatric population, especially before menstruation. We report a 6-year-old girl who was postoperatively diagnosed with OE before menstruation.

    Authors: Lynne Takada, Takafumi Kawano, Keisuke Yano, Yumiko Iwamoto, Masato Ogata, Chihiro Kedoin, Masakazu Murakami, Koshiro Sugita, Shun Onishi, Mitsuru Muto, Mari Kirishima, Akihide Tanimoto and Satoshi Ieiri
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:152
  22. Gerbode defect is an unusual abnormal communication between the left ventricle and the right atrium and is a serious complication of aortic infective endocarditis. Group B Streptococcus is an uncommon cause of in...

    Authors: Kazuki Hisatomi, Tatsuya Miyanaga, Takashi Miura and Kiyoyuki Eishi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:151
  23. The most common curative treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) is local excision. For rectal GISTs, however, local excision is difficult because of the anatomical features of the rectum. The op...

    Authors: Sanshiro Hatai, Shuntaro Nagai, Taiki Yoshida, Masaru Matsuoka, Tomohiko Shinkawa, Yasuhiro Oyama, Yoshitaka Tanabe, Daichi Kitahara, Sadafumi Tamiya, Satoshi Amada, Kazuyoshi Nishihara and Toru Nakano
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:150
  24. Despite the recent developments in the treatment of advanced or recurrent gastric cancer, the median survival time remains shorter than 15 months. Herein, we report a case of postoperative gastric cancer recur...

    Authors: Erika Yamada, Kenichi Iwasaki, Edward Barroga, Toru Sakurai, Masaya Enomoto, Yota Shimoda, Junichi Mazaki, Hiroshi Kuwabara, Akihiro Hoshino, Yutaka Hayashi, Tetsuo Ishizaki and Yuichi Nagakawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:149
  25. Gastric conduit necrosis (GCN) after esophagectomy is a serious complication that can prove fatal. Herein, we report a rare case of GCN with a severe course that improved with conservative treatment.

    Authors: Hiroshi Takeuchi, Shuntaro Yoshimura, Mitsuhiro Daimon, Yasunobu Sakina, Yusuke Seki, Shintaro Ishikawa, Yoshiharu Kouno, Jo Tashiro, Seiji Kawasaki and Kazuhiko Mori
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:148
  26. The rupture of splenic artery pseudoaneurysm (SAP) is life-threatening disease, often caused by trauma and pancreatitis. SAPs often rupture into the abdominal cavity and rarely into the stomach.

    Authors: Hazuki Koguchi, Keita Nakatsutsumi, Takahiro Ikuta, Akihiro Fujita, Yasuhiro Otomo and Koji Morishita
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:147
  27. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare in young people and are often detected after becoming symptomatic or at an advanced stage. Herein, we report a case of complete reduction surgery for a substant...

    Authors: Kenta Aso, Nobuyuki Takemura, Yuhi Yoshizaki, Fuminori Mihara, Fuyuki Inagaki, Kazuhiko Yamada and Norihiro Kokudo
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:146
  28. Herein, we report a case of gastric antrum cancer with multiple invasions to other organs that was completely cured with laparoscopic distal gastrectomy after preoperative chemotherapy in a patient with poor g...

    Authors: Naoto Shirakami, Shingo Kanaji, Atsushi Shimada, Tomosuke Mukoyama, Ryuichiro Sawada, Hitoshi Harada, Tomonori Tanaka, Naoki Urakawa, Hironobu Goto, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Kimihiro Yamashita, Takeru Matsuda and Yoshihiro Kakeji
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:145
  29. Neoplasms derived from remnant appendix are rarely described, with most cases arising from the appendiceal “stump”. Here, we present two surgical cases of appendiceal neoplasms derived from appendiceal “tip” r...

    Authors: Yusuke Fujii, Koya Hida, Akihiko Sugimoto, Ryohei Nishijima, Masakazu Fujimoto, Nobuaki Hoshino, Hisatsugu Maekawa, Ryosuke Okamura, Yoshiro Itatani and Kazutaka Obama
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:144
  30. The incidence of sterilisation clip migration is reportedly 25%. However, less than 1% of those who experience clip migration will present with pain, an abscess, or spontaneous extrusion. Here we present a rar...

    Authors: Adil S. Lakha, Andrew Ang, Sarmad Mohammed Salih and Christopher Lewis
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:143
  31. Following the rupture of a coronary artery, a patient’s condition usually deteriorates rapidly due to cardiac tamponade. A pseudoaneurysm due to a coronary artery rupture is rare; however, when a spontaneous c...

    Authors: Masato Furui, Hitoshi Matsumura, Yoshio Hayashida, Go Kuwahara, Masayuki Shimizu, Yuichi Morita, Yuta Matsuoka, Chihaya Ito, Masato Hayama, Kayo Wakamatsu and Hideichi Wada
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:142
  32. Thromboembolic occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) is a grave complication in individuals diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF). This condition often necessitates extensive bowel resection, cul...

    Authors: Taisuke Nakayama, Yoshitsugu Nakamura, Kusumi Niitsuma, Masaki Ushijima, Yuto Yasumoto, Miho Kuroda, Kosuke Nakamae, Naoshi Minamidate, Yujiro Hayashi, Ryo Tsuruta, Yujiro Ito, Akira Furutachi and Hiroaki Yusa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:141
  33. Absence of portal bifurcation is an extremely rare anomaly that should be recognized preoperatively, especially prior to a major hepatectomy.

    Authors: Shugo Mizuno, Yusuke Iizawa, Akihiro Tanemura, Benson Kaluba, Daisuke Noguchi, Takahiro Ito, Aoi Hayasaki, Takehiro Fujii, Yasuhiro Murata, Naohisa Kuriyama and Masashi Kishiwada
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:140
  34. Pseudo-Kaposi sarcoma (PKS) is a rare vascular proliferative disease, caused by arteriovenous malformation (AVM) and chronic venous insufficiency. The lesions are characterized by purple or reddish-brownish pa...

    Authors: Yuya Tamaru, Shinsuke Kikuchi, Takayuki Uramoto, Kazuki Takahashi, Keisuke Kamada, Yuri Yoshida, Daiki Uchida, Takuya Nishio, Takeshi Yamao, Shunta Ishitoya, Mari Kishibe, Masashi Inaba, Toshihiko Hayashi, Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto and Nobuyoshi Azuma
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:139
  35. Advances in chemotherapy have increased clinical experience with conversion surgery for inoperable advanced gastric cancer. This report describes three patients with unresectable gastric cancer accompanied by ...

    Authors: Junpei Kawai, Itaru Yasufuku, Masahiro Fukada, Ryuichi Asai, Yuta Sato, Yu Jesse Tajima, Chiemi Saigo, Shigeru Kiyama, Akitaka Makiyama, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Naoki Okumura, Katsutoshi Murase, Tatsuhiko Miyazaki and Nobuhisa Matsuhashi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:138
  36. Cardiac metastasis including the right ventricle from renal cell carcinoma is rare. No standard treatment for cardiac metastasis and recurrence in renal cell carcinoma has been established.

    Authors: Keita Sasaki, Naritomo Nishioka, Mika Yamamoto, Kenichi Kato, Ryo Matsumoto, Takahiko Masuda, Ryushi Maruyama, Yoshihiko Kurimoto, Akira Yamada and Shuichi Naraoka
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:137
  37. A splenic artery pseudoaneurysm is a rare pathology that occurs mainly secondary to pancreatitis, abdominal trauma, peptic ulcers, pancreatic and gastric cancers, and infections. It is best diagnosed using com...

    Authors: Mitchell H. Mirande, Dante L. S. Souza, Louis Thibodeaux and Cody Sutphin
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:136
  38. Parahiatal hernias present a hernial orifice at the diaphragm that is adjacent to the esophageal hiatus, differing from the paraesophageal type of hiatal hernias. Although diagnostic imaging has advanced in re...

    Authors: Hirotada Muramatsu, Hisashi Amaike, Rena Ogura, Kouichi Shirono and Noriyuki Kamiya
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:135

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  39. Curative intent surgery may be indicated for some patients with resectable early stage malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). However, sarcomatoid MPM is a highly aggressive subtype for which curative intent su...

    Authors: Masatoshi Kanayama, Masaru Takenaka, Katsuma Yoshimatsu, Hiroki Matsumiya, Masataka Mori, Koji Kuroda, Aya Nawata, Manabu Yasuda and Fumihiro Tanaka
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:134
  40. Biliary obstruction due to compression by a B-cell solid tumor occurs rarely. A few reports have described biliary reconstruction surgery for obstructive jaundice caused by Burkitt’s lymphoma. However, there a...

    Authors: Shun Watanabe, Kan Suzuki, Kei Ogino, Sumiko Irie, Yuko Kamata, Shotaro Matsudera, Masahiro Hatanaka, Kazunori Kurosaki, Makoto Ishikawa, Mayuko Okuya, Yuya Sato, Akira Yamamiya, Atsushi Irisawa, Kazuyuki Ishida, Shigemi Yoshihara and Kazuyuki Kojima
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:133
  41. De Garengeot’s hernia is a rare case of a femoral hernia that contains the appendix. Here we report a case of De Garengeot’s hernia that occurred in a male patient who had a history of inguinal hernia surgery ...

    Authors: Shiro Fujihata, Hiromasa Kuzuya, Masaaki Kurimoto, Tadashi Shibata, Hirozumi Sawai and Shuji Takiguchi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:132
  42. Glomus tumors (GT) generally occur in the skin. However, esophageal GT, an extremely rare condition, has no established standardized treatment guidelines. Herein, we report the case of an esophageal GT success...

    Authors: Shigeki Matsumoto, Tomoyuki Okumura, Takeshi Miwa, Yoshihisa Numata, Takeru Hamashima, Miki Ito, Yasuhiro Nagaoka, Chitaru Takeshita, Ayano Sakai, Nana Kimura, Mina Fukasawa, Kosuke Mori, Naoya Takeda, Kenta Yagi, Ryo Muranushi, Takahiro Manabe…
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:131
  43. Distant metastases of ovarian cancer are rarely detected alone. The effectiveness of surgical intervention for pulmonary metastases from ovarian cancer remains uncertain. This study aimed to investigate the cl...

    Authors: Saki Tsubouchi, Yo Tsukamoto, Ai Ishikawa, Rintaro Shigemori, Daiki Kato, Takamasa Shibazaki, Shohei Mori, Takeo Nakada, Makoto Odaka and Takashi Ohtsuka
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:130
  44. Pulmonary abscess is a severe infection commonly seen in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial pneumonia, immune deficiency disease, drug-induced immunocompromised state, and congen...

    Authors: Haruaki Hino, Yuki Yasuhara, Katsutoshi Nakahata, Takahiro Utsumi, Natsumi Maru, Hiroshi Matsui, Yohei Taniguchi, Tomohito Saito, Koji Tsuta, Hidetaka Okada and Tomohiro Murakawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:129
  45. Pancreatoduodenectomy and subtotal esophagectomy are widely considered the most invasive and difficult surgical procedures in gastrointestinal surgery. Subtotal esophagectomy after pancreatoduodenectomy is exp...

    Authors: Kazuya Moriwake, Kazuhiro Noma, Kento Kawasaki, Tasuku Matsumoto, Masashi Hashimoto, Takuya Kato, Naoaki Maeda, Shunsuke Tanabe, Yasuhiro Shirakawa and Toshiyoshi Fujiwara
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:128
  46. Mediastinal paragangliomas are rare. Their dangerousness may unfold during surgery, especially if hormonal activity was previously unknown. We report our experience with this case in context to the incidence a...

    Authors: Björn Lachmann, Michael Schweigert, Ana Beatriz Almeida, Stephanie Spieth, Thomas Rössel and Torsten Richter
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:127
  47. Interval appendectomy is widely recommended for patients with abscesses due to perforated appendicitis. A concomitant malignancy-related problem was reported after conservative treatment of acute appendicitis ...

    Authors: Satoru Tanoue, Yuki Ohya, Osamu Nakahara, Hirotaka Maruyama, Aritome Norifumi, Takeshi Morinaga, Tsugio Eto, Akira Tsuji, Shintaro Hayashida, Hidekatsu Shibata, Hironori Hayashi, Mitsuhiro Inoue, Kazumi Kuriwaki, Masayoshi Iizaka and Yukihiro Inomata
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:126
  48. The da Vinci SP robotic surgical system received regulatory approval for use in colorectal cancer surgery in Japan in April 2023. Given the advantages of the precision of a robot and the postoperative cosmesis...

    Authors: Ai Noda, Koichi Okuya, Emi Akizuki, Masaaki Miyo, Masayuki Ishii, Ryo Miura, Momoko Ichihara, Maho Toyota, Tatsuya Ito, Tadashi Ogawa, Akina Kimura and Ichiro Takemasa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:125

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