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  1. Cases of abdominal aortic aneurysm discovered as purpura on the extremities with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) are rare. The number of currently established strategies for the control of DIC wit...

    Authors: Shinichi Tanaka and Takahiro Ohmine
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:124
  2. Gastric adenocarcinoma with enteroblastic differentiation (GACED), a rare subtype of gastric cancer, is associated with a more aggressive behavior than conventional gastric adenocarcinomas. We report a rare ca...

    Authors: Hiroshi Nakayama, Tomonori Ida, Yui Hasegawa, Atsuhiko Sakamoto, Yoko Umezawa, Yuki Inaba and Hiroshi Nakada
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:123
  3. Superior mesenteric venous thrombosis (SMVT) is mostly treated with anticoagulation therapy; however, SMVT can lead to irreversible bowel ischemia and require bowel resection in the acute or subacute phase.

    Authors: Kazuto Kamohara, Yoshihiro Miyazaki, Hiromitsu Nakahashi, Kinji Furuya, Manami Doi, Osamu Shimomura, Shinji Hashimoto, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Yohei Owada, Koichi Ogawa, Yusuke Ohara, Yoshimasa Akashi, Tsuyoshi Enomoto and Tatsuya Oda
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:122
  4. Malignant perineurioma is a rare malignant counterpart of perineurioma derived from perineural cells. Resection is the primary option for the treatment of malignant perineuriomas; however, patients often devel...

    Authors: Ken Kunugitani, Satoshi Ogiso, Masakazu Fujimoto, Tomoaki Yoh, Hisaya Shirai, Shinya Okumura, Hirofumi Hirao, Takamichi Ishii, Akihiko Yoshida and Etsuro Hatano
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:121
  5. Complete resection of presacral epidermoid cysts is recommended due to the potential for infection or malignancy. Transsacral and transabdominal approaches have been used to treat presacral tumors. However, th...

    Authors: Naohiro Yoshida, Koki Nakamura, Takahiro Shigaki, Kenji Fujiyoshi, Kenichi Koushi, Takefumi Yoshida, Taro Isobe, Naoki Mori, Tomoya Sudo, Hisamune Sakai, Toru Hisaka, Nobuya Ishibashi, Jun Akiba and Fumihiko Fujita
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:120
  6. Follow-up is recommended for an asymptomatic unilocular hepatic cystic lesion without wall-thickness and nodular components. A few liver cystic lesions represent biliary cystic neoplasms, which are difficult t...

    Authors: Ryuichi Karashima, Kensuke Yamamura, Eri Oda, Nobuyuki Ozaki, Takatoshi Ishiko, Yasunori Nagayama, Rin Yamada, Yoshihiko Komohara, Ikuro Koba and Toru Beppu
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:119
  7. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is one of the most commonly undertaken procedures worldwide for cholecystolithiasis and cholecystitis. Accessory liver lobe (ALL) is a developmental anomaly defined as an exce...

    Authors: Hirotaka Furuke, Tsuyoshi Takagi, Hiroki Kobayashi and Kanehisa Fukumoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:118
  8. Colorectal cancer can invade adjacent organs, but rarely metastasizes to the regional lymph nodes (LNs) of the invaded organ. Herein, we report a case of rectal cancer invading the ileum and metastasized to th...

    Authors: Makoto Ando, Nobuyuki Takemura, Ryo Oikawa, Yuhi Yoshizaki, Fuyuki Inagaki, Fuminori Mihara, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Kazuhiko Yamada and Norihiro Kokudo
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:117
  9. The rectal and vaginal walls are typically sutured if severe perineal lacerations with rectal mucosal damage occur during vaginal delivery. In case of anal incontinence after the repair, re-suturing of the ana...

    Authors: Masatsugu Kojima, Toru Miyake, Soichiro Tani, Sachiko Sakai, Yusuke Nishina, Sachiko Kaida, Katsushi Takebayashi, Hiromitsu Maehira, Haruki Mori, Reiko Otake, Takashi Matsunaga, Hajime Ishikawa, Tomoharu Shimizu and Masaji Tani
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:116
  10. Mature cystic teratomas or dermoid cysts of the pancreas complicate surgical approaches because of their anatomical position and ever-growing size. Herein, we report a case of a giant mature cystic teratoma of...

    Authors: Mayuko Kori, Masashi Tsunematsu, Ran Yao, Ryoga Hamura, Atsushi Yoda, Hidetoshi Endo, Takashi Horiuchi, Kyohei Abe, Takeshi Hisa and Shinji Onda
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:115
  11. Colorectal cancer (CRC) often metastasizes to the liver, lungs, lymph nodes, and peritoneum but rarely to the bladder, small intestine, and skin. We here report the rare metastasis of anal cancer in the left blad...

    Authors: Masatoshi Nomura, Mitsuyoshi Tei, Takayoshi Goto, Masataka Hirano, Kentaro Nishida, Soichiro Mori, Yukihiro Yoshikawa, Koki Tamai, Takuya Hamakawa, Daisuke Takiuchi, Masanori Tsujie and Yusuke Akamaru
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:114
  12. Distal pancreatectomy with celiac axis resection (DP–CAR) represents an innovative surgical approach for locally advanced pancreatic body cancer in cases involving celiac axis invasion. However, this procedure...

    Authors: Kaito Fukuda, Ken Koyama and Yusuke Kyoden
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:113
  13. Colonic varices are a rare gastrointestinal anomaly often associated with portal hypertension. Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) in the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) region is even rarer. Diagnosis and treatment ...

    Authors: Taro Munechika, Keiichi Shiokawa, Issei Takeshita, Hisaaki Shimokobe, Kurumi Sahara, Yoshiko Matsumoto, Naoya Aisu, Gumpei Yoshimatsu and Suguru Hasegawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:112
  14. Pouch-related complications (PRCs), such as pelvic abscesses and perianal complex fistulas, can occur after ileal pouch–anal anastomosis (IPAA) in ulcerative colitis (UC). They are often difficult to treat and...

    Authors: Yusuke Izutani, Takayuki Ogino, Yuki Sekido, Mitsunobu Takeda, Tsuyoshi Hata, Atsushi Hamabe, Norikatsu Miyoshi, Mamoru Uemura, Tsunekazu Mizushima, Yuichiro Doki and Hidetoshi Eguchi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:111
  15. Splenectomy is indicated in cases of autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA), which are refractory to medical management. In post-splenectomy, there exists a theoretical risk of AIHA recurrence, especially if an ac...

    Authors: Ryosuke Kashiwagi, Masaharu Ishida, Koichi Onodera, Shuichi Aoki, Masahiro Iseki, Takayuki Miura, Hideo Ohtsuka, Masamichi Mizuma, Kei Nakagawa, Takashi Kamei and Michiaki Unno
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:110
  16. Although the true prevalence and incidence are not clearly known, mycotic pulmonary artery aneurysm is a potentially devastating condition that leads to high mortality, over 60% if untreated. Among them, mycot...

    Authors: Hiroaki Osada, Hisashi Sakaguchi, Kazuhiro Yamazaki and Kenji Minatoya
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:109
  17. Esophageal diverticulum is commonly associated with esophageal motility disorders, which can be diagnosed using high-resolution manometry (HRM) according to the Chicago classification. Although midesophageal d...

    Authors: Kaito Mihara, Shigeru Tsunoda, Tatsuto Nishigori, Shigeo Hisamori, Shintaro Okumura, Keiko Kasahara, Yusuke Fujita, Takashi Sakamoto, Tomoki Morimoto, Hiromitsu Kinoshita, Yoshiro Itatani, Nobuaki Hoshino, Ryosuke Okamura, Hisatsugu Maekawa, Koya Hida and Kazutaka Obama
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:108
  18. Nivolumab combination chemotherapy has recently emerged as a potential first-line treatment for patients with unresectable or metastatic gastric cancer (GC). Further research has indicated that R0 resection by...

    Authors: Kaori Katsumata, Yosuke Morimoto, Junya Aoyama, Toru Yamada, Yusuke Katsuki, Ryo Nishiyama and Tomohisa Egawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:107
  19. Accessory scrotum is a congenital scrotal anomaly that is usually located anterior to the anus and frequently presents with a lipoma in a bead-like shape. Herein, we present an unusual case of an accessory scr...

    Authors: Souji Ibuka, Ryuta Saka, Hiroshi Sonobe, Ryo Tsukada, Shun Iwasaki and Rika Omote
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:106
  20. The standard treatment for colorectal cancer consists of surgery and chemotherapy, which can be combined to improve outcomes. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are a significant advancement in the standard tr...

    Authors: Daigaku Nakamura, Takeshi Yanagita, Yoshiaki Fujii, Kaori Watanabe, Takuya Suzuki, Hajime Ushigome, Ruriko Nishigaki, Naomi Sugimura, Mamoru Tanaka, Ryo Ogawa, Hiroki Takahashi, Takaya Shimura, Yuji Hotta, Yoichi Matsuo, Masahiro Kondo, Yoko Furukawa-Hibi…
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:105
  21. Kommerell diverticulum (KD) with right aortic arch and aberrant left subclavian artery (ALSCA) is a rare congenital aortic anomaly. To improve organ compression symptoms and avoid rupture of aneurysms in adult...

    Authors: Hiroharu Shinjo, Hirono Satokawa, Hiroki Wakamatsu and Hitoshi Yokoyama
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:104
  22. Benign mature teratomas are the most common type of anterior mediastinal germ cell tumor. Mature intrapericardial teratomas are generally diagnosed during infancy because of symptoms of cardiac compression. In...

    Authors: Hikaru Watanabe, Naoki Kanauchi, Jun Suzuki, Soumei Matsuo and Satoshi Shiono
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:103
  23. Intraoperative parathyroid hormone (IOPTH) monitoring is a critical surgical adjunct for determining the extent of surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), with reported false-positive and false-negativ...

    Authors: Hiroyuki Yamashita, Hisakazu Shindo, Kouichi Yoshimoto, Yusuke Mori, Takashi Fukuda, Seigo Tachibana, Hiroshi Takahashi and Shinya Sato
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:102
  24. Liposarcomas represent ~9.8–16% of soft tissue sarcomas, with the extremities and retroperitoneum being the primary sites of occurrence. While liposarcoma in the inguinal region is uncommon, few reported cases...

    Authors: Sho Ueda, Takuya Saito, Yasuyuki Fukami, Shunichiro Komatsu, Kenitiro Kaneko and Tsuyoshi Sano
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:101
  25. Letrozole, an aromatase inhibitor, is used to treat breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is a complication that can trigger multiple organ failure caused by the release of intracel...

    Authors: Masayuki Kikuchi, Rika Miyabe, Hirokazu Matsushima, Hidenori Kita, Junko Kobayashi, Takashi Ando, Koji Atsuta and Tsunehiro Shintani
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:100
  26. Most colon cancers that develop in the intestinal tract within the inguinal hernia sac are identified by incarceration. However, treatment methods for these cases vary depending on the pathology. Cases showing...

    Authors: Hiroki Sujino, Hideki Gon, Yota Shimoda, Chie Takishita, Masanobu Enomoto, Shingo Tachibana, Kazuhiko Kasuya and Yuichi Nagakawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:99
  27. The age of onset of the phyllodes tumor is generally in the late 40 s, and diagnosis and treatment during pregnancy and lactation are rare. We herein present a case of a phyllodes tumor that rapidly increased ...

    Authors: Shiori Tohyama, Yoshiya Horimoto, Yumiko Ushiyama, Ryoko Semba, Shiori Hotchi, Naomi Sugano, Kanako Ogura and Fumi Murakami
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:98
  28. Indocyanine green fluorescence angiography, a validated noninvasive imaging technique, is used to assess tissue vascularization. Here, we report three infant patients who underwent intraoperative indocyanine g...

    Authors: Naoki Hashizume, Akihiro Yoneda, Genta Ozeki, Takeshi Saito, Michimasa Fujiogi, Motohiro Kano, Yuki Yamamoto, Tetsuya Ishimaru, Yutaka Kanamori and Akihiro Fujino
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:97
  29. Myofibromas are rare mesenchymal tumors with a predilection for the head, neck, and oral cavity. Primarily affecting infants and young children, these tumors typically manifest as superficial painless nodules....

    Authors: Nupur Bhatt, Lydia Pan, Tom Ben-Dov and Scott Rickert
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:96
  30. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide, and screening colonoscopy has led to a decreasing incidence rate. However, the incidence of CRC is increasing among young people, especially...

    Authors: Takuya Shimogawa, Yukiharu Hiyoshi, Mayuko Ouchi, Keisuke Kosumi, Kojiro Eto, Satoshi Ida, Masaaki Iwatsuki, Yoshifumi Baba, Yuji Miyamoto, Nasa Okazaki, Yuko Miyasato and Hideo Baba
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:95
  31. Spontaneous clearance of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) is rare in adults. A T-lymphocyte response is thought to be involved in HCV-RNA clearance. Splenectomy reportedly has a beneficial effect on T cell immu...

    Authors: Toshiro Ogata, Terufumi Sakai, Sho Shibata, Hiroki Kanno, Hiroyuki Nakane, Takeshi Aoyagi, Kazuhiro Koikawa, Yoshihiko Sadakari, Gentaro Hirokata and Masahiko Taniguchi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:94
  32. APC and MUTYH are both well-known colorectal polyposis causative genes. However, 30–50% of colorectal adenomatous polyposis cases are classified as colonic adenomatous polyposis of unknown etiology and lack ident...

    Authors: Shu Aoyama, Akira Inoue, Yoshinori Kagawa, Takamichi Komori, Yuki Ozato, Yujiro Nishizawa, Tomoki Sugimoto, Hisateru Komatsu, Masashi Hirota, Yasuhiro Miyazaki, Akira Tomokuni, Masaaki Motoori, Hiroaki Fushimi, Gou Yamamoto, Kiwamu Akagi, Kazuhiro Iwase…
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:93
  33. Mixed medullary and follicular cell-derived thyroid carcinoma (MMFCC) is characterized by the coexistence of follicular and C cell–derived tumour cell populations within the same lesion. Due to its rarity, its...

    Authors: Mei Kadoya, Nobuyasu Suganuma, Yuka Matsubara, Hiroki Takase, Eita Kumagai, Soji Toda, Haruhiko Yamazaki, Katsuhiko Masudo, Satoshi Fujii and Aya Saito
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:92
  34. Even in cancer of unknown primary (CUP), which is rare clinical condition, solitary anterosuperior lymph node (LN) along the common hepatic artery (No.8a LN) enlargement diagnosed as metastatic adenocarcinoma ...

    Authors: Tomonori Morimoto, Shigeo Hisamori, Hiromitsu Kinoshita, Yosuke Yamada, Yuki Teramoto, Takashi Sakamoto, Keiko Kasahara, Shintaro Okumura, Tatsuto Nishigori, Shigeru Tsunoda and Kazutaka Obama
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:91
  35. Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) and venous thromboembolism (VTE) both result from partial or complete occlusion of a blood vessel by a blood clot. The prognosis of PVT is generally good; however, PVT with VTE, in...

    Authors: Hitoshi Iwasaki, Hideo Uehara, Yugo Fujimoto, Hirofumi Hasuda, Eiji Kusumoto, Yuichi Hisamatsu, Rintaro Yoshida, Yoshihisa Sakaguchi and Tetsuya Kusumoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:90
  36. Preoperative diagnosis of gallbladder amyloidosis is usually difficult. In our case, the patient exhibited gallbladder dyskinesia, which led us to suspect cholecystic amyloidosis. We were able to safely perfor...

    Authors: Makoto Shinohara, Masakazu Hashimoto, Yoshihito Kitamura, Keigo Nakashima, Michinori Hamaoka, Masashi Miguchi, Toshihiro Misumi, Nobuaki Fujikuni, Satoshi Ikeda, Yasuhiro Matsugu, Yui Hattori, Takashi Nishisaka and Hideki Nakahara
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:89
  37. Aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition. The best treatment for the AEF due to esophageal carcinoma is still unresolved. Here, we report a rare case of AEF caused by ...

    Authors: Kohei Saisho, Naoki Mori, Masashi Nakagawa, Eiji Nakamura, Yu Tanaka, Hideaki Kaku, Yuya Tanaka, Taro Isobe, Hiroyuki Otsuka, Tomoya Sudo, Hisamune Sakai, Nobuya Ishibashi, Toru Hisaka, Eiki Tayama and Fumihiko Fujita
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:88
  38. A 61-year-old female was referred to our hospital with a neoplastic lesion in the duodenum. Computed tomography with contrast enhancement revealed a 10-mm tumor in the duodenum. Upper gastrointestinal endoscop...

    Authors: Kiyoshi Narita, Masataka Okuno, Seiji Natsume, Tomonari Asano, Hisafumi Saito, Masashi Negita, Seiji Ito, Koji Komori, Tetsuya Abe, Kazuo Hara, Nozomi Okuno, Waki Hosoda and Yasuhiro Shimizu
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:87
  39. Complete mesocolic excision (CME) and central vascular detachment are very important procedures in surgery for colorectal cancer. Preoperative and intraoperative assessments of the anatomy of major colorectal ...

    Authors: Kai Goyo, Kei Ishimaru, Taichi Miyaji, Masumi Takamoto, Noriaki Kashu, Katsuya Watanabe, Kenji Takagi, Kyosuke Habu, Yusuke Ogi, Hironori Matsumoto, Satoshi Kikuchi, Hiroki Sugishita, Satoshi Akita, Motohira Yoshida, Shigehiro Koga and Taro Oshikiri
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:86
  40. The majority of small bowel obstructions (SBO) are caused by adhesion due to abdominal surgery. Internal hernias, a very rare cause of SBO, can arise from exposed blood vessels and nerves during pelvic lymphad...

    Authors: Ryota Fujiwara, Masaaki Yano, Makoto Matsumoto, Tomoaki Higashihara, Shimpei Tsudaka, Shinsuke Hashida, Shuji Ichihara and Hiroki Otani
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:85
  41. Pylephlebitis, a rare and lethal form of portal venous septic thrombophlebitis, often arises from infections in regions drained by the portal vein. Herein, we report a case of peritonitis with portal vein thro...

    Authors: Yu Norimatsu, Nobuyuki Takemura, Kaoru Yoshikawa, Kyoji Ito, Fuyuki Inagaki, Fuminori Mihara, Kazuhiko Yamada and Norihiro Kokudo
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:84
  42. CA19-9 is a tumor marker for gastrointestinal and biliary-pancreatic adenocarcinomas; however, its association with thyroid cancer is unknown. Here, we report a case of CA19-9 producing locally advanced papill...

    Authors: Hiroki Morikawa, Takaaki Oba, Ayaka Kitazawa, Ryoko Iji, Nami Kiyosawa, Masatsugu Amitani, Tadafumi Shimizu, Toshiharu Kanai, Takeshi Uehara and Ken-ichi Ito
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:83
  43. The serum level of Krebs von den Lungen-6 (sKL-6) is a biomarker of interstitial pneumonia and has been reported to be elevated in patients with cancers. However, there have been few cases of gastric cancer (G...

    Authors: Naoe Yanagisawa, Naohiko Koide, Harunari Fukai, Yoshinori Koyama, Yuu Ogihara and Maki Ohya
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:82
  44. Horseshoe lung is a rare congenital malformation in which the lung protrudes from the mediastinum to the other side. Owing to the high frequency of other fatal cardiovascular complications, it is often diagnos...

    Authors: Chihiro Kagohashi, Yasuyuki Kurihara, Mariko Hanafusa and Kenichi Okubo
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:81
  45. Pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm (PDAA) is a rare, but fatal disease. However, the association between aneurysm size and the risk of rupture remains unclear. There are many options for therapeutic strategie...

    Authors: Sho Fujiwara, Keiichiro Kawamura, Yoshiyuki Nakano, Tetsuo Watanabe and Hiroshi Yamashita
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:80
  46. The development of immunohistochemical staining has revealed that gastric adenocarcinoma with the gastric phenotype can be divided into the foveolar, fundic gland, and pyloric gland phenotypes. Gastric adenoca...

    Authors: Kaiho Hirata, Shusuke Yagi, Hideki Miyazaki, Kazuhiko Yamada, Naoki Akazawa, Naoki Enomoto, Kyoko Nohara, Chizu Yokoi, Toru Igari and Norihiro Kokudo
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:78
  47. In liver transplant patients with hypoplastic portal vein (PV), when the narrowed segment is extended too deep into the dorsal side of the pancreas, it is difficult and dangerous to reconstruct the interpositi...

    Authors: Shinsuke Sugenoya, Atsuyoshi Mita, Akira Shimizu, Yasunari Ohno, Koji Kubota, Yuichi Masuda, Tsuyoshi Notake and Yuji Soejima
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:77
  48. Robotic-assisted surgery is steadily becoming more prominent. The majority of reports regarding port site hernias (PSHs) have involved laparoscopic procedures. Currently, it is common to suture the fascia at p...

    Authors: Changgi Ahn, Masatsune Shibutani, Kishu Kitayama, Hiroaki Kasashima, Yuichiro Miki, Mami Yoshii, Tatsunari Fukuoka, Tatsuro Tamura, Takahiro Toyokawa, Shigeru Lee and Kiyoshi Maeda
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2024 10:75

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