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  1. Atezolizumab plus bevacizumab therapy was recently introduced as the first line for unresectable advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but immune-related adverse events (IrAEs) due to atezolizumab are a gre...

    Authors: Shintaro Arakaki, Shinichiro Ono, Futoshi Kawamata, Shinichiro Ishino, Yasunori Uesato, Tomo Nakajima, Yukiko Nishi, Satoko Morishima, Shingo Arakaki, Tatsuji Maeshiro, Masayoshi Souri, Akitada Ichinose, Hiroaki Masuzaki and Mitsuhisa Takatsuki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:16
  2. The finding of a vermiform appendix within the peritoneal sac of an inguinal hernia is called Amyand’s hernia. The reported incidence of Amyand’s hernia and femoral hernia is 1% and 3.8%, respectively. To our ...

    Authors: Franco A. Corvatta, René M. Palacios Huatuco, Santiago Bertone and José F. Viñas
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:15
  3. Combined basilar subsegmentectomy via uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is an extremely complex surgery. Moreover, no the existing reports describe the procedure and technique. Here, we present th...

    Authors: Satoshi Takamori, Hiroyuki Oizumi, Jun Suzuki and Satoshi Shiono
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:14
  4. Tumor embolization due to venous infiltration of breast cancer pulmonary metastases is very rare.

    Authors: Ayana Sato, Akiko Matsumoto, Saki Naruse, Yuka Isono, Yuka Maeda, Miki Yamada, Tatsuhiko Ikeda, Yuko Sasajima and Hiromitsu Jinno
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:13
  5. Inguinal endometriosis is a rare clinical disease with an unclear etiology and pathogenesis, and its diagnosis requires accurate medical history-taking and histological examination. However, surgical treatment...

    Authors: Shu Mushiake, Nao Kawaguchi, Mitsuhiro Asakuma, Koji Komeda, Tetsunosuke Shimizu, Fumitoshi Hirokawa, Tomoo Shimomura and Sang-Woong Lee
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:12
  6. Mesenteric venous thrombosis (MVT) and appendiceal diverticulitis are rare diseases. There has been no previous report on MVT complicating appendiceal diverticulitis. Herein, we report the first case of MVT co...

    Authors: Jun Ichikawa, Kosuke Toda, Haruku Fujita, Kenjiro Hirai, Hidenori Ohe and Hidekazu Yamamoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:11
  7. A solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) poses a diagnostic challenge, which includes both a benign and malignant etiology. A size enlargement often indicates malignancy. We herein describe a case of a solitary pulmo...

    Authors: Nao Ito, Shuhei Iizuka, Kanji Sasaki, Yoshiro Otsuki and Toru Nakamura
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:10
  8. Ischemic colitis affects the left colon in elderly individuals and localization on the right side, especially in the cecum, is rare. We report a case of gangrenous ischemic colitis localized in the cecum of a ...

    Authors: Kohei Tateno, Yoko Motegi, Hiroomi Ogawa, Kunihiko Suga, Takuhisa Okada, Katsuya Osone, Ryuji Katoh, Yasunari Ubukata, Hideyuki Saito, Keigo Hara, Makoto Sakai, Kyoichi Ogata, Makoto Sohda, Chiaki Murakami, Ken Shirabe and Hiroshi Saeki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:9
  9. A gastrocolic fistula is an unusual communication between the colon and the stomach. Although colon cancer is the most common malignant cause of gastrocolic fistula in the Western world, the incidence of gastr...

    Authors: Tomoyuki Sugi, Masanao Kurata, Tomoaki Furuta, Osamu Ishibashi, Satoshi Inagawa, Hiroyuki Ariga, Junya Kashimura, Hitomi Kawai, Norio Takayashiki and Tatsuya Oda
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:8
  10. Rendu–Osler–Weber disease (Osler disease) is a genetic disease with an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern. It is characterized by widespread telangiectasia in multiple organs. Liver involvement of FNH is r...

    Authors: Naoko Sekiguchi, Daisaku Yamada, Shogo Kobayashi, Kazuki Sasaki, Yoshifumi Iwagami, Yoshito Tomimaru, Takehiro Noda, Hidenori Takahashi, Yuichiro Doki and Hidetoshi Eguchi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:7
  11. The primary disease of Trousseau’s syndrome is often highly advanced cancer, and treatment of the primary disease after cerebral infarction is often difficult. We herein report a case of pancreatic head cancer...

    Authors: Takumi Kitahama, Shimpei Otsuka, Teiichi Sugiura, Ryo Ashida, Katsuhisa Ohgi, Mihoko Yamada and Katsuhiko Uesaka
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:6
  12. We encountered two cases of a new type of retroperitoneal hernia. We herein report the unique features of these cases.

    Authors: Yoichi Nakagawa, Hiroo Uchida, Satoshi Makita, Kazuki Yokota, Akinari Hinoki, Chiyoe Shirota, Takahisa Tainaka, Wataru Sumida, Hizuru Amano, Seiya Ogata, Aitaro Takimoto, Shunya Takada, Takuya Maeda and Yousuke Gohda
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:5
  13. A muco-submucosal elongated polyp is a non-neoplastic growth composed of mucosa and submucosa. Although muco-submucosal elongated polyps are commonly reported in the large intestine, they are rare in the small...

    Authors: Ryosuke Kikuchi, Shigenobu Emoto, Hiroaki Nozawa, Kazuhito Sasaki, Koji Murono, Shinya Abe, Hirofumi Sonoda, Aya Shinozaki-Ushiku and Soichiro Ishihara
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:4
  14. Total pancreatectomy (TP) is often selected for treatment of various pancreatic diseases. However, the resultant lack of autoregulation of glycometabolism necessitates careful postoperative management.

    Authors: Yasutaka Masuda, Sho Kiritani, Junichi Arita, Akihiko Ichida, Yoshikuni Kawaguchi, Nobuhisa Akamatsu, Junichi Kaneko and Kiyoshi Hasegawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:3
  15. Large tumors of serous cystic adenomas in the pancreatic body-to-tail severely compress the surrounding organs and retroperitoneal space.

    Authors: Atsushi Nanashima, Hiroki Takamori, Naoya Imamura, Kousei Tahira, Eiji Kitamura, Masahide Hiyoshi, Takeomi Hamada, Yuuki Tsuchimochi, Hiroyuki Komori and Toshiyuki Kamoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:2
  16. Upper lumber hernia is a rare entity which can cause obstruction and strangulation. Laparoscopic technique has been considered effective for such hernia repairs; however, there is no report of use of the self-...

    Authors: Reika Yamashita, Katsuhito Suwa, Tomoyoshi Okamoto and Ken Eto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:1
  17. Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma (KHE) is a rare locally aggressive vascular neoplasm that occurs mainly in the pediatric population. KHE usually originates just underneath the skin and affects deeper tissues t...

    Authors: Eiichiro Watanabe, Naoki Hashizume, Akihiro Yoneda, Mureo Kasahara, Genta Ozeki, Takeshi Saito, Michimasa Fujiogi, Motohiro Kano, Yuki Yamamoto, Osamu Miyazaki, Takanobu Maekawa, Noriyuki Nakano, Takako Yoshioka, Akihiro Fujino and Yutaka Kanamori
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:225
  18. Although new-onset diabetes has been described in up to 20% of patients with newly diagnosed pancreatic cancer, reports regarding new-onset diabetes associated with newly developed liver metastasis from pancre...

    Authors: Sho Kiritani, Yoshihiro Ono, Manabu Takamatsu, Atsushi Oba, Takafumi Sato, Hiromichi Ito, Yosuke Inoue and Yu Takahashi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:224
  19. Preoperative treatment is performed for locally advanced colon cancer with extensive tumor proximity or suspected invasion of skeletal muscles, major organs, and blood vessels. Oxaliplatin-based regimens are o...

    Authors: Hiroshi Sawayama, Yuji Miyamoto, Katsuhiro Ogawa, Mayuko Ohuchi, Yuki Hisano, Moeko Kato, Hiroki Tubakihara, Naoya Yoshida and Hideo Baba
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:223
  20. A giant inguinoscrotal hernia is a rare inguinal hernia that extends below the midpoint of the inner thigh while standing. Although reports of laparoscopic surgery for giant inguinoscrotal hernias have increas...

    Authors: Kenichi Nakamura, Susumu Shibasaki, Masashi Takenaka, Akiko Serizawa, Shingo Akimoto, Masaya Nakauchi, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Kazuki Inaba, Ryoichi Shiroki, Ichiro Uyama and Koichi Suda
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:222
  21. Intrapulmonary penetration of the thoracic aorta is a rare, life-threatening complication of a chronic dissecting aortic aneurysm. It causes massive hemoptysis requiring prompt intervention to prevent fatal ai...

    Authors: Tsubasa Mikami, Takashi Yamauchi, Satoshi Sakakibara, Yoshito Ito, Hitoshi Suhara, Yukio Hayashi, Toru Kuratani, Takafumi Masai and Yoshiki Sawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:221
  22. Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma is a rare stromal tumor with no standard treatment. However, some reports have revealed that follicular dendritic cell sarcoma has an inflammatory pseudotumor variant associat...

    Authors: K. Abe, M. Kitago, S. Matsuda, M. Shinoda, H. Yagi, Y. Abe, G. Oshima, S. Hori, Y. Endo, T. Yokose, E. Miura, N. Kubota, A. Ueno, Y. Masugi, H. Ojima, M. Sakamoto…
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:220
  23. Esophageal duplication cyst (EDC) is a type of gastrointestinal duplication cyst that involves congenital malformations of the gastrointestinal tract. EDCs are frequently found in the mediastinum and thoracoab...

    Authors: Shosaburo Oyama, Kenji Tanaka, Masaaki Moriyama, Takashi Nonaka, Tetsuro Tominaga, Terumitsu Sawai, Naoe Kinoshita and Takeshi Nagayasu
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:219
  24. Distant metastasis is extremely rare for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) without lymph node metastasis or extrathyroidal extension, for which active surveillance (AS) is indicated. The evaluation of di...

    Authors: Hidenori Kamio, Hiromi Onizuka, Yusaku Yoshida, Yoko Omi, Tamami Isaka, Yoji Nagashima, Kiyomi Horiuchi and Takahiro Okamoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:218
  25. Calcitonin-producing pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (PanNENs) are extremely rare. There have been no reports of a patient in whom liver metastases were the presenting finding, and a calcitonin-producing P...

    Authors: Ryusei Yamamoto, Ryuzo Yamaguchi, Katsushi Yoshida, Masataka Ando, Yoshitaka Toyoda, Aya Tanaka and Kenji Kato
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:217
  26. Authors: Chihiro Yoshikawa, Ichiro Yamato, Yasuyuki Nakata, Tadashi Nakagawa, Takashi Inoue, Mitsuhiro Nakatani, Daiki Nezu, Shunsuke Doi, Yasuhiro Kuroda, Kazuki Fujii, Shouhei Kishida, Midori Kamikubo and Saiho Ko
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:216

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  27. Thrombosis of the pulmonary vein stump is a common complication after a left upper lobectomy and can be a source of embolism in various organs, such as the kidneys. A renal infarction, on the other hand, is a ...

    Authors: Yoshihito Iijima, Shun Iwai, Nozomu Motono and Hidetaka Uramoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:215
  28. When a patient has multiple tumors in different organs, it is very important to identify whether the tumors are multiple cancers or metastasis from one tumor in order to establish an optimal treatment strategy...

    Authors: Kenichiro Furukawa, Keiichi Hatakeyama, Masanori Terashima, Keiichi Fujiya, Yutaka Tanizawa, Etsuro Bando, Takashi Sugino, Kenichi Urakami, Tateaki Naito, Hiroyasu Kagawa and Ken Yamaguchi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:214
  29. The treatment of duplicated thoracic ducts (TDs) injury after esophagectomy generally requires a bilateral transthoracic approach. We present the cases of two patients with postoperative chylothorax who underw...

    Authors: Shuhei Komatsuzaki, Katsuji Hisakura, Koichi Ogawa, Yoshimasa Akashi, Jaejeong Kim, Shoko Moue, Yoshihiro Miyazaki, Kinji Furuya, Manami Doi, Yohei Owada, Osamu Shimomura, Yusuke Ohara, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Shinji Hashimoto, Tsuyoshi Enomoto, Naoto Koike…
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:213
  30. Rectal neuroendocrine neoplasms can induce liver metastasis. However, few reports exist on the associated long-term recurrence rates. We report a case of liver metastasis identified 15 years after rectal neuro...

    Authors: Miho Akabane, Satoshi Okubo, Keiichi Kinowaki, Masaru Matsumura, Junichi Shindoh and Masaji Hashimoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:212
  31. Strongyloides colitis is a severe form of strongyloidiasis that carries a high mortality rate if untreated. There is an overlapping clinical presentation between Strongyloides colitis and Crohn’s disease. Here...

    Authors: Sabah Uddin Saqib, Sumit Sood, Ling Wong and Abhilasha Patel
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:211
  32. Since humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy (HHM) in breast cancer patients without bone metastasis is rare, the clinical features of this condition are not fully understood.

    Authors: Sakina Hashizume, Masafumi Shimoda, Tetsuhiro Yoshinami, Kaori Abe, Nanae Masunaga, Yoshiaki Sota, Tomohiro Miyake, Tomonori Tanei and Kenzo Shimazu
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:210
  33. A hematoma that gradually increases over a chronic course of months or longer is defined as a chronic expanding hematoma (CEH). CEHs often develop in the limbs and on body surfaces that are susceptible to exte...

    Authors: Atsuki Taniguchi, Takeyoshi Nishiyama, Jun Kozai, Izuru Endo and Nobuyuki Watanabe
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:209
  34. Acute appendicitis is a common abdominal pathology, particularly in younger patients presenting with abdominal pain. The clinical presentation is typically characterized by right lower quadrant pain (with loca...

    Authors: Ushanthan Uthayanan, Walter Kolb, Bruno Schmied and Stephan Bischofberger
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:208
  35. Middle lobe torsion is a rare complication of right upper lobectomy. Middle lobe torsion can be critical; thus, various preventive measures are used.

    Authors: Hiroki Matsumiya, Koji Kuroda, Masataka Mori, Masatoshi Kanayama, Akihiro Taira, Shinji Shinohara, Masaru Takenaka and Fumihiro Tanaka
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:207
  36. The treatment strategy for metastatic lesions of primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus (PMME) is currently determined on a case-by-case basis, based on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) gu...

    Authors: Keita Hanada, Shigeru Tsunoda, Motoo Nomura, Shintaro Fujimura, Yojiro Yutaka, Tatsuto Nishigori, Shigeo Hisamori, Hisatsugu Maekewa, Nobuaki Hoshino, Atsushi Itami, Eiji Tanaka and Kazutaka Obama
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:206
  37. Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) in the esophagus is extremely rare. Therefore, there are few reports of UPS in the esophagus (UPSE). We present a case of UPSE after multiple cancer treatments.

    Authors: Yuho Ebata, Yoshihisa Sakaguchi, Yasuo Tsuda, Sho Nambara, Kensuke Kudou, Eiji Kusumoto, Rintaro Yoshida, Tetsuya Kusumoto and Koji Ikejiri
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:205
  38. Open pneumothorax with chest wall deficit is a rare chest trauma that is serious and can lead to severe respiratory failure; however, it is a potentially lifesaving injury if utilized appropriately.

    Authors: Rina Tokuda, Yohei Okada, Futoshi Nagashima, Makoto Kobayashi, Wataru Ishii and Ryoji Iizuka
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:204
  39. Iatrogenic tracheal injury is a rare but potentially morbid condition and often poses a diagnostic challenge due to its rarity and the lack of specific clinical findings. Because a delayed diagnosis is associa...

    Authors: Minori Nakamura, Shuhei Iizuka and Toru Nakamura
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:203
  40. Factor V (FV) deficiency is an extremely rare disease, with an incidence of 1 in 1 million. The bleeding symptoms are mild, and the prognosis is good; however, the safety of surgical treatment is unclear, beca...

    Authors: Takaomi Seki, Mariko Tsukagoshi, Norifumi Harimoto, Kenichiro Araki, Akira Watanabe, Norihiro Ishii, Kei Hagiwara, Kouki Hoshino, Ryo Muranushi, Satoru Kakizaki, Yoshiyuki Ogawa, Hiroshi Handa and Ken Shirabe
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:202
  41. Cholecystoduodenal fistula is an infrequent complication of gallbladder diseases. In the majority of cases, the fistula is formed by direct communication between the gallbladder and duodenum due to gallstone i...

    Authors: Yasunari Fukuda, Toshiya Michiura, Daisaku Ito, Tomohiro Takahashi, Shinji Tokuyama, Hiromu Morishita, Junya Nuta, Yasuaki Miyazaki, Nobuyasu Hayashi and Kazuo Yamabe
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:201
  42. The perioperative mortality rate is high in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and infection control measures for medical care providers must be considered. Therefore, the timing for surgery in...

    Authors: Akiho Sugita, Fuyuki F. Inagaki, Nobuyuki Takemura, Mai Nakamura, Kyoji Ito, Fuminori Mihara, Kei Yamamoto, Shinichiro Morioka and Norihiro Kokudo
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:200
  43. The rupture of a hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm (HAP) is a rare but lethal complication after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) and often manifests as acute gastrointestinal bleeding.

    Authors: Masashi Kadohisa, Yukihiro Inomata, Masataka Sakisaka, Yasuhiko Sugawara and Taizo Hibi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:199
  44. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis commonly affects the lymphatic system, nervous system, and gastrointestinal system. Tuberculous infection in the muscle is very rare. Moreover, tuberculous infection in the diaphrag...

    Authors: Asato Hashinokuchi, Mikihiro Kohno, Keisuke Kosai, Yuki Ono, Naoki Haratake, Daiki Shibata, Hidetaka Yamamoto, Tomoyoshi Takenaka and Tomoharu Yoshizumi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:198
  45. TP53 is a tumor suppressor gene and, when dysfunctional, it is known to be involved in the development of cancers. Li–Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a hereditary tumor with autosomal dominant inheritance that develop...

    Authors: Masaya Kai, Makoto Kubo, Sawako Shikada, Saori Hayashi, Takafumi Morisaki, Mai Yamada, Yuka Takao, Akiko Shimazaki, Yurina Harada, Kazuhisa Kaneshiro, Yusuke Mizuuchi, Koji Shindo and Masafumi Nakamura
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:197
  46. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a routine medical emergency. The most common non-variceal cause is peptic ulcer disease, while a rare presentation is peptic ulcer-induced splenic artery pseudoaneurys...

    Authors: Hidetoshi Shidahara, Nobuaki Fujikuni, Kazuaki Tanabe, Tomoyuki Abe, Keisuke Nishihara, Toshio Noriyuki and Masahiro Nakahara
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:196
  47. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare mesenchymal tumors, but are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. The risk classification of GISTs is based on the tumor size, mitot...

    Authors: Junya Mita, Kazuhiro Tada, Yusuke Kuboyama, Shoji Hiroshige, Shun Nakamura, Junichi Takahashi, Kazuhito Sakata, Hiroshi Mizuuchi, Taro Oba, Fumitaka Yoshizumi, Kentaro Iwaki, Hideya Takeuchi, Kiyoshi Kajiyama and Kengo Fukuzawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:195
  48. Situs inversus (SI) is a rare congenital condition characterized by organ transposition from their normal positions. Careful preoperative planning is important for the safe operation of patients with SI becaus...

    Authors: Kei Sato, Junki Yamada, Naohito Meguro, Hiroshi Onishi, Kanechika Den, Hiroyuki Baba and Mitsutaka Sugita
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:194
  49. Collision tumors are a subtype of simultaneous tumors wherein two unrelated tumors collide or infiltrate each other. Collision gastric adenocarcinomas (CGA) are rare and difficult to diagnose, and their clinic...

    Authors: Hiromitsu Imataki, Hideo Miyake, Hidemasa Nagai, Yuichiro Yoshioka, Norihiro Yuasa, Junichi Takamizawa, Ayami Kiriyama and Masahiko Fujino
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:193
  50. Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst prognoses of any all cancers. 5-FU/leucovorin + irinotecan + oxaliplatin (FOLFIRINOX), gemcitabine (GEM) plus nab-paclitaxel regimens have been recognized as global-stand...

    Authors: Koji Kikuchi, Akira Umemura, Hiroyuki Nitta, Hirokatsu Katagiri, Masao Nishiya, Noriyuki Uesugi, Tamotsu Sugai, Keisuke Imanari and Akira Sasaki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2022 8:192

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