Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioe ...
We report two cases of pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (PEH). Both patients presented with multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules, <10 mm ...
Spontaneous left side pneumotho ...
Spontaneous pneumothorax is a common surgical disease that is a surgical emergency. It can be divided into primary (caused by microscopic blebs <1 ...
Primary lung cancer arising fro ...
We report a case of lung cancer arising from the wall of a giant bulla. A 58-year-old man consulted a physician because of bloody sputum. Chest comp ...
Radically resected epithelioid ...
Angiosarcoma is a rare neoplasm, accounting for only 1%–2% of all sarcomas. It occurs most frequently in the skin and soft tissue and rarely in the ...
Successful muscle prombage for ...
Severe diffuse chronic calcifi cation can cause an unsuccessful closure of the bronchial stump. An opened stump must be closed with a tissue fl ap w ...
Postoperative pleural effusion ...
In living-donor lobar lung transplantation, the importance of donor safety should be emphasized because of the necessity of placing two donors at ri ...
Reconstruction of nonconfl uent ...
The innominate vein usually courses anterior to the aortic arch, where it joins the right brachiocephalic vein to form the superior caval vein. A re ...
Radical resection of a pleomorp ...
A 69-year-old man was hospitalized for fever and cough. He was diagnosed with and treated for an abscess in the left lower jaw and pneumonia by an ...
Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma ...
We report a case of dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma of the chest wall. After resection, the chest wall defect was reconstructed using polypropylene ...
Thoracoscopic resection of a th ...
29-year-old man had been diagnosed with an anterior mediastinal cyst 6 years earlier and was undergoing follow-up. At a follow-up visit, a newly de ...
Right hydrothorax found soon af ...
Hydrothorax due to pleuroperitoneal communication is a rare complication in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). On ...
Acute early failure of a biopro ...
We report a case of acute early bioprosthetic failure after mitral valve replacement with completely preserved annuloventricular continuity. A 77-ye ...
Retrograde coronary sinus cardi ...
A 79-year-old woman was referred to undergo surgery for a type A dissection. The patient had a history of previous coronary artery bypass. She was i ...
Surgical repair of an idiopathi ...
We report a rare case of idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA) in a 56-year-old woman without any causative conditions, such as congenital hear ...
Successful excision of a saphen ...
Aneurysm of an aortocoronary saphenous vein graft (SVG) is a rare but potentially fatal complication after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). P ...
Ruptured thoracic descending ao ...
We have encountered a rare case of ruptured true thoracic aortic aneurysm coexisting with DeBakey type IIIb aortic dissection. The patient was a 67- ...
Cor triatriatum repair to elimi ...
Development of atrial fi brillation is one of the primary indicators of cor triatriatum in adults. Here we describe a case of a patient suffering co ...
Primary cardiac osteosarcoma wi ...
Osteosarcoma is a rare primary cardiac malignancy. Calcifi cation on imaging is crucial to differentiating osteosarcoma, but we encountered a case t ...
Minimally invasive mitral valve ...
Mitral valve surgery in a patient with severe chest deformity and poor respiratory function can be associated with a high risk due to diffi cult acc ...
In situ graft replacement and r ...
An infected thoracoabdominal aneurysm is a rare, life-threatening condition with high mortality. We performed an in situ graft replacement and appli ...
Correction of tetralogy of Fall ...
A 55-year-old man with tetralogy of Fallot successfully underwent correction using a valved conduit. He was diagnosed as having congenital heart dis ...
Cardiac surgery for annuloaorti ...
We report a surgical case of dextrocardia complicated with annuloaortic ectasia (AAE) and mitral regurgitation, which induced congestive heart failu ...
Modifi ed Norwood procedure wit ...
First-stage palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome has been revolutionized by the recent introduction of a right ventricle-to-pulmonary arter ...
Transcatheter aortic valve impl ...
Conventional aortic valve replacement (AVR) is the gold standard surgical treatment for symptomatic aortic valve stenosis. However, some patients ar ...
Surgical removal of an intravas ...
A-79-year-old woman underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to the right coronary artery (RCA) for effort angina, followed by intravascul ...