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  1. The use of donor hearts with valvular disease has been considered debatable in heart transplantation for many years. However, few reports indicate successful heart transplantation using donor hearts with mitra...

    Authors: Tsubasa Mikami, Takuji Kawamura, Yoshito Ito, Yusuke Misumi, Noriyuki Kashiyama, Ai Kawamura, Masashi Kawamura, Daisuke Yoshioka, Kazuo Shimamura, Koichi Toda and Shigeru Miyagawa
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:61
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  2. Mesenchymal cystic hamartoma is a rare pulmonary neoplasm, which occasionally presents with severe symptoms such as pneumothorax or hemothorax, and shows favorable outcomes following surgical resection. It pre...

    Authors: Machiko Nishii-Mitsuaki, Chiaki Nakazono, Satoru Okada, Kenji Kameyama, Yoji Urata, Masayoshi Inoue and Yasuo Ueshima
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:23
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  3. Cavernous hemangiomas are usually located in the liver, skin, and subcutaneous tissues. Although they can arise from any organ, cavernous hemangiomas rarely occur as a pulmonary tumor. We herein report a rare ...

    Authors: Takashi Ibe, Takayuki Kosaka, Masayuki Sugano, Satoru Kakizaki and Ken Shirabe
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:22
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  4. A calcified amorphous tumor (a non-neoplastic tumor) with caseous calcification of the mitral annulus is a rare pathology that causes severe embolic events. We present a rare case of mitral valve surgery for a...

    Authors: Akimasa Morisaki, Yosuke Takahashi, Yoshito Sakon, Yosuke Sumii and Toshihiko Shibata
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:21
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  5. Bronchogenic cyst sometimes occurs in the mediastinum and rarely in the intrapericardial space. When located in the intrapericardial space, the main vessels or the heart can be compressed. In addition, if it i...

    Authors: Koji Morita, Hiromu Yoshioka, Keisuke Tanaka, Junya Sugiura, Ryota Yamamoto, Yuki Goto, Koshi Yamaki and Wataru Kato
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:20
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  6. Thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair is a highly complicated procedure, especially among patients with severe lung disease, resulting in respiratory problems during and after the surgery. Herein, we designed a nov...

    Authors: Ryota Hara, Joji Ito, Hidetaka Onodera and Minoru Tabata
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:19
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  7. Extended sleeve lobectomy is a useful technique for avoiding pneumonectomy; however, it requires advanced surgical skills.

    Authors: Shinichi Sakamoto, Hiromitsu Takizawa, Fuyumi Izaki, Taihei Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Sumitomo, Naoki Miyamoto, Mika Takashima, Naoya Kawakita, Hiroaki Toba and Yoshihiro Tsuruo
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:18
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  8. Micronodular thymic carcinoma with lymphoid hyperplasia is an extremely rare thymic tumor, exhibiting a variety of cell morphologies with mild to severe dysmorphism. Since few cases have been reported, the pro...

    Authors: Naoki Miyamoto, Kazuya Kondo, Yoshimi Bando, Fuyumi Izaki, Taihei Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Sumitomo, Shinichi Sakamoto, Mika Takashima, Naoya Kawakita, Hiroaki Toba and Hiromitsu Takizawa
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:17
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  9. Malperfusion of the celiac artery alone, with acute aortic dissection, rarely requires early intervention. A 57-year-old woman had thrombosed type A acute aortic dissection with celiac malperfusion, for which ...

    Authors: Ryo Izubuchi, Keiji Uchida, Shota Yasuda, Tomoki Cho, Atsushi Matsumoto, Shotaro Kaneko, Makoto Ikematsu, Sho Kakuta, Sousuke Yamamoto and Makoto Ogata
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:15
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  10. Granulosa cell tumors (GCTs) are uncommon sex cord-stromal ovarian neoplasms. We report a case of GCT presenting in the chest, 18 years after oophorectomy for ovarian cystadenocarcinoma.

    Authors: Kosuke Suzuki, Akihiko Kitami, Momoka Okada, Shinnosuke Takamiya, Shinichi Ohashi, Yoko Tanaka, Shugo Uematsu, Tetsuo Nemoto and Mitsutaka Kadokura
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:14
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  11. Although the transposition of the aberrant left vertebral artery (ALVA) in 1-debranching thoracic endovascular aortic repair requiring zone 2 coverage for thoracic aneurysm with ALVA is reported to be an effec...

    Authors: Kondo Nobuo, Wakisaka Hodaka, Kawashima Yuta, Kihara Kazuki, Noda Takahiro and Oue Kensuke
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:12
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  12. Pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa (P-MAIVF) after infective endocarditis and/or valve replacement is rarely reported, and transesophageal echocardiography and cardiac multidetector comp...

    Authors: Masanobu Yamauchi, Kazuma Kanetsuki, Tomoki Hanada and Satoshi Kamihira
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:16
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  13. Although the ventricular septal defect (VSD) that coexists with the severe form of Ebstein’s anomaly was thought to be beneficial for hemodynamics, it is unclear whether biventricular repair is always possible...

    Authors: Yuji Fuchigami, Takaya Hoashi, Shigeki Yoshiba, Kentaro Hotoda, Haruhiro Nagase, Yukino Iijima and Takaaki Suzuki
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:11
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  14. Anastomotic leakage at the distal anastomotic site after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection (AAD) occasionally leads to malperfusion or false lumen dilatation in the remnant dissected aorta. Open surge...

    Authors: Ko Sakatsume, Yasushi Kudo, Kazuaki Yanagiya, Masaaki Naganuma, Masaharu Hatakeyama, Shinya Masuda and Koichi Nagaya
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:13
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  15. Pneumatoceles are a known complication of pneumonia or trauma, especially in young children. A 44-year-old male with pulmonary veno-occlusive disease and pulmonary hypertension underwent double lung transplant...

    Authors: Masashi Furukawa, Ernest G. Chan, Jenalee N. Coster and Pablo G. Sanchez
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:10
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  16. In lung transplantation, vascular complications are relatively rare. However, severe pulmonary artery stenosis after lung transplantation can cause clinical symptoms and lead to graft dysfunction.

    Authors: Hideki Nagata, Takashi Kanou, Eriko Fukui, Toru Kimura, Naoko Ose, Soichiro Funaki, Masato Minami, Masaki Taira, Takayoshi Ueno, Shigeru Miyagawa and Yasushi Shintani
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:30
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  17. Pleomorphic liposarcoma (PLPS) is a rare and aggressive subtype of liposarcoma. Here we report the case of a 45-year-old man with PLPS in the lung, which was accompanied by a massive hemothorax.

    Authors: Fumi Ohsawa, Natsumi Matsuura, Kazuki Numajiri, Hitoshi Igai and Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:28
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  18. Pyoderma gangrenosum begins as a painful erythema with induration, vesicles, or hemorrhagic pustules, which develops into serous ulcers. In addition to ulcerative colitis and myelodysplastic syndrome, surgical...

    Authors: Jun Muto, Ryunosuke Hase, Sho Narita, Shouhei Otsuka, Akihiro Sasaki and Tatsuya Kato
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:32
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  19. Ciliated muconodular papillary tumor (CMPT) is a rare type of tumor with both benign and malignant characteristics. Herein, we report the surgical case of a 65-year-old man with CMPT. Chest computed tomography...

    Authors: Hiroaki Shidei, Hiroe Aoshima, Akira Ogihara, Tamami Isaka, Hiromi Onizuka, Yoji Nagashima, Yukio Nakatani and Masato Kanzaki
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:29
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  20. Among the types of lung resection procedures, pneumonectomy carries the highest risk for mortality. In recent years, bronchovascular double-sleeve lobectomy has been performed for centrally located non-small c...

    Authors: Toshiya Fujiwara, Kazuhiro Okada, Yutaka Hirano, Yuho Maki, Munehiro Saiki, Keiji Yunoki and Motoki Matsuura
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:33
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  21. Cardiac calcified amorphous tumors (CATs) are non-neoplastic cardiac tumors of unknown origin and etiology. Several simultaneous CATs rarely occur in multiple cardiac chambers. Although CATs carry a benign pro...

    Authors: Hironobu Sakurai, Takeshi Someya, Satoshi Yamamoto, Eisaku Ito, Hidehito Kuroki and Toshizumi Shirai
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:31
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  23. Subcutaneous extension of a perigraft seroma following thoracic aortic surgery is an infrequently encountered complication. For treatment, it is necessary to first exclude the possibility of perigraft fluid co...

    Authors: Tsutomu Doita, Taro Yamasumi, Yuki Nakamura and Haruhiko Kondoh
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:8
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  24. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been shown to prolong the survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and have allowed complete resection for advanced lung cancer. However, immune-rel...

    Authors: Chikara Nakagami, Makoto Endoh, Marina Nakatsuka, Kenta Nakahashi, Hiroki Ota, Mari Aso, Takuma Sugiyama, Hiroki Suzuki and Satoshi Shiono
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:7
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  25. It has been reported that severe tricuspid regurgitation may demonstrate constrictive pericarditis-like hemodynamics. In this article, we report a surgical case of solitary severe tricuspid regurgitation in wh...

    Authors: Daisuke Kaku, Hidekazu Hirai, Hiroyuki Seo and Tadahiro Murakami
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:6
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  26. An intrapericardial bronchogenic cyst (IBC) is rare and compresses the surrounding organs, causing symptoms. Resection of an IBC leads to an improvement in symptoms. We completely resected an IBC by performing...

    Authors: Hirotoshi Suzuki, Itaru Ishida, Satoshi Kawatsu, Yuyo Suzuki, Katsuhiko Oda and Hiroyuki Oura
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:5
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  27. An aberrant right subclavian artery complicated by acute aortic dissection has been reported. Aneurysmal degeneration in the descending aorta adjacent to the Kommerell diverticulum in older patients has also b...

    Authors: Hirofumi Kasahara, Hankei Shin and Yoshito Inoue
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:4
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  28. In severe blunt trauma, multiple organ injuries are often observed. Patients with a ruptured diaphragm and pericardium are referred to as having pericardio-diaphragmatic rupture. However, few studies have repo...

    Authors: Takashi Yamashita, Katsuyuki Asai, Hideto Ochiai, Toshikazu Kanai, Yuta Matsubayashi, Keizo Tanaka and Takashi Hashimoto
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:3
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  29. Tracheobronchial anomalies are extremely rare and are often associated with pulmonary arteriovenous anatomical anomalies. An anomalous right upper vein segment that passes between the pulmonary artery (PA) and...

    Authors: Hayato Konno, Mitsuhiro Isaka, Tetsuya Mizuno, Hideaki Kojima and Yasuhisa Ohde
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:2
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  30. Silicone stents are options for airway stenosis or obstruction. Generally, silicone stent placement needs rigid bronchoscopy, but manipulation of a rigid bronchoscope has technical difficulties in some cases. ...

    Authors: Kazuto Sugai, Naohiro Kobayashi, Yusuke Saeki, Shinji Kikuchi, Yukinobu Goto, Hideo Ichimura and Yukio Sato
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2023 2:1
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  31. The most common complication after tetralogy of Fallot repair is pulmonary valve regurgitation. However, concomitant surgery for tricuspid valve regurgitation and/or aortic dilatation is occasionally required.

    Authors: Ryuya Nomura, Kojiro Furukawa, Tomofumi Fukuda, Yuichiro Hirata, Tatsushi Onzuka, Kisho Ohtani, Ken-ichi Imasaka, Shigeki Morita and Akira Shiose
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2022 1:14
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  32. Bronchial atresia is a congenital obstruction of the segmental or lobar bronchus that often leads to hyperinflation of the affected area. It can cause intractable infections and abnormal nodules in these regio...

    Authors: Mototsugu Watanabe, Kaoru Kondo, Shinichi Furukawa, Toshio Shiotani and Kazuhiko Kataoka
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2022 1:13
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  33. The independent segment between the superior and basal segments is called the subsuperior segment (S*), which is rarely observed. We report a left S* segmentectomy in a patient with early-stage lung cancer.

    Authors: Hodaka Oeda, Hidemi Suzuki, Taisuke Kaiho, Atsushi Hata, Ito Takamsa, Kazuhisa Tanaka, Yuichi Sakairi and Ichiro Yoshino
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2022 1:12
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  34. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has caused a paradigm shift in the treatment of severe aortic stenosis. Although less invasive and good early results of TAVR have been reported, the long-term dur...

    Authors: Yoshio Arai, Akira Marui, Atsushi Nagasawa and Nobuhisa Ohno
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2022 1:10
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  35. Chylothorax after thoracic surgery is a rare but severe complication. When thoracic duct ligation is performed for chylothorax, identification of the leakage site and the thoracic duct course is necessary. Adm...

    Authors: Yamato Suzuki, Koji Yamana, Hisato Ishizawa, Hiroshi Kawai, Yasushi Matsuda, Ryoichi Kato, Yasushi Takagi and Yasushi Hoshikawa
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2022 1:7
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  36. Blunt traumatic aortic injury (BTAI) is a life-threatening pathology that most commonly occurs after traffic accidents or a fall from a considerable height. We report a rare case of traumatic double transectio...

    Authors: Yu Inaba, Yasunori Iida, Hidetoshi Oka, Takahisa Miki, Takashi Hachiya and Hideyuki Shimizu
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2022 1:11
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  37. Neural tumors at the thoracic apex require a careful surgical technique because of the presence of vascular and neural structures and minimally invasive surgery can be challenging for these tumors, especially ...

    Authors: Shunta Ishihara, Masanori Shimomura, Hiroaki Tsunezuka, Satoshi Ikebe and Masayoshi Inoue
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2022 1:8
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  38. Isolated mediastinal metastasis from a malignant tumor and small cell carcinoma of the bladder are both very rare.

    Authors: Tomomi Isono, Toru Kimura, Kenji Kimura, Ryusuke Karube, Koshiro Ando, Hiroto Ishida, Akihiro Nagoya, Seiji Taniguchi, Soichiro Funaki and Yasushi Shintani
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2022 1:9
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  39. A mediastinal aberrant goiter is extremely rare, characterized by independence from the thyroid gland. This tumor most commonly develops in the anterior mediastinum and should be differentiated from a thymoma....

    Authors: Mikito Suzuki, Hirotoshi Horio, Azusa Nakamura, Reiko Shimizu, Toshiyuki Shima, Masahiko Harada and Tsunekazu Hishima
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2022 1:6
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  40. Large mediastinal tumors are sometimes difficult to completely resect because they are surrounded by vital organs. We present the case of mediastinal liposarcoma successfully resected by the clamshell approach...

    Authors: Nahoko Shimizu, Yugo Tanaka, Sanae Kuroda, Takeshi Inoue and Yoshimasa Maniwa
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2022 1:5
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  41. We encountered a case of a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) who developed multiple thromboses following implantable left ventricular assist device (iLVAD) implantation. We herein report this...

    Authors: Kenichi Morimoto, Yasushi Yoshikawa, Yuichiro Kishimoto, Takeshi Onohara and Motonobu Nishimura
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2022 1:4
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  42. Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most frequent congenital cardiac anomaly. We report a successful case in which the tricuspidization technique with valve-sparing aortic root replacement was used for BAV with...

    Authors: Yu Hohri, Satoshi Numata, Yutaka Okita and Hitoshi Yaku
    Citation: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases 2022 1:3
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