[Retrograde Stanford Type A Aortic Dissection of Marfan Syndrome Long After Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair:Report of a Case].

A 52-year-old woman with Marfan syndrome developed Stanford type B aortic dissection and was treated with thoracic endovascular aortic repair. However, 29 months later, she presented with retrograde Stanford type A aortic dissection. We successfully performed aortic arch replacement with the frozen elephant trunk technique and valve-sparing aortic root replacement.

Pyogenic granuloma originating in the pulmonary artery.

We herein report an unreported case of pyogenic granuloma that originated in the pulmonary artery. A 38-year-old man was urgently hospitalized with dyspnea and back pain. He had been on hemodialysis for 2 years due to chronic renal failure.