Diaphragmatic hernia post coronary artery bypass with gastroepiploic artery.

An 86-year-old man, with a medical history of coronary artery bypass grafting with the right gastroepiploic artery 20 years prior, was admitted to our hospital for right-sided heart failure. Computed tomography findings revealed an intrapericardial diaphragmatic hernia of the transverse colon compressing the right ventricle. The hernia was successfully repaired, and the patient recovered without any complications.

Long-term multidisciplinary treatment including proton therapy for a recurrent low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma and pathologically prominent epithelial differentiation: an autopsy case report.

Background: Long-term follow-up reports of low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma (LGESS) including its clinical course and pathological data are rare. We previously reported the case of a Japanese woman diagnosed with LGESS, who was treated with multidisciplinary therapy. She had been suffering from uterine cervical tumor diagnosed as cervical polyps, or fibroid in statu nascendi, since 24 years old.

[Sternal Nonunion after Open Heart Surgery through a Partial Sternotomy;Report of a Case].

Sternal nonunion is an uncommon complication after a sternal wound and some cases have been reported as a complication of open heart surgery. A 28-year-old male suffered from persistent sternal pain. Six years ago, open heart surgery was performed through a partial sternotomy with transverse sternotomy.

[Thoracic Aortic Injury after Spinal Fusion;Report of a Case].

A 32-year-old female visited our hospital with back pain. She had undergone spinal fusion for scoliosis at another hospital. She visited our hospital because she was informed that the metal rod had broken.

[Primary Malignant Pericardial Mesothelioma;Report of a Case].

A 69-year-old male was referred to our hospital after being diagnosed as having pericarditis with pericardial effusion. The symptoms of tamponade disappeared after the effusion was drained;although the cause of pericarditis remained unidentified. About 4 months later, the tamponade symptoms recurred due to the thickened nodular pericardium.

[Off-pump surgery for coronary-pulmonary artery fistula with giant coronary aneurysm; report of a case].

A 60-year-old male was referred to our hospital due to suspected chronic heart failure. He also had a symptom of ischemic heart disease. The multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT) demonstrated the coronary-pulmonary artery fistula with a giant coronary aneurysm, which was partly thrombosed.

[Coronary artery bypass grafting after total esophagectomy].

A 69-year-old male with a history of total esophagectomy and substernal placement of the gastric tube for esophageal carcinoma was admitted due to an unstable angina. Cardiac catheterization revealed a severe stenosis just proximal to the left anterior descending coronary artery and a 75% stenosis of the right coronary artery. Intraaortic balloon pumping was started in the catheter laboratory.