[A case of advanced rectal cancer that showed complete response to the addition of XELOX+bevacizumab therapy to preoperative chemoradiotherapy with S-1/CPT-11].

A 51-year-old man presented with a chief complaint of constipation. Rectal cancer was detected up to 13 cm proximal to the anal verge. The cancer was a fully circumferential type II tumor that was accompanied by prostate invasion and lymph node metastasis.

Thoracoscopic treatment for primary chylopericardium: report of a case.

We used video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery to successfully treat primary chylopericardium, a very rare disease. A 27-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for investigation of cardiomegaly and dyspnea on exertion. Echocardiography showed severe peri-cardial effusion.