[A Case of Bacteremia Which Followed a Urinary Tract Infection by Oligella urethralis].

An 82-year-old bedridden man with sequelae from a cerebral infarction was admitted to a welfare institution for the elderly. He developed a high fever and hematuria and was prescribed levofloxacin for the treatment of a suspected urinary tract infection. Although his condition improved, the symptoms subsequently recurred; therefore, levofloxacin was again administered.

Pleural metastasis of thyroid carcinoma diagnosed by thoracoscopy under local anesthesia.

A 79-year-old male patient with no symptoms was referred to us with incidentally detected pleural effusion and nodules. He had previously been diagnosed with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and had undergone left subtotal thyroidectomy 12 years before his referral. Four years after the operation, he experienced a relapse limited to the cervical lymph node and was treated with neck dissection.

[A case of meningeal carcinomatosis from lung cancer successfully treated with aggressive multimodal therapy].

A 44-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of brain metastasis and intrapulmonary exacerbation of lung adenocarcinoma. Systemic chemotherapy (PAC + CBDCA) was administered, but neurological symptoms (muscle weakness of limbs and disorientation) appeared. Lumbar puncture and enhanced MRI of lumber vertebrae revealed meningeal carcinomatosis.

[Pseudotumor by asymptomatic pulmonary infarction diagnosed by video-assisted thoracic surgery].

Two cases of asymptomatic pulmonary infarction were diagnosed by open lung biopsy with video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). Case 1: A pulmonary nodule in right S8b was pointed out in a 62-year-old man undergoing hemodialysis on chest x-ray film and CT. Case 2: A 50-year-old woman had undergone left mastectomy for mammary cancer 3 years previously and total hip replacement 1 year before.

Tracheal stenosis caused by retrosternal dislocation of the right clavicle.

A 17-year-old woman was admitted to our institution because of tracheal stenosis. She had undergone tracheostomy after a traffic accident, but the stenosis had persisted. Chest computed tomography showed retrosternal dislocation of the right sternoclavicular joint and compression of the trachea by the medial head of the right clavicle.