Esophageal schwannoma: report of a case.

We report a case of esophageal schwannoma in a 46-year-old woman who presented with rapidly progressive dyspnea and dysphagia. Chest computed tomography showed a large mediastinal mass, which was extrinsically compressing the trachea, widely adjacent to the upper thoracic esophagus. We performed an axillary right thoracotomy to enucleate the tumor, which was located in the esophageal muscle layer.

[A case report of complete remission of liver metastases from colorectal cancer treated with continuous hepatic arterial infusion].

We encountered a patient with liver metastases from colorectal cancer in whom continuous hepatic arterial infusion brought complete remission. A 58-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for advanced rectal cancer with multiple liver metastases. He underwent a low anterior resection (D2).