Successful Endovascular Repair of a Kommerell's Diverticulum and a Right-Sided Aortic Arch.

Background: A 57-year-old woman was diagnosed with Kommerell's diverticulum in the setting of a right aortic arch on computed tomography.

Case Report: Although asymptomatic, the maximum diameter of the aneurysm was 55 mm; thus, she underwent surgery to prevent rupture of the aneurysm. A bypass was constructed from the left common carotid artery to the left subclavian artery.

Retrograde Type A Aortic Dissection after Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Type B Dissection.

Background: A 64-year-old woman presented with dilatation of the distal aortic arch secondary to chronic type B aortic dissection.

Case Report: The patient underwent fenestrated thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for closure of the entry site, and reconstruction of the left subclavian artery with a covered stent. On the 40th postoperative day, a retrograde type A aortic dissection (RTAD) was observed on computed tomography and she underwent emergency surgery.

[Stanford type B aortic dissection associated with coarctation of the aorta].

We report a rare case of type B aortic dissection associated with coarctation of the aorta. A 35-year-old man had sudden dyspnea and severe back pain. Computed tomography revealed aortic coarctation at the distal aortic arch, and aortic dissection below the coarctation.

[Reoperation for a giant aortic arch aneurysm using cervical cannulation of the common carotid artery for cerebral perfusion after the ascending aortic replacement; report of a case].

Reoperation for a giant thoracic aneurysm touching the sternum needs to be performed with special precautions. The patient was a 65-year-old man who had undergone ascending aortic replacement due to acute Stanford type A dissection 5 years previously. He visited an outpatient clinic after an interval of 4 years, and was diagnosed with an aortic arch aneurysm which was touching the sternum.

Benign symmetric lipomatosis in a 73-year-old man: a case report with a brief review of the literature.

Benign symmetric lipomatosis (BSL) is a rare disease which is characterized by symmetric diffuse deposition of mature fat tissue and considered to originate in brown fat. A case of benign symmetric lipomatosis in a 73-year old man is presented. He has been treated for alcoholic abuse in mental hospitals several times and referred to our hospital for evaluation and treatment of the subcutaneous tumor in the neck, bilateral supraclavicular areas, bilateral upper arms, anterior chest wall, back, and the abdomen.