[A Case Report of Stage Ⅳb Thoracic Esophageal Cancer Responding to Multidisciplinary Treatment].

A 68-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of back pain during swallowing. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed a lower esophageal type 3 tumor. The patient was diagnosed with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by the biopsy specimen.

Successful management of aberrant right hepatic duct during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a rare case report.

Background: Anatomic variants of the biliary tree present challenges to surgical management during laparoscopic cholecystectomy and affect perioperative outcomes. An aberrant right hepatic duct connecting into the cystic duct is a practically important variation because of the susceptibility to serious postoperative refractory bile leakage. We report a successful case of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the aberrant right hepatic duct of a patient diagnosed with chronic cystitis.

Laparoscopic resection of retroperitoneal paraganglioma behind the Spiegel lobe in a kyphotic patient: A rare case report.

Extra-adrenal paraganglioma is a rare form of neuroendocrine neoplasm capable of catecholamine secretion. The surgical risks associated with the tumor location are compounded in this case of a kyphotic patient. This report presents the successful application of laparoscopy on extra-adrenal paraganglioma located behind the Spiegel lobe in a kyphotic patient.

Activation of neutrophils NADPH oxidase by PMA: cytosol activity is translocated in phorbol-primed neutrophils.

1. Translocation of cytosol activity in phorbol-primed neutrophils was studied. 2.

Levels of serum granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in patients with cerebrovascular diseases.

The role of leukocytes in the pathogenesis of cerebrovascular disease, in particular, cerebral ischemic disease has recently become a focus of research. Several studies have reported that a positive correlation between increased functional activities of neutrophils and the risk of cerebral ischemic disease. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is known to be not only a granulocyte proliferating factor but also a potent activator of mature neutrophils.