Publications by authors named "Natsuki Mizukoshi"

A 70-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a chief complaint of right lower abdominal pain during defecation. The contrast-enhanced CT scan showed a highly expanded appendix, so we suspected an appendiceal mucinous neoplasm, but the diagnosis did not clearly suggest cancer. So, we decided to perform laparoscopic surgery.

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A 73-year-old woman was referred to our institution due to the presence of narrow and bloody stools. On rectal examination, a rectal mass was observed. Colonoscopy revealed a type 2 tumor in the rectum(RbP)that extended to the dentate line.

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Backgrounds: With increase of patients with a small-sized lung cancer, there is an increasing need for minimally invasive lung segmentectomy that can preserve respiratory function. We perform S(9+)10 segmentectomy with retrograde dissection of the pulmonary vein, bronchus, pulmonary artery, in order, without interlober fissurelectomy and staple dissection of the peripheral lung parenchyma.

Methods: Seven patients who underwent retrograde S(9+)10 segmentectomy between June, 2021 and May, 2022 in our hospital were retrospectively reviewed.

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A 70-year-old man was referred for an abnormal chest shadow. Enhanced computed tomography (CT) revealed a well-circumscribed lung tumor of 53 mm in diameter in the left upper lobe with slight enhancement. Positron emission tomography-CT showed a high maximum standardized uptake value for the tumor but no metastasis in the lymph nodes or other organs.

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Solitary fibrous tumours (SFTs) mainly originate from the visceral pleura and may protrude to the thoracic cavity, but intrapulmonary SFTs are extremely rare. We describe a rare case of SFT arising in the right lung of an 83-year-old man who underwent surgical excision. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed a 10-mm tumour in the lower lobe of the right lung.

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