Primary aortoduodenal fistula in testicular cancer: A fatal complication associated with retroperitoneal lymph node metastasis.

A primary aortoduodenal fistula (PADF) has rarely been reported as a complication of testicular cancer. A 48-year-old Japanese male with relapsed retroperitoneal lymph node metastases received four courses of paclitaxel, ifosfamide, and cisplatin (TIP). On day 19 of the fourth cycle of TIP, he developed hematochezia and hypovolemic shock.

Outcomes of Chimney Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for an Aortic Arch Aneurysm.

Background: Chimney thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR) has advantages that include no requirements for special devices; however, problems have been identified such as gutter leaks. The aim of this study is to evaluate the short- and mid-term results of TEVAR with chimney technique including the safety, efficacy, and risk factors for occurrence of gutter endoleak in this technique.

Methods: A retrospective single-center study was conducted on 55 consecutive patients who underwent first-time chimney TEVAR for arch aneurysms in the past 7 years.

Early and midterm outcomes of endovascular treatment for chronic aneurysmal aortic dissection: a retrospective study.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate endovascular treatment for enlarged Stanford type B chronic aneurysmal aortic dissection (CAAD). The conventional treatment for CAAD is open repair; however, the operative mortality is high in extensive prosthetic graft replacements.

Methods: A retrospective single-center study was conducted on 74 consecutive patients who underwent endovascular treatment for CAAD in the past 8.

Result of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Patients with Esophageal Cancer.

Background: Bleeding from the thoracic aorta is potentially fatal in patients with advanced esophageal cancer. Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) was recently applied for aortic invasion by esophageal cancer. However, only a few case reports have been published.

Metastasis to the skin at the drain site after complete resection of the lower bile duct cancer: report of a case.

There are extremely few reports of metastases from a lower cholangiocarcinoma to the skin except for metastatic seeding in a percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage catheter tract. This report presents a rare case of metastases to the skin after the removal of a drain following curative pancreaticoduodenectomy for lower bile duct cancer (LBDC). A 73-year-old female had undergone subtotal stomach-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Case of inflammatory fibroid polyp of the esophagogastric junction.

Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy of a 25-year-old man with heartburn revealed an elevated lesion in the esophagogastric junction (EGJ). Piecemeal endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) followed by histopathological examination led to a diagnosis of inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP). After EMR, the heartburn persisted despite giving a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), and the residual lesion gradually enlarged and a transverse mucosal break developed on the esophageal side of it.