Omental arteriovenous fistula after splenectomy treated with transarterial embolization.

Background: Laparoscopic splenectomy for patients with portal hypertension is associated with a high risk of bleeding. The use of vessel-sealing devices and automatic sutures is important for bleeding control. However, a rare complication of abdominal surgery is the direct communication between the arterial and portal circulation related to surgical procedures such as simultaneous ligature of an artery and adjacent vein.

Distinguishing between primary central nervous system lymphoma and glioblastoma using [18F]fluoromisonidazole and [18F]FDG PET.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the diagnostic value of [18F]fluoromisonidazole (FMISO) and 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose (FDG) PET to discriminate primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) from glioblastoma.

Methods: FMISO and FDG PET/CT scans before therapy obtained in 13 patients with PCNSL and in 62 patients with glioblastoma were retrospectively reviewed. PET results were evaluated by visual and semiquantitative analysis.

[A case of bleeding stomal varices during the course of oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy for recurrent rectal cancer].

A 51-year-old man with a history of an abdominoperineal resection of the rectum and colostomy for rectal cancer underwent chemotherapy for multiple liver metastases.Twenty -two courses of the folinic acid, 5-fluorouracil(5-FU)and oxaliplatin(FOLFOX4)/bevacizumab(BEV)regimen and 39 courses of 5-FU/Leucovorin/BEV were administered.Progressive splenomegaly and stomal varices were observed during the course of chemotherapy.

[Traumatic hemothorax treated with transcatheter arterial embolization].

A 33-year-old man was transported to our hospital following a traffic accident. He was found to have hemopneumothorax, multiple rib fractures and lung injury by computed tomography(CT). Despite thoracic drainage and fluid resuscitation, he became hemodynamically unstable.