Ten-year survival after resection of a huge rhabdomyosarcoma in the pericardial cavity.

Background: Primary malignant cardiac tumors are exceedingly rare and cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma among them is an exceptional rarity characterized by a dismal poor prognosis.

Case Presentation: A 48-year-old man had suffered from a persistent cough lasting for more than 6 months and computed tomography showed a huge mass in the pericardial cavity with heterogeneous content. Following referral to our department for suspected cardiac malignancy, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging revealed a lucent layer on the boundary around the mass, suggesting the feasibility of surgical resection.

Constrictive pericarditis caused by pericardial metastasis from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a case report.

Constrictive pericarditis is a rare condition characterized by clinical signs of right heart failure subsequent to the loss of pericardial compliance. We report a case of constrictive pericarditis due to pericardial metastasis in a patient with a history of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma that had a pathological complete response (pCR) to preoperative chemoradiotherapy. A 66-year-old woman was referred to our division for the treatment of advanced esophageal cancer.

A Case of Thrombosed Inferior Mesenteric Artery Aneurysm Concomitant with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Treated by Endovascular Aneurysm Repair.

A 71-year-old man was referred to our hospital under a diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The past history of the patient included a sigmoid colectomy at 64 years old for an ischemic colitis. The maximum diameter of AAA was still 45 mm, and the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) was aneurysmal and was 30 mm in diameter and thrombosed.

A Case of Circumferential Type A Aortic Dissection with Intimo-Intimal Intussusception.

An 83-year-old woman was referred to our hospital under a diagnosis of acute aortic dissection. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed no intimal flap in the mid-ascending aorta, and the intimal flap was found from the distal ascending aorta to the aortic arch. Operative findings showed that the intima of the mid-ascending aorta was circumferentially dissected and was inverted into the aortic arch.