Morphology of the Dorsal Pancreatic Artery and Its Oncological Significance in Pancreatic Cancer.

Objectives: Although the dorsal pancreatic artery (DPA) is an important artery that supplies the pancreas, its morphology has not been sufficiently studied. We investigated the morphology of the DPA and the progression of pancreatic cancer along this vessel.

Materials And Methods: Overall, 142 patients with pancreatic cancer who underwent surgical resection at Kanazawa University Hospital between 2004 and 2015 were enrolled.

[A Case of Intussusception Caused by Cancer of the Sigmoid Colon in an Adult].

A 55-year-old man complaining of difficulty in defecation was referred to our hospital. A digital examination and abdominal CT led to a diagnosis of intussusception due to tumor of the sigmoid colon. The intussusception was successful reduced by enema.

Temporary spontaneous regression of male breast cancer: a case report.

Background: Spontaneous regression (SR) of a malignant tumor is the partial or complete disappearance of primary or metastatic tumor tissue in the absence of treatment, which can be temporary or permanent. Here, we report an extremely rare case of male breast cancer that exhibited temporary SR followed by reappearance 8 months after tumor disappearance.

Case Presentation: A 70-year-old man presented at our hospital with a primary complaint of pain and a lump in his left breast.

A case of double aortic arch accompanied by sub-aortic and pre-aortic left brachiocephalic veins and anomalous origin and course of left vertebral artery.

During the elective course of human dissection at the University of Toyama in 2007, we encountered a rare case of double aortic arch accompanied by sub- and pre-aortic left brachiocephalic veins (LBV), and anomalous origin and course of the left vertebral artery in a Japanese elderly female. The double aortic arch formed a complete vascular ring that encircled the trachea and the esophagus. The sub-aortic LBV traversed below the aortic arches between the ascending aorta and the trachea.