[Multiple hepatic metastases from colon cancer successfully treated with irinotecan and S-1 plus panitumumab as second-line therapy-a case report].

The patient was a 55-year-old man who had been diagnosed as having liver metastases (S3, S4, S5, S6, and S7) from sigmoid colon cancer in March 2010. In June 2010, he underwent sigmoid colon cancer resection, followed by local ablation therapy for the liver tumors( S4, S5, and S6) and hepatic segmentectomy( S3 and S7). Subsequently, adjuvant chemotherapy with S-1 and oxaliplatin( SOX) was initiated.

[A case of effective neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy with capecitabine for locally advanced sigmoid colon cancer].

A 60-year-old man was hospitalized for urodynia. Clinical examinations demonstrated a locally advanced sigmoid colon cancer with direct extension to the bladder, rectum, and pelvic wall. We considered that curative resection was not possible and performed temporary colostomy for fecal diversion.

A case of splenosis after laparoscopic splenectomy.

Splenosis is the heterotopic autotransplantation of splenic tissue usually following traumatic rupture of the spleen or surgical manipulation of splenic tissue. Although it is generally asymptomatic, it may present with abdominal pain or mass. Furthermore, there may be recurrence of the hematological disorders for which the patient underwent splenectomy.