Anatomical consideration of the cardiac plexus to prevent grave bradycardiac arrhythmias associated with lung cancer surgery: a case report.

Background: Arrhythmias are known as one of the complications of lung cancer surgery, and most of them are not lethal. Life-threatening arrhythmias have been reported in the literature but in reality very rare.

Case Presentation: A 67-year-old Japanese man with a history of hypertension was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in left lower lobe underwent a left lower lobectomy and bilateral mediastinal lymph node dissection through a median sternotomy.

Nivolumab-induced myocardial necrosis in a patient with lung cancer: A case report.

A 74-year-old man with lung adenocarcinoma recurrence was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnea 7 days after receiving initial immunotherapy with nivolumab. Electrocardiography revealed ST-segment elevation in V1-6 and echocardiography showed a markedly reduced left ventricular ejection fraction of 9% and akinesis of the anteroseptal wall and apex. He died from acute heart failure 3 days after admission.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation for patients with lung cancer and aortic valve stenosis.

Many patients who require lung resection have cardiovascular and cerebrovascular comorbidities. It has been recommended that surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) should precede lung resection in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis (AS). However, by first undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), the patient may undergo lung resection more safely.

[A Surgical Case of Intrapulmonary Bronchogenic Cyst Treated by Left Lower Lobectomy for Hemopneumothorax and Repeated Hemoptysis].

A 79-year-old female visited a hospital because of high fever and computed tomography(CT)showed a cystic lesion with fluid accumulation in her left lung. She had hemoptysis and left chest pain 3 days after antibiotic therapy was started. Chest CT demonstrated the cystic lesion rupturing and causing hemopneumothorax.

Sclerosing rhabdomyosarcoma of a chest wall in an adult: a case report and review of the literature.

Sclerosing rhabdomyosarcoma (SRMS) is a newly recognized and rare variant of rhabdomyosarcoma. This soft tissue tumor has not yet been reported as a thoracic lesion. We report a case of a 26-year-old woman who presented with a large chest wall tumor.

Pulmonary resection of lung cancer in a patient with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection.

We report a case of a 64-year-old man in whom a partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) was found before right lower lobectomy for lung cancer. In addition to lung cancer, there was a right superior pulmonary vein that drained into the superior vena cava (SVC). There was a concern of right ventricular heart failure resulting from increased left-to-right shunt flow after lobectomy.

Angiomyolipoma in the lung detected 15 years after a nephrectomy for renal angiomyolipoma.

Angiomyolipoma is generally found in the kidney, but is especially rare in the lung. Nine cases of angiomyolipoma in the lung have been reported previously, and in 3 of these patients it was involved with nephrectomy for renal angiomyolipoma. The origination of the tumor was not completely recognized, but lymphangioleiomyomatosis and angiomyolipoma are known to have a common feature.

Comparison of different clones (WT49 versus 6F-H2) of WT-1 antibodies for immunohistochemical diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is known to mimic the morphology of a number of diverse neoplastic conditions. WT-1 protein is conventionally used as a positive mesothelioma marker. Recently, a new monoclonal antibody clone WT49 has recently become commercially available.

Analysis of expression patterns of breast cancer-specific markers (mammaglobin and gross cystic disease fluid protein 15) in lung and pleural tumors.

Context: The lung is the most common site of metastasis during the natural history of malignant tumors. Breast carcinoma has a propensity for distant metastasis, and the lung and pleura are among the most common metastatic sites. Although it is often difficult to make a clear-cut differential diagnosis between the two, distinguishing primary lung carcinoma from breast carcinoma metastatic to the lung is important because the treatment modalities are different.

Minute depressed-type submucosal invasive cancer-5 mm in diameter with intermediate lymph-node metastasis: report of a case.

We report a rare case of colon cancer in which a depressed-type tumor only 5 mm in diameter invaded the submucosal layer and produced intermediate lymph node metastasis. A 47-year-old male received a total colonoscopy for a depressed-type lesion with marginal elevation in the sigmoid colon. The lesion measured 5 mm in diameter.