Subglottic granuloma after aortic replacement: resection via flexible bronchoscopy after an emergency tracheostomy.

A subglottic granuloma is one of the late-phase complications that can occur after intubation. It can cause a life-threatening airway obstruction; therefore, a rapid diagnosis and appropriate treatment plan is necessary. A 62-year-old male had undergone an emergency total arch replacement for acute aortic dissection.

Pulmonary dirofilariasis in a 59-year-old man.

We present a case of a human pulmonary dirofilariasis in a 59-year-old man. At the medical examination, a chest computed tomography (CT) revealed a mass, measuring 18 × 15 mm in diameter, with an irregular margin on the bottom of the right lower lobe. We could not neglect the possibility of a primary lung cancer, and therefore, a lung partial resection was performed under video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

Proximal vertebral body fracture after 4-level fusion using l1 as the upper instrumented vertebra for lumbar degenerative disease: report of 2 cases with literature review.

Some cases with lumbar degenerative diseases require multi-level fusion surgeries. At our institute, 27 and 4 procedures of 3- and 4-level fusion were performed out of a total 672 posterior lumbar interfusions (PLIFs) on patients with lumbar degenerative disease from 2005 to 2010. We present 2 osteoporotic patients who developed proximal vertebral body fracture after 4-level fusion.

Laterality of cervical disc herniation.

Purpose: Cervical disc herniation (CDH) is found more frequently at the lower cervical spine than at the upper or middle level. However, there is scarcity of data about the laterality of CDH. The aim of this study is to detect the laterality of CDH.

Multiple intracranial hemorrhages after cervical spinal surgery.

A 69-year-old woman presented with a rare case of multiple supra- and infratentorial intracranial hemorrhages after cervical laminoplasty for cervical spondylotic myelopathy without intraoperative liquorrhea. A wound drainage tube under negative pressure was placed with subsequent 380 ml of drainage in the first 12 hours. She had no complaint of headache and nausea at that time.

Successful treatment of lung adenocarcinoma in an 18-year-old man.

Primary lung cancer is an extremely rare neoplasm in young adults. We report a case of a primary lung adenocarcinoma in an 18-year-old man who presented for examination of a solitary nodule located in the right lower lobe of the lung. A right lower lobectomy was performed with an incomplete resection because of pleural dissemination (pT4N2M0 stage IIIB adenocarcinoma).