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  • * A 74-year-old male with CTO in his right external iliac artery was successfully treated using the I-PAD method, which combines intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and an angled guiding catheter.
  • * The procedure was completed quickly, without complications, suggesting that the I-PAD technique could improve the efficiency and safety of treating CTO lesions.
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Perforation of intramural gastric metastasis during preoperative chemotherapy in a patient with thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Int J Surg Case Rep

January 2016

Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama 2630 Sugitani, Toyama City, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.

Introduction: Perforation of intramural metastasis to the stomach (IMS) from esophageal cancer during chemotherapy has not been reported.

Presentation Of Case: A 68-year-old male consulted our hospital due to appetite loss. He was diagnosed with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in the lower thoracic esophagus along with a large IMS in the upper stomach.

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