Tag: Surgical

Fatal disseminated mucormycosis due to Cunninghamella bertholletiae infection after ABO-incompatible living donor liver transplantation: a case report – Surgical Case Reports

Mucormycosis is caused by various genera of the order Mucorales of the class Zygomycetes, and the terms mucormycosis and zygomycosis are often used interchangeably [7]. Cunninghamella can also cause infection…

Laparoscopic gastrojejunostomy with laparoscopic-assisted percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy for superior mesenteric artery syndrome with dysphagia: a case report – Surgical Case Reports

The term SMA syndrome denotes a mechanical obstruction of the duodenum between the SMA and aorta. This syndrome can result in symptoms such as epigastralgia, abdominal distension, and vomiting of…

Infantile hepatic hemangioma and hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma in an infant associated with placental mesenchymal dysplasia: a case report – Surgical Case Reports

The coexistence of IHH and HMH is rare, and there have been no reports of PMD associated with these two pathologies. The patient described in our report was well for…

Colon cancer with extensive invasion of the abdominal wall treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and a free anterolateral thigh flap – Surgical Case Reports

A 34-year-old male was referred to our hospital with abdominal pain and diagnosed with obstructive transverse colon cancer. Colonoscopy revealed a circumferential tumor in the transverse colon, and histopathological examination…

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-associated aortitis in a woman with breast cancer: a case report – Surgical Case Reports

Aortitis is classified as either non-infectious or infectious. Although the mechanisms of aortitis are not fully understood, non-infectious aortitis might be triggered by increased neutrophil-mediated damage and pro-inflammatory reactions (3).…