1.A Case of Primary Cardiac Lymphoma with Rapid Growth
Hidetake Kawajiri ; Eisei Koh ; Noriyasu Masuda ; Takuma Yamasaki
Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2013;42(4):312-315
A 76-year-old woman, suffering from rapidly worsening dyspnea, and general fatigue was referred for evaluation and treatment of cardiac tumor. Echocardiography and computed tomography revealed a large tumor occupying the right atrium and inferior vena cava. We performed partial resection with cardiopulmonary bypass, in order to improve hemodynamics. The pathological examination suggested malignant lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell type. The patient was treated with cyclophosphamide, cyosine, arabinoside, etoposide, dexamethasone and rituximab (CHASER) postoperatively and gained complete response.
2.A Case of Early Limb Stenosis after Endovascular Abdominal Aneurysm Repair with the Endurant Stent Graft System
Tsunehisa Yamamoto ; Katsuhiko Oka ; Osamu Sakai ; Hidetake Kawajiri ; Sachiko Yamazaki ; Taiji Watanabe ; Keiichi Kanda ; Hitoshi Yaku
Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2015;44(5):283-287
An 81-year-old man who had a saccular abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with a narrow terminal aorta underwent endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) with the Medtronic Endurant® stent graft system. After 4 days, computed tomography (CT) showed stenosis of the stent graft left limb, which was pressed flat against the right limb at the narrow terminal aorta. We performed re-intervention to dilate the narrow terminal aorta and bilateral limbs with kissing stenting using Express Vascular LD® (Boston Scientific). After operation his ankle brachial pressure index rose from 0.88 to 0.99 and there was no evidence of stenotic limbs at CT image. We need to be careful about the stenotic limb after EVAR with Medtronic Endurant stentgraft system for AAA with a narrow terminal aorta.
3.A Case of Hybrid Therapy for Deep Femoral Artery Aneurysm in a Frail Older Patient
Kaichiro MANABE ; Hidetake KAWAJIRI ; Takuma KOBAYASHI ; Satoshi NUMATA ; Keiichi KANDA ; Hitoshi YAKU
Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2022;51(6):372-375
An 89-year-old man complained of pulsatile masses in his right groin. Computed tomography (CT) scans revealed an aneurysm of the right deep femoral artery. He was admitted to our hospital with a diagnosis of deep femoral artery aneurysm (DFAA). The clinical frailty scale score was 6 (moderately frail), and he also suffered chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Considering his complicated frail and impaired pulmonary function, conventional graft replacement and aneurysmectomy were thought to be quite a high risk. Thus, we selected endovascular treatment. It was not possible to secure a sufficient proximal landing zone for measurement, we did not select a stent-graft treatment. Therefore, we performed hybrid therapy with proximal neck ligation and distal outflow coil embolization. The postoperative course was uneventful, and CT disclosed complete occlusion of the aneurysm.