Primary cardiac lymphomas are rare cardiac neoplasms with poor prognoses. We report a 61-year-old man who presented with superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome. Trans-thoracic echocardiography showed a 77×91-mm mass occupying the right atrium. The tumor obstructed the SVC. The deteriorating hemodynamics of our patient prompted a surgical intervention. We resected as much of the tumor as possible under cardiopulmonary bypass. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the SVC syndrome disappeared. Pathological examination was consistent with malignant lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell type. After cardiac operation, the patient was treated with rituximab, cyclophosphamaide, adriamycin, vincristin, and prednisone (CHOP-R). The patient has been in good health for 30 months without signs of recurrence.

Case : A 75-year-old man was brought to our hospital by ambulance with dorsal pain. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) revealed acute communicating aortic dissection (Stanford type B) complicated by an aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSCA). Under a diagnosis of type B dissection, conservative treatment by hypotensive therapy and resting was performed. One month after onset, contrast-enhanced CT showed the expansion of the false lumen, and intermittent abdominal pain persisted. To close the entry of the distal arch and reconstruct the ARSCA route, right common carotid artery-right axillary artery bypass, thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR), and coil embolization of the ARSCA were performed. Five days after surgery, contrast-enhanced CT revealed the expansion of a false abdominal lumen. Abdominal endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) was additionally conducted, leading to the disappearance of false lumen blood flow. ARSCA is a congenital arch vessel abnormality. It may cause obstruction of the esophagus/trachea, aortic aneurysm/dissection of an adjacent area, or aneurysmal changes/rupture of the ARSCA. Various techniques have been reported ; reconstruction of the ARSCA route and closure of the false lumen by de-branch TEVAR may be effective for acute communicating aortic dissection with an ARSCA.

A 52-year-old man suffered from rupture of a right aortic arch and a descending aortic aneurysm. The patient was treated with an open stent grafting technique, and complete revascularization was achieved. Twelve days after the operation, a computed tomographic scan revealed a fistula between the distal esophagus and the excluded aneurysm sac. Twenty-six days later, the patient was treated by an esophagectomy, a cervical esophagogastrostomy, as well as a feeding jejunostomy. The infectious parietal thrombus was partially debrided, and the aneurysm sac was filled with omentum. The patient recovered uneventfully. The patient has been followed for 18 months with no signs of infection.

Magnetic compression anastomosis (MCA) is a minimally invasive method of performing choledochocholedochostomy without surgery in patients with biliary stricture or obstruction. We describe a successful case involving magnetic compression duct-to-duct biliary reconstruction in right-lobe living donor liver transplantation (RL-LDLT). Endoscopically, a samarium-cobalt (Sm-Co) rare-earth magnet was placed at the superior site of obstruction via the percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage route, and another Sm-Co magnet was also placed at the inferior site of obstruction with the aid of an endoscope. MCA techniques enabled complete anastomosis without procedure-related complications. In conclusion, the MCA technique is a revolutionary method of performing choledochocholedochostomy in patients with biliary obstruction after LDLT.
Constriction, Pathologic ; Drainage ; Endoscopes ; Humans ; Liver ; Liver Transplantation ; Living Donors ; Magnetics ; Magnets

Background : The surgical repair of acute aortic dissection type A [AAD (A)] by reconstructing the left subclavian artery (LSCA) is sometimes difficult because of the deep surgical field and the occurrence of left recurrent nerve palsy or bleeding. In Japan, since 2014, a commercially available open stent graft (J-graft OPEN STENT) has been used for promoting thrombosis of the false lumen in the descending aorta. This report presents an efficacy evaluation of the surgeon-made in situ Fenestrated Open Stent (FeneOS) for LSCA reconstruction in a patient with AAD (A). Method : We performed surgery with FeneOS using the open stent graft by first deploying it from the entry of the LSCA into the descending aorta and manually making a hole on the LSCA side of the stenting portion ; then, the four-branched J graft was anastomosed between the left common carotid (lt. CCA) and SCA (ZONE 2). At our institution, 47 patients with AAD (A) underwent this surgery with FeneOS from 2014 to 2019 (FeneOS group) and 97 patients with AAD (A) underwent a normal open-stenting procedure from 2008 to 2014 (non-FeneOS group). We analyzed the postoperative results of patients in the FeneOS and non-FeneOS groups. Results : Preoperative characteristics of patients in both groups were similar. Patients in the FeneOS group had an acceptable postoperative course, with no 30-day or in-hospital deaths. The mean operation time, cardiopulmonary bypass time, selective cerebral perfusion time, and open distal anastomosis time were significantly shorter in patients in the FeneOS group (p＜0.01). None of the patients had left recurrent nerve palsy, and postoperative computed tomography or arterial echo showed that the blood flow through the LSCA was intact and revealed no endoleakage. Conclusion : FeneOS is simple, fast, and less invasive for the reconstruction of the LSCA without the risk of left recurrent nerve palsy and can be effective for treating patients with AAD (A).