Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Heart Neoplasms/surgery* ; Myxoma/surgery* ; Heart Atria

Adenosarcoma/surgery* ; Female ; Heart Neoplasms ; Humans ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms ; Uterine Neoplasms/surgery*

Renal angiomyolipoma (AML) with renal vein, inferior vena cava (IVC), and right atrial embolism is a rare solid tumor, whose etiology and pathogenesis are still unclear. Moreover, it is often misdiagnosed. One patient with renal AML complicated with renal vein, IVC, and right atrial embolism was admitted to the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, who was a 35-year-old female, without any previous medical history, presented with right low back pain for more than 3 years. Computed tomography (CT) scan showed irregular lobulated fatty density mass in the right kidney, renal vein, IVC, and right atrium. The contrast-enhanced scan showed no enhancement of fat components at each phase and mild enhancement of solid components. Radical resection of the right kidney and removal of tumor thrombus were performed, and there was no recurrence 1 year after the operation. It is rare for renal AML to grow along the renal vein, IVC, and extend to the right atrium. Imaging examination is extremely important, and the CT findings of this case are characteristic, but the diagnosis eventually depends on pathological and immunohistochemical examinations.
Female ; Humans ; Adult ; Vena Cava, Inferior/pathology* ; Angiomyolipoma/surgery* ; Atrial Fibrillation ; Kidney Neoplasms/surgery* ; Embolism/pathology* ; Heart Atria/diagnostic imaging* ; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology*

Heart Atria ; Heart Neoplasms/surgery* ; Hemangiosarcoma/surgery* ; Humans

Female ; Heart Atria ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Heart Neoplasms ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Humans ; Leiomyomatosis ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Middle Aged ; Ultrasonography

BACKGROUND: Non-small cell lung cancer with left atrial tumor thrombus accounts for a small proportion of local advanced lung cancer. Whether surgery could bring benefits, as well as surgical options are still controversial, and have always been hot spots in surgical research. We report a single center experience of surgical treatment to non-small cell lung cancer with left atrial tumor thrombus, aim to figure out more reasonable treatment strategy. METHODS: From August 2006 to July 2017, a total of 11 cases of non-small cell lung cancer with left atrial tumor thrombus underwent surgery in Thoracic Surgery Department of China-Japan Friendship Hospital. Clinical data, treatment options, pathological types and prognosis of these patients were collected to perform a retrospective study. RESULTS: Of the 11 patients (mean age of 57.9), 7 were men and 4 were women. Six of them received neoadjuvant radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. All patients underwent smooth operation, including 3 cases with cardiopulmonary bypass, 1 case of posterolateral approach under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, 6 cases of conventional posterolateral approach and 1 case of video-assisted minithoracotomy. Nine patients were evaluated as R0 resection while 2 cases were evaluated as R1 resection. The Surgeries cost an average of 292 min (210 min-380 min), with an average of 436 mL (100 mL-1,600 mL) blood loss. One patient (9.1%) died within 90 days after surgery, and another 4 cases (36.4%) suffered postoperative complications such as arrhythmia, cerebral infarction or hypoxemia. Six cases of squamous cell carcinoma, 4 cases of adenocarcinoma and 1 case of sarcomatoid carcinoma were identified by pathology. Seven cases were staged as pT4N0M0 while 4 cases were staged as pT4N1M0. Nine patients underwent adjuvant chemotherapy, and two patients underwent radiotherapy during follow-up. The overall follow-up time was 2 to 53 months, the 3-year disease-free survival rate was 30.7%, the median disease-free survival time was 31 months, the 3-year overall survival rate was 49.1% and the median overall survival time was 33 months. CONCLUSIONS For selected patients of non-small cell lung cancer complicated with left atrial tumor thrombus, choose a reasonable surgical approach to resect both the tumor and the thrombus, strengthen the perioperative management and apply neoadjuvant/adjuvant radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy, might obtain satisfying prognosis.
Adult ; Aged ; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Disease-Free Survival ; Female ; Heart Atria ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Perioperative Period ; Retrospective Studies ; Thrombosis ; complications ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Although cardiac myxoma is the most commonly encountered benign cardiac tumor in cardiac surgery practice, recurrent cardiac myxoma is very rare, is most commonly related to the Carney complex, and usually requires multiple cardiac operations with specific requirements in terms of perioperative management. In this report, we describe a patient who experienced the fourth recurrence of cardiac myxoma and review the diagnostic criteria of the Carney complex. This is the first report of such a case in Korea.
Carney Complex* ; Heart Neoplasms ; Humans ; Korea ; Myxoma* ; Recurrence* ; Thoracic Surgery

Adenocarcinoma ; surgery ; Candidiasis ; etiology ; Cardiac Tamponade ; diagnosis ; etiology ; Echocardiography ; Electrocardiography ; Esophageal Fistula ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; Fever ; etiology ; Gastrectomy ; Haemophilus Infections ; etiology ; Heart Diseases ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pericardial Effusion ; diagnostic imaging ; etiology ; Pericarditis ; diagnostic imaging ; etiology ; Postoperative Complications ; diagnostic imaging ; Staphylococcal Infections ; etiology ; Stomach Neoplasms ; surgery ; Streptococcal Infections ; etiology ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

OBJECTIVETo investigate the feasibility of a new mode to diagnose and treat intrathoracic gastroesophageal anastomotic leak.

METHODSFrom January 2007 to December 2014, fifty-five patients were confirmed intrathoracic gastroesophageal anastomotic leak among those were performed surgical operation due to esophageal or cardiac carcinoma in the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University. To retrospectively analyze the clinical data of these patients, thirty-six male and nineteen female were included with the ages from 49 to 81 years (average age of (67±6)years). Among them, forty-two were middle esophageal carcinoma, eleven were lower esophageal carcinoma and two were cardiac carcinoma. According to the differences of diagnosis and treatment methods for anastomotic leak, fifty-five patients were divided into two groups. Thirty-one patients distributed from January 2007 to November 2011 were received conventional management (conventional group): to definitively diagnose by contrast swallow when suspected to be developing anastomotic leaks, to place an esophageal stent when the drainage was sufficient and the infection was controlled. Twenty-four patients distributed from March 2011 to December 2014 were received new-mode management (new-mode group): to perform a anastomotic radioscopy under digital subtraction angiography -guidance instantly when suspected anastomotic leak and find out the fistula, search the shape and size, place a drainage tube into the fistula to drain or lavage the vomica according to the exploration results, pull back the tube gradually and close the leak by clips under endoscope later. The pathoclinical features, the confirmation time (time from clinical signs emergence to leak confirmation), the hospital duration after confirmation, the incidence of severe complications and total mortality were compared between the two groups by t-test and χ(2) test or Fisher's exact test.

RESULTSThere was no significant statistical differences in pathoclinical features between two groups (P>0.05). The confirmation time was significantly reduced in new-mode group than that in conventional group ((1.2±0.8) d vs. (3.6±2.2) d, t=5.212, P=0.000), and so was the hospital duration after confirmation ((26±12) d vs. (55±25) d, t=4.992, P=0.000) and the incidence of severe complications (16.7% vs. 48.4%, χ(2)=6.019, P=0.014), although there was no statistical differences in total mortality (4.2% vs. 22.6%, P=0.119).

CONCLUSIONThe new mode of early interventional diagnosis, early fistula drainage through nose and clipping under endoscope later is able to shorten diagnosis and treatment period, reduce incidence of severe complications.

Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Anastomosis, Surgical ; Anastomotic Leak ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Angiography, Digital Subtraction ; Carcinoma ; surgery ; Drainage ; Esophageal Fistula ; surgery ; Esophageal Neoplasms ; surgery ; Esophagectomy ; Female ; Fluoroscopy ; Heart Neoplasms ; surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Retrospective Studies ; Stents

The clinical data for a patient with sick sinus syndrome was retrospectively analyzed. The patient was treated because of his heart palpitations and the increased chest pain. The patient admitted to the hospital under consideration for the left atrial tumor dependent on the echocardiography findings. After the CT scan and the dynamic ECG examination, the patient successfully underwent the left atrial tumor resection, atrial septal repair and cardiac pacing lead installation. The postoperative pathological diagnosis showed that the infective endocarditis and left atrial thrombus in left atrium was cured. The patient was discharged after postoperative anti-inflammatory therapy. By analyzing the reasons for misdignosis before or during surgery, the possible mechanisms for left atrial subendocardial thrombus have been found. This study suggests that it is necessary to combine imaging diagnosis and clinical observations to distinguish tumor from excrescence.
Anti-Inflammatory Agents ; therapeutic use ; Arrhythmias, Cardiac ; etiology ; surgery ; Atrial Septum ; surgery ; Computed Tomography Angiography ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Diagnostic Errors ; Echocardiography ; Endocarditis ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Heart Atria ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Heart Diseases ; etiology ; surgery ; Heart Neoplasms ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; surgery ; Humans ; Male ; Pacemaker, Artificial ; Retrospective Studies ; Sick Sinus Syndrome ; etiology ; surgery ; Thrombosis ; etiology ; surgery