Surgical resection of a retroperitoneal liposarcoma producing insulin-like growth factor II: a case report.

BACKGROUND: Tumor-produced high molecular weight insulin-like growth factor-II (big insulin-like growth factor-II) is considered to cause non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia. This paper presents a case of surgically resected retroperitoneal liposarcoma that produced big insulin-like growth factor-II. CASE PRESENTATION: Here, we report the case of a 62-year-old woman who presented with an abdominal mass and hypoglycemia. Non-islet cell tumor hypoglycemia due to retroperitoneal liposarcoma was suspected. After complete resection of the tumor, the patient's hypoglycemia improved and big insulin-like growth factor-II disappeared in the molecular weight analysis of serum insulin-like growth factor-II by western blotting. The patient had no tumor recurrence or reappearance of hypoglycemia 16 months after the operation without any adjuvant therapy. CONCLUSIONS: Although insulin-like growth factor-II-producing tumors are generally large and difficult to operate on, surgical resection is currently the most effective and only treatment; thus, it is essential to attempt resection aggressively.

[A long-term survival case in Jehovah 's witness with simultaneous liver metastases of colon cancer by synchronous liver resection followed by a successful size reduction with chemotherapy].

A bloodless surgery was required in the case of simultaneous liver metastases of colon cancer, one of which invaded at the confluence of left hepatic vein and inferior vena cava. In order to assure the safety and curability, hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy aiming to size reduction was preceded to synchronous liver resection for a 53-year-old Jehovah's witness male. After gaining the reduction of tumor, synchronous liver resection was safely performed under a hemodilutional autotransfusion. The patient has been alive for 6 years under the withdrawal from chemotherapy.

Primary tuberculosis of the appendix in a young male patient: report of a case.

A 23-year-old man without a history of tuberculosis presented with right lower abdominal pain and a fever. An increased inflammatory response was found, and abdominal computed tomography showed a diffuse enlargement and wall thickening in the appendix. An ileocecal abscess and perforating appendicitis were suspected. Therefore, an emergency operation was performed. The surgery revealed a diffuse enlargement with adhesion to the retroperitoneum, which was suspected to be a neoplastic lesion of the appendix, thus an ileocecal resection including the appendix was performed. A histopathological examination revealed a number of epithelioid granulomas having Langerhans giant cells with caseous necrosis in the appendix, in addition to many granulomas without caseous necrosis in the regional lymph nodes. No tubercle bacilli were detected by Ziehl-Neelsen staining. Further examination revealed no tubercular lesions in other organs, thus leading to the diagnosis of primary tuberculosis of the appendix. This is an extremely rare disease reported in Japan.

Rare squamous cell carcinoma arising from a presacral epidermoid cyst: A case report.

INTRODUCTION: Presacral epidermoid cysts are uncommon, usually benign cysts caused by developmental abnormalities in the fetal period. We present a rare case of squamous cell carcinoma arising from a presacral epidermoid cyst. PRESENTATION OF CASE: A 59-year-old woman complained of tenesmus and discomfort in the buttocks. Computed tomography revealed a 50-mm well-defined cystic mass in the presacrum and a 70-mm solid mass extending from the cyst into the rectum, vagina, and left sciatic spine. On T1-weighted magnetic resonance images, the cyst was unilocular and the mass was marginated with low intensity. On T2-weighted images, the mass had high intensity. A malignant presacral developmental cyst was diagnosed, without obvious metastasis. Using abdominal and parasacral approaches, Hartmann's operation was performed with multiorgan resection, including the sacrum, coccyx, left sciatic spine, internal obturator muscle, rectum, and uterine appendage. Histopathology of the excised specimen revealed a squamous cell carcinoma originating from the presacral epidermoid cyst. DISCUSSION: Reports of malignant transformation of epidermoid cysts in the presacral space, as in the present case, are extremely rare. Because of their unusual location and slow growth, epidermoid cysts tend to remain asymptomatic. Because the patient had a malignant tumor with suspected invasion of adjacent organs, combination surgery was selected. CONCLUSION: Although further research is required, presacral epidermoid cysts are extremely rare and may be malignant. Thorough preoperative image evaluation is crucial for complete resection.

[A resected case of bleeding rectal cancer for Jehovah's Witness enabled with preceding colostomy and chemoradiation].

A 66-year-old woman, complaining of anal bleeding with anemia, was examined and diagnosed as advanced rectal cancer. Hemoglobin level at admission was 8.8 g/dL. Abdominal CT and MRI revealed a solid tumor of 43x45 mm in diameter. Colostomy was preceded for the purpose of bleeding control under the blood-augmented treatment on the 7th day of hospitalization. Preoperative chemoradiation was performed (a total of 40 Gy radiation+FOLFOX4 for 1 cycle) and obtained a significant size reduction of the tumor (reduction rate 75%). Abdomino-perineal resection of rectum was performed with 550 mL of hemodilutional autotransfusion 3 months after the initiation of treatment. Pathological findings showed moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma with Stage III a. Vaginal fistula as an irradiation associated with complication was healed by duly performed debridement. The patient has survived for 31 months with no recurrence, which indicates that preceded colostomy and preoperative chemoradiation enabled a curative resection safely for the Jehovah's Witness patient with bleeding advanced rectal cancer.