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Abstract A 32-year-old man diagnosed with Kawasaki disease at the age of three years presented with coronary artery aneurysm (CAA). The aneurysm increased in size, and the patient was referred to our hospital for surgery. Preoperative computed tomography scan showed a super-giant right CAA and giant left CAAs; surgery was performed. The super-giant right CAA was resected, and the ostium of the right coronary artery was closed; then, coronary artery bypass grafting was performed. The left CAAs were not treated surgically because the risk of rupture was low. Here, we describe the successful surgical treatment of a right super-giant CAA.
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Humans , Male , Child, Preschool , Adult , Coronary Aneurysm/surgery , Coronary Aneurysm/etiology , Coronary Aneurysm/diagnostic imaging , Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome/complications , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Coronary Artery Bypass , Coronary Vessels/surgery , Coronary Vessels/diagnostic imagingABSTRACT
Abstract Primary malignant neoplasms of the heart are rare. Cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma is the second most common primary sarcoma. We report a rare case of a 49-year-old woman with a huge biatrial cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma treated by performing surgical resection followed by salvage chemotherapy for local recurrence. Cardiac sarcoma that occupy both atria are extremely rare. Although the prognosis of cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma is dismal, surgical resection should be recommended as a first line therapy to clarify the diagnosis and to relieve symptoms associated with the tumor.
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Humans , Female , Middle Aged , Rhabdomyosarcoma/surgery , Rhabdomyosarcoma/diagnostic imaging , Heart Neoplasms/surgery , Heart Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Heart Atria/surgery , Heart Atria/diagnostic imaging , Neoplasm Recurrence, LocalABSTRACT
Abstract A 27-year-old woman with sudden back pain was transported to our hospital. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed pregnancy of 28 weeks' gestation. Computed tomography demonstrated a type A aortic dissection. Because of progressive fetal deterioration, an emergency cesarean section was forced to perform. The next day, simple hysterectomy followed by an aortic procedure was completed. Valve-sparing aortic replacement and total arch replacement were employed as central operations. The mother and baby are well 9 months postoperatively. Although the strategy for acute type A aortic dissection during pregnancy is controversial, collaborations among neonatologists, obstetricians, and cardiovascular surgeons can ensure mother and infant survival.