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Thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA) have remained a formidable operative challenge. Open surgical techniques have been associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR) has produced results equal to or better than the traditional open surgical approach. This report presents a patient with a complex thoracic aortic aneurysm involving the ascending, transverse, and proximal descending thoracic aorta. This patient was successfully managed by the creation of Landing Zone-Zero, arch vessel debranching, and endografting the entire aortic arch without the need for hypothermic circulatory arrest or cerebral perfusion strategies. Computer tomographic images demonstrate the repair to be durable at 18 months.
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Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic/surgery , Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation/methods , Blood Vessel Prosthesis , Aged , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
Type B aortic dissections have remained a difficult management problem. Open surgical techniques have had a very high perioperative mortality, and medical management has not produced satisfactory long-term results. Endovascular grafting techniques may provide a favorable alternative therapy. However, there are currently no endovascular stents approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for treating Type B aortic dissections. Also, there is very little data from United States centers on the long-term efficacy of endovascular stents used "off-label" to treat aortic dissections. This report discusses the care of a patient with a Type B aortic dissection successfully treated by an endograft in a community hospital. In addition, serial follow-up computerized tomography demonstrates the durability of this repair at three years.
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Angioplasty , Aortic Aneurysm/surgery , Aortic Dissection/surgery , Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation , Stents , Aged , Aortic Dissection/diagnostic imaging , Aortic Aneurysm/diagnostic imaging , Female , Humans , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
This is a clinical report of a young girl who presented with a large left lung mass, which was found to be alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare clinical entity. This was successfully treated with surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. To our knowledge, this is the longest survivor with this disease.
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Lung Neoplasms/diagnosis , Lung Neoplasms/therapy , Rhabdomyosarcoma/diagnosis , Rhabdomyosarcoma/therapy , Adolescent , Biopsy, Needle , Chemotherapy, Adjuvant , Combined Modality Therapy , Female , Humans , Kentucky , Neoplasm Staging , Pneumonectomy/methods , Prognosis , Radiography, Thoracic , Radiotherapy, Adjuvant , Risk Assessment , Time FactorsABSTRACT
Pulmonary carcinosarcoma is a rare malignancy, comprising less than 0.3% of all malignant neoplasms of the lung. Since the first report of this tumor by Kika in 1908, approximately 100 cases have been described in the literature. In this report, we present five cases treated by our group over a period of 20 years.
