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Open AccessSuccessful treatment with femoro-femoral venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in traumatic tracheal injury: a case report
Traumatic tracheal injury is a rare type of trauma. In this type of injury, catastrophes may occur owing to a failure to secure the patient's airway. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is rescue therap...
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Open AccessOpen surgical treatment of subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm after endovascular repair: a case report
Subclavian artery aneurysms are rare but may cause life-threatening complications. Surgical repair has been performed as a treatment of choice, but recently, with the development of endovascular treatment, man...
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Open AccessInflammatory myofibroblastic tumor arising from the ascending aorta mimicking a thymoma
An inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor originating from the aorta is extremely rare. Here, we report a case involving a 41-year-old female patient with an aortic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. Although pre...
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Open AccessDoege-potter syndrome: a report of a histologically benign but clinically malignant case
Solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura (SFTPs) are relatively rare tumors that originate from mesenchymal cells of submesothelial tissue of the pleura. Most patients with SFTPs are asymptomatic; however, pleuri...
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Open AccessChange in luminal diameter of the left internal thoracic artery anastomosed to the totally occluded left anterior descending coronary artery
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with a composite Y-graft made of the left internal thoracic artery (LITA) and another arterial graft has a risk for hypoperfusion. Changes over time in the diameter of th...
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Open AccessNaïve CD8+ T cell derived tumor-specific cytotoxic effectors as a potential remedy for overcoming TGF-β immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment
Despite of the potential implications for cancer immunotherapy, conventional approaches using in vitro expanded CD8+ T cells have suboptimal outcomes, mostly due to loss of functionality from cellular exhaustion....
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Open AccessPulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma misdiagnosed as a benign nodule
Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (PEH) is a rare vascular tumor of borderline malignancy that originates from endothelial cells. Chest computed tomography (CT) performed during a routine cancer scree...
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Open AccessMultiple peripheral typical carcinoid tumors of the lung: associated with sclerosing hemangiomas
This study presents a first case of multiple peripheral typical carcinoid tumors associated with sclerosing hemangiomas in the lung. A 52-year-old male presented with incidentally detected multiple pulmonary n...
