Am J Surg Case Rep. 2021;1(4):AJSCR-01-1019 | Open Access
Adil A Malik, Andrew A Serdiuk, David N Thrush, Evan S Glazer, Puya Alikhani, Arnold B Etame, Carla C Moodie, Joseph R Garrett, Cheryl Goodman, Robert Koss, Livingstone S Dore, Michael L Steighner, Eric M Huss, Philip J Werner, Keming Yu, Mihaela Druta and Eric M Toloza
Aortic thromboembolism is a rare, yet devastating complication in cancer patients, particularly in those with no prior history of atherosclerotic disease. Thrombotic events have been widely reported in cancer patients, especially within the venous system, and have been suggested to be a result of the hypercoagulable state of cancer patients. However, arterial thrombotic events are much more uncommon, yet present ... Read more
CASE REPORT Updated Jul 29, 2021 PDF
Am J Surg Case Rep. 2021;1(4):AJSCR-01-1018 | Open Access
Adil A Malik, Cristen N Litz, Nam D Tran, Kamran Agahyev, Amber L Flaherty, Elizabeth J Haynes, Michael G Fradley, Rachid C Baz, Shailaja KS Raj, Elizabeth A Byron, Benjamin M Djulbegovic, Kristan K Bright, Carla C Moodie, Joseph R Garrett, Jacques P Fontaine and Eric M Toloza
Pulmonary cement embolization is an infrequently reported complication of vertebral augmentation procedures. The two commonly used procedures to restore vertebral integrity following osteoporotic vertebral fractures or metastatic cancer are vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. Kyphoplasty follows a modified technique to ensure safer deposition of cement into the vertebral body and therefore, reportedly carries a lower risk of cement embolization. Cement can leak ... Read more
CASE REPORT Updated Jul 29, 2021 PDF
Am J Surg Case Rep. 2021;1(4):AJSCR-01-1017 | Open Access
Ajay Varadhan, Naimesh S Parikh, Sirish Parvathaneni, Martha Penafiel, Meagan Read, Argenis Herrera, Vaiva Gustainyte, Elias Salloum, Carla C Moodie, Joseph R Garrett and Eric M Toloza
Introduction: Empyema is a serious complication referring to a collection of purulence within the pleural cavity that may present after pneumonectomy, lobectomy, or sublobar lung resection or after pneumonias. Management of empyemas without Bronchopleural Fistula (BPF) can be done by modified versions of the Clagett procedure involving pleural drainage, irrigation, debridement, and obliteration of the pleural empyema cavity with antibiotic ... Read more
CASE REPORT Updated Jul 28, 2021 PDF
Am J Surg Case Rep. 2021;1(4):AJSCR-01-1016 | Open Access
Gregory Fishberger, Jobelle JAR Baldonado, Joseph R. Garrett, Carla C Moodie and Eric M.Toloza
Introduction: Breast prostheses have the potential to migrate into the intrapleural cavity and occasionally rupture during thoracic surgery, particularly when the fibrous capsule around the prosthesis is disrupted. Here, we present a case of breast prosthesis intrapleural migration after re-do thoracotomy for lung cancer.
Case: A 60-year-old woman presented with history of left thoracotomy and left upper lobectomy for ... Read more
CASE REPORT Updated Aug 28, 2021 PDF
Am J Surg Case Rep. 2021;1(3):AJSCR-01-1015 | Open Access
Christian Sobky, Jose M. Pimiento, Joseph R Garrett, Effie C Pappas-Politis, Jeremiah L Deneve, David H Kim, Paul Smith, Ricardo Gonzalez and Eric M Toloza
Introduction: Radical chest wall tumor resections result in large chest wall defects that expose intrathoracic organs to injury, risk lung herniation or scapular entrapment, and create flail chest segments that negatively impact respiration.
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old woman presented with a 15 cm right posterolateral chest wall rhabdomyosarcoma. After neoadjuvant doxorubicin chemotherapy, radical tumor debulking was undertaken. She underwent a ... Read more
CASE REPORT Updated Jun 19, 2021 PDF
