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Recent clinical trials have shown significant survival benefits from postoperative adjuvant therapy for respectable nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, evaluation of adjuvant chemotherapy with carboplatin combination is still uncertain. The purpose of the study was to test the feasibility of adjuvant chemotherapy with carboplatin and separate weekly paclitaxel after complete resection of pStage IB, II, IIIA NSCLC in a multicenter study.

When a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) presents with a vascular emergency, performing life-saving surgery can be difficult because of the profound fragility of the arterial tissue. We report the case of a 27-year-old woman with EDS in whom a spontaneous arterial rupture was successfully treated with transcatheter embolization. The patient was brought to our hospital in shock, with left lower abdominal pain. She had been diagnosed with EDS type IV following a colonic rupture 8 years earlier. An emergency angiogram revealed rupture of the left external iliac artery. The active bleeding was managed by transarterial embolization of the ruptured artery using stainless steel coils, which took 30?min to achieve. The patient has not suffered any further vascular complications during the year since this procedure. Transcatheter coil embolization may be a reliable option for treating sudden arterial rupture in patients with this syndrome.

We report the case of a patient with a rare papillary fibroelastoma on the pulmonary valve visualized before surgical intervention. The tumor was an encapsulated, rounded mass. The gelatinous membrane on the surface tore easily, and multiple fronds appeared. This case emphasizes that when there is an encapsulated mass attached to a valve, the initial excision of valve tissue should be as minimal as possible. To avoid unnecessary injury to the valve, it is simple and practical to confirm that the tumor has the appearance of a sea anemone, thus identifying it as a papillary fibroblastoma, a benign tumor.