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Case Reports
. 1997;27(11):1074-6.
doi: 10.1007/BF02385792.

A VATS lobectomy for lung cancer in a patient with an anomalous pulmonary vein: report of a case

M Tsuboi  1 , H Asamura, T Naruke, H Nakayama, H Kondo, R Tsuchiya
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Case Reports

A VATS lobectomy for lung cancer in a patient with an anomalous pulmonary vein: report of a case

M Tsuboi et al. Surg Today. 1997.

Abstract

A video-assisted right upper lobectomy was successfully performed on a 58-year-old man with an anomalous segmental pulmonary vein. The tumor was a peripherally located adenocarcinoma. The anomalous vein behind the right main bronchus was identified and safely divided. This case emphasized that to perform this procedure successfully, (1) a careful preoperative evaluation of the anatomy, including the presence of any possible vascular and/or bronchial anomalies, is necessary, and (2) if any anatomical structures cannot be determined intraoperatively, a conversion into an open procedure must immediately be undertaken.

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