title: Resection of pulmonary metastasis to the azygous lobe from a malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
abstract: A 55-year-old man developed a pulmonary metastasis to the azygous lobe from a malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the thigh. The azygous lobe was not identified at the initial resection. A simple technique for the identification and mobilization of the azygous lobe is presented. Preoperative identification of this anatomic variant may assist in resection of parenchymal neoplasms.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Houston.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Gorenstein
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Putnam
mesh_terms: D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013848:Thigh; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed