title: Methylene blue guidance for simplified resection of a lung lesion.
abstract: A 60-year-old patient returned 1 year after right pneumonectomy with a new primary squamous cell carcinoma of the left lower lobe. Using fluoroscopic guidance, the lesion and the shortest track to the surface were marked by methylene blue preoperatively. The lesion was easily excised by wedge resection without the need for manipulation or deflation of the lung.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Kerrigan
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Spence
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Crittenden
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Tripp
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008751:Methylene Blue; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation
chemical_list: D008751:Methylene Blue