Methylene blue guidance for simplified resection of a lung lesion.
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.
Kerrigan
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Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina.
Spence
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Crittenden
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Tripp
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MD
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
D008751:Methylene Blue