title: Bronchial anomaly of the right upper lobe.
abstract: This case report presents a rare anomaly of right upper lobe bronchial anatomy. During routine right upper lobe resection for carcinoma, a common right upper and middle lobe bronchus was found. The resection was completed as a right upper and middle bilobectomy. Knowledge of this uncommon variant was beneficial in performing the pulmonary resection. A review of the literature is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80220.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Read
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: St Cyr
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marek
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Whitman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hopeman
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*