Long-term survival with the right lower lobe as the only lung tissue.
The case of a patient who underwent left pneumonectomy at 23 years of age is described. When he was 54 years old, he required resection of the right upper and middle lobes. He survived and lived an active life for more than three years with the right lower lobe as his only lung tissue.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000401:mortality*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D013997:Time Factors