[Torsion of the middle lobe after right upper lobectomy: a case report].
Following right upper lobectomy for a pulmonary carcinoma, torsion of right middle lobe occurred. There have been few reports in the literature of pulmonary torsion after lobectomy. A 68-year-old man had a right upper lobectomy for pulmonary carcinoma. On the seventh day after right upper lobectomy, he got high fever. At the same time a roentgenogram of the chest showed complete opacification like ground-glass in the upper lung field. Gradually the opacification increased and hemosputum also appeared. Bronchoscopy revealed 90-degree torsion of the middle lobe. In the treatment with respirator (CV 2000), his clinical conditions improved.
Matsui
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Seirei Mikatahara Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Mizuno
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Sano
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Kobayashi
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D000368:Aged; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014102:Torsion Abnormality