[A case of right upper lobe carcinoma with lung torsion changed in position].
A 71-year-old man with a pulmonary carcinoma had torsion of the right upper lobe of the lung. A chest radiogram showed change of the opacified lobe in position. At right thoracotomy, we found that the atelectatic right upper lobe occupied with a giant tumor moved freely in the right thoracic cage due to the defect of parenchymal bridge between the contiguous lobes. Though lung torsion is a rare event, it might be kept in mind as a complication of malignant tumors or life-threatening lung infarctions.
Ido
K
K
Department of Surgery, Nagoya Tokushukai General Hospital, Kasugai, Japan.
Toshimitsu
K
K
Kimura
K
K
Honda
K
K
Suzuki
T
T
D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011187:Posture; D011859:Radiography; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging