title: [A resected case of lung cancer with an extrapericardial single trunk formed by the left pulmonary veins].
abstract: We successfully performed left lower lobectomy in a lung cancer patient with anatomical variation in which left superior and inferior pulmonary veins were connected to the left atrium after foaming an extrapericardial single trunk. When indicating lobectomy, confirming the presence of such anatomical variation is clinically significant to prevent the development of pulmonary edema in the residual lung due to improper division of the single trunk as well as preventing subsequent possibly essential completion pneumonectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Osaka Kosei-Nenkin Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuwata
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D013510:Pulmonary Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery