[Right spontaneous pneumothorax which accompanied absence of right pulmonary artery].
A case had a checkup for dyspnea with a man of 70-year-old, and it was diagnosed as the recurrent right spontaneous pneumothorax. Bulla was found in the right lung with a chest computed tomography (CT), and absence of right pulmonary artery was suspected. Absence of right pulmonary artery was diagnosed by pulmonary arteriography. Re-examination of the patient's chest X-ray from the previous 11 years revealed a chronological decrease of right lung volume and an increase of the cardiothoracic ratio. We performed right bullectomy by thoracoscopic assistance. The postoperative course was uneventful.
Fujiwara
K
K
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shizuoka Fuji National Hospital, Fujinomiya, Japan.
Chihara
K
K
Nakajima
D
D
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed