title: Extended right pneumonectomy in an adult with a double aortic arch: a therapeutic dilemma.
abstract: We report the case of a 69-year-old man presenting with a primary right lung cancer and a complete double aortic arch. An extended right pneumonectomy was successfully performed and the patient remained well at the one-year follow-up. We discuss the surgical approach and the technical considerations imposed by this rare vascular abnormality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT, UK.
authors.forename: Stephan Christian
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Werth
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McLean
authors.forename: Loic
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lang-Lazdunski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging