Extended right pneumonectomy in an adult with a double aortic arch: a therapeutic dilemma.
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.
Werth
Stephan Christian
SC
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT, UK.
McLean
Emma
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Lang-Lazdunski
Loic
L
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