title: [Lung cancer in patient with a common trunk of left pulmonary veins; report of two cases].
abstract: A 69-year-old man and a 53-year-old man with lung cancer of left upper lobe underwent pulmonary resection. A preoperative chest computed tomography (CT) scan showed the left superior and inferior pulmonary veins forming a common trunk. In the former case, the common trunk was misidentified as the superior pulmonary vein. The latter was recognized preoperatively by using 3-dimensional CT, and successfully performed left superior segmentectomy. This variation type is surgically important because of a potential risk of intraoperative bleeding and damage to pulmonary circulation during pulmonary resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawakita
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Toba
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakiyama
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.forename: Yota
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takizawa
authors.forename: Koichirou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kenzaki
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tangoku
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018376:Cardiovascular Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed