title: Right pneumonectomy for T4 non-small cell lung cancer invading intrapericardial pulmonary vein in a patient with a right aortic arch.
abstract: A 59 year-old man with a right-sided aortic arch who had a T4 right lung cancer invading the proximal superior pulmonary vein underwent an intrapericardial-pneumonectomy with partial left atrium resection and a radical lymphadenectomy. The presence of a right-sided aortic arch required particular attention during dissection of the lymph nodes. This is the first case of a right-pneumonectomy for T4-lung cancer in a patient with a right-sided aortic arch.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital University of Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, Bologna, Italy. dellamore76@libero.it
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dell'Amore
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Davoli
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cassanelli
authors.forename: Giampiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dolci
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bini
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stella
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*