title: [A case with an aberrant systemic arterial supply to the basal lung diagnosed by three-dimensional computed tomography and successfully treated with surgical resection of an aberrant artery].
abstract: A 21-year-old man was admitted to our hospital complaining of recurrent hemoptysis. Computed tomography revealed ground-glass opacities in the right lower lung field, and three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT) demonstrated an aberrant artery which originated from the descending aorta and supplied the right S10b. Bronchoscopy showed no evidence of intraluminal bleeding or bronchial branching abnormalities. The patient was given a diagnosis of aberrant systemic arterial supply to the right normal basal segment of the lung (Pryce type I). Since the affected area, supplied from an aberrant systemic artery, was very small with no abnormalities in the lung parenchyma, the patient underwent a single resection of the aberrant artery via video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS) without segmentectomy. The patient remained free of hemoptysis during 5 months follow-up after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Toho University Omori Medical Center.
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gocho
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasamoto
authors.forename: Kazutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: Keigo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: Sakae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Homma
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities; D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult