title: Dangerous mediastinal basal pulmonary artery during left upper lobectomy.
abstract: Anatomical variations in the pulmonary vessels present a potential risk for intraoperative bleeding and damage to the pulmonary circulation during pulmonary resection. Here, we present a patient who underwent left upper lobectomy for lung cancer. The patient had a dangerous mediastinal basal pulmonary artery variation that could be mistaken for the mediastinal lingular pulmonary artery and be divided during left upper lobectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Amanuma-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama 330-8503, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibano
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tetsuka
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanai
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000077192:Adenocarcinoma of Lung; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D056346:Sternotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome