title: A video-assisted thoracic surgical lobectomy for a lung tumour with a rare anomalous pulmonary artery.
abstract: A detailed knowledge of anomalies of the anatomical course of the pulmonary vessels is extremely important for video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). Inadvertent vascular ligation and dissection are catastrophic for patients undergoing lobectomy. We describe a case with a rare anomaly of the left pulmonary artery and highlight the importance of identifying the courses of pulmonary vessels for VATS lobectomy.
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery,  The first affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu,  China.
authors: Zhicheng
authors: Z
authors: He
authors: Liang
authors: L
authors: Chen
authors: Quan
authors: Q
authors: Zhu
authors: Hai
authors: H
authors: Xu
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000077192:Adenocarcinoma of Lung; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome