title: [Lung cancer occurring in a left upper division which is mirror imaged to a right upper lobe].
abstract: A 55-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of an abnormal shadow in the left upper division on chest computed tomography(CT). Virtual bronchoscopy revealed a displaced anomalous bronchus. Thin sliced CT revealed complete lobulation between the upper division and the lingula. Three dimensional (3D)-CT revealed abnormal distribution of the left pulmonary artery which descended without passing over the left main bronchus. The left upper division was evaluated to be mirror imaged to a right upper lobe. Video assisted thoracoscopic left upper divisionectomy was performed. The tumor was diagnosed as adenocarcinoma( pT1aN0M0:p-stage I A).
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Matsusaka Chuo General Hospital, Matsusaka, Japan.
authors: Yoshihiko
authors: Y
authors: Katayama
authors: Hitoshi
authors: H
authors: Kusagawa
authors: Takuya
authors: T
authors: Komada
authors: Shin
authors: S
authors: Shoumura
authors: Yasuhisa
authors: Y
authors: Ozu
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged