title: Right lower lobectomy with middle lobe preservation after right upper lobectomy in lung cancer of the right lower lobe.
abstract: A 73-year-old woman who underwent right upper lobectomy for tuberculosis 40 years earlier was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma, clinical stage IIA (T2bN0M0), in the right lower lobe of her lung. A lower lobectomy with preservation of the middle lobe was performed. The patient had an uneventful recovery. She is alive without signs of recurrence or requirement for additional oxygen support 6 years after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Okinawa Hospital, Okinawa, Japan. Electronic address: naohiro_taira@yahoo.co.jp.
authors.forename: Naohiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taira
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawabata
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gabe
authors.forename: Takaharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichi
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kushi
authors.forename: Tomofumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yohena
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000077192:Adenocarcinoma of Lung; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014797:Vital Capacity
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