title: Successful video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy in a pregnant woman with lung cancer.
abstract: A 38-year-old non-smoking female patient was evaluated at our hospital for an increasing mass in the right lower lung field at 24 weeks of gestation. Computed tomography revealed an approximately 7.5-cm diameter mass in the right lower lung lobe. After assessing the benefits to the patient and risks to the fetus, we performed a lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection using video-assisted thoracoscopy. Three months postoperatively, the patient delivered a healthy male baby. The patient is alive 10 months following the lobectomy, and no evidence of recurrence and distant metastasis is noted. The 6-month-old infant is also doing well postpartum.
authors: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
authors: Jeong-Won
authors: JW
authors: Kim
authors: Department of Pathology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
authors: Jeong Shik
authors: JS
authors: Kim
authors: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
authors: Joon Yong
authors: JY
authors: Cho
authors: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: ldhms@naver.com.
authors: Deok Heon
authors: DH
authors: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Cancer; Lobectomy of lung; Lung cancer surgery; Maternal and fetal outcomes; Pregnancy; Thoracoscopic surgery