[Anomalous systemic arterial supply to left basal lung with anomalous return of V6].
The patient was 52-year-old woman. Her chief compliant was bloody sputum. The computed tomography revealed an anomalous artery from descending aorta running into left lung basal segment and anomalous left V6 return to superior pulmonary vein. The bronchoscopic examination showed normal bronchial branches. Under the diagnosis of anomalous systemic arterial supply to left basal lung without sequestration, left lower lobectomy was performed. Microscopically, the pulmonary artery showed intimal thickening and alveolar collapse with interstitial fibrosis were seen. The postoperative course was uneventful and she discharged at 6th postoperative day.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Iwate Prefectural Isawa Hospital, Oshu, Japan.
Hiroshi
H
Yabuki
Jotaro
J
Shibuya
Masashi
M
Handa
Takehiro
T
Yamada
D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed