title: Pneumonectomy and contralateral metastasectomy through a single thoracotomy in a 9-year-old girl with a giant tumor.
abstract: A 9-year-old girl with a giant tumor of the right lung and an isolated metastasis of the left lower lobe underwent combined pneumonectomy and metastasectomy through means of a right thoracotomy. Her postoperative course was uneventful. The operative approach of a tumor of this scale and the concurrent contralateral metastasectomy are described and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Fotios A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Mitropoulos
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sismanoglio General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: meletis_kanakis@yahoo.gr.
authors.forename: Meletios A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kanakis
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Chatzis
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Loukas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kaklamanis
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sismanoglio General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Achilleas G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Lioulias
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D059146:Metastasectomy / Q000379:methods*; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013908:Thoracotomy