title: Ipsilateral partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in right lung cancer with absent right upper lobe.
abstract: A partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) is an uncommon congenital anomaly. This report documents the case of a 48-year-old man with PAPVC which was incidentally discovered with right lung cancer and absence of right upper lobe. Right pneumonectomy was successfully performed, and the patient had an uneventful postoperative course. Asymptomatic PAPVC without septal defect is extremely rare. If the PAPVC is located in a different lobe, a pulmonary resection for lung cancer would precipitate an adverse outcome without a correction of the PAPVC. Surgeons should therefore be cautious regarding the potential existence of a PAPVC when a patient undergoes surgical procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University, Nanjing, 210029, China. lzclzc0928@foxmail.com.
authors.forename: Zhengcheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University, Nanjing, 210029, China. njyrs_md@188.com.
authors.forename: Rusong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University, Nanjing, 210029, China. njxkyysf@163.com.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University, Nanjing, 210029, China. panyanqing@163.com.
authors.forename: Yanqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery