title: Compensatory Lung Growth after Pneumonectomy: Case Report.
abstract: Lung expansion after pneumonectomy is well documented in animal models like dogs or mice. We present a lung expansion case after left pneumonectomy for an advanced carcinoid tumor in a 16-year-old patient with hemoptysis and acute dyspnea. This tumor was localized in the left upper lobe (LUL) invading the left main bronchus. During the follow-up we noticed a real growth of the remaining lung.
authors.affiliation: Department of cardio-vascular and thoracic surgery, Hopital Saint Joseph, Gilly, Hainaut, Belgium.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ghammad
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fievez
authors.forename: Ph
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Remy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000254:growth & development*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D009929:Organ Size; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011184:Postoperative Period