title: Infarction of the lingula following left upper lobe trisegmentectomy.
abstract: Anatomical segmentectomy has emerged as the procedure of choice for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer, especially in the presence of poor cardiopulmonary reserve. The most common postoperative complications are pneumonia, persistent air leak, and rarely, vascular compromise of the remaining lobe. We report the case of a 74-year-old woman who underwent thoracotomy and left upper lobe trisegmentectomy for T1bN0Mo squamous cell carcinoma and subsequently developed infarction and hepatization of the remaining lingula. A completion left upper lobectomy was performed and the patient made a full recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK annemarie.brunswicker@nhs.net.
authors.forename: Annemarie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brunswicker
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK.
authors.forename: Shakil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Farid
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK.
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Van Tornout
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D054060:Pulmonary Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology
keywords: Carcinoma; Lung neoplasms; Pneumonectomy; Pulmonary infarction; Recurrent laryngeal nerve injuries; Vocal cord paralysis; non-small-cell lung