title: Abnormal branching of the left lingular pulmonary artery diagnosed by three-dimensional computed tomographic angiography in a patient with lung cancer: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In general, there are several anomalies of the pulmonary artery. The mediastinal lingular pulmonary artery is well-known for its abnormal branching from the pulmonary artery. However, other types of variation are rare.
  
  
  METHODS
  We herein report the case of a patient with primary lung cancer who underwent left upper lobectomy in which the lingular pulmonary artery branching from the mediastinal basal artery was demonstrated by preoperative three-dimensional computed tomographic (3D-CT) angiography.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A preoperative evaluation using 3D-CT angiography was useful for detecting the abnormal pulmonary branching in this patient because it allowed for the precise division of the pulmonary arteries during surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan. a_boy_with_many_dreams@yahoo.co.jp.
authors.forename: Dai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sonoda
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan. m.mikubo@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mikubo
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan. shiomi@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kazu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiomi
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan. ysatoh@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yukitoshi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Satoh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods