Bronchial anomaly of the right upper lobe.

Ann Thorac Surg

Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80220.

Published: December 1990

This case report presents a rare anomaly of right upper lobe bronchial anatomy. During routine right upper lobe resection for carcinoma, a common right upper and middle lobe bronchus was found. The resection was completed as a right upper and middle bilobectomy. Knowledge of this uncommon variant was beneficial in performing the pulmonary resection. A review of the literature is presented.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-4975(90)91137-zDOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

upper lobe
12
anomaly upper
8
upper middle
8
upper
5
bronchial anomaly
4
lobe
4
lobe case
4
case report
4
report presents
4
presents rare
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!