Left lung wedge resection after right pneumonectomy: a case report

Onen A., ŞANLI A., Tasdogen A., Eyuboglu G. M., HEPAĞUŞLAR H., KARAÇAM V., ...Daha Fazla

TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, cilt.19, sa.1, ss.101-103, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Dergi Adı: TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.101-103
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Adenocarcinoma/surgery/mortality, carcinoma, squamous cell/surgery, pneumonectomy, spirometry, 2ND PRIMARY, CANCERS
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A progressing nodule of 8 mm in diameter was observed in the lower lobe superior segment of the left lung on thoracic tomography in a 67-year-old male patient who had right pneumonectomy 12-years ago due to stage I squamous cell carcinoma. A non-metabolic nodule was observed in fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET). Since it was a stage I tumor, left lower lobe was occluded and left upper lobe was selectively ventilated prior to a wedge resection in the superior segment of the left lower lobe. The histopathology of the nodule was reported as mucinous adenocarcinoma. After pneumonectomy, the development of contralateral secondary lung cancer has surgical resection indication if the cancer is a clinical stage I disease and appropriate for wedge resection or segmentectomy and the patient has an adequate respiratory reserve.