VATS right posterior segmentectomy with anomalous bronchi and pulmonary vessels: a case report and literature review

Thoracoscopic right posterior segmentectomy of a patient with anomalous bronchus and pulmonary vein.

A 39-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for a pure ground-glass opacity that had been detected in the right lung during a regular examination. A computed tomography scan showed a pure ground-glass opacity beneath the pleura of the right upper lobe of the lung that had enlarged over time. As a consequence, a lung adenocarcinoma was suspected. Meanwhile, three-dimensional computed tomogr...

VATS segmentectomy for pulmonary metastasis.

PULMONARY BLASTOMA: REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

We describe a case of pulmonary blastoma, a rare primary lung malignancy which affects a younger population. This tumor contains both mesenchymal and epithelial elements. Pulmonary blastoma tends to relapse locally and metastasizes mainly in the first few years. It has a poor 5-year prognosis, and shows a potentid radio-chemosensitivity. Because these tumors are considered malignant, surgic...

Prolonged Hemoptysis Caused by Primary Pulmonary Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma; A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a vascular tumor with an intermediate malignant potential. This tumor is very rare in the lung parenchyma, and most of the previously reported cases have been asymptomatic. There is no standard therapy for this tumor and prognosis in the previous reports has been variable.Herein we report our experience with a 60-year-old woman presenting with hemoptysis and ...

Anatomical Segmentectomy with a Hybrid VATS Approach in a Patient with Intralobar Pulmonary Sequestration after Severe Pneumonia: A Case Report

Anatomical segmentectomy is an advantageous procedure because it spares healthy lung that has potential to show compensatory growth after lung resection and decreases the risk of air leak and residual resection, which becomes a problem in wedge resection. However, anatomical segmentectomy has not become a common procedure in pediatrics because it requires more complicated procedure than lobecto...