An alternative posterior ascending pulmonary artery treatment in lobectomy with inflammatory lymph node infiltration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lobectomy may be a challenging treatment option in lung cancer with inflammatory lymph node infiltration. Moreover, the en-masse lobectomy technique, which involves the simultaneous ligation or stapling of pulmonary vessels and bronchi at the hilar area, is controversial.

Case presentation

We report the case of a 75-year-old woman who presented with lung cancer and lymph node infiltration from the posterior ascending pulmonary artery (A2) to the superior pulmonary artery (A6). A nodule was observed in her right upper lobe on chest computed tomography while treating her for a myocardial infarction 3 months prior; hence, a radical lobectomy was planned. Her main pulmonary artery could be constricted using surgical tape, but this was not possible in the peripheral pu

SUBMITTER: Iijima Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9670363 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature