J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 97(10): 932-935, 1996

Case report

A CASE OF RIGHT UPPER LOBE CARCINOMA WITH LUNG TORSION CHANGED IN POSITION

Department of Surgery, Nagoya Tokushukai General Hospital, Kasugai, Japan

Kouki Ido, Kyotaro Toshimitsu, Keiichi Kimura, Kei Honda, Takashi Suzuki

A 71-year-old man with a pulmonary carcinoma had torsion of the right upper lobe of the lung. A chest radiogram showed change of the opacified lobe in position. At right thoracotomy, we found that the atelectatic right upper lobe occupied with a giant tumor moved freely in the right thoracic cage due to the defect of parenchymal bridge between the contiguous lobes. Though lung torsion is a rare event, it might be kept in mind as a complication of malignant tumors or life-threating lung infarctions.

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