Lung Cancer Surgery in Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Patients

Nobuyasu Kurihara; Hajime Saito; Shuetsu Usami; Kazuhiro Imai; Hayato Konno; Maiko Atari; Satoshi Fujishima; Akira Kamiya; Jun-Ichi Ogawa; Yoshihiro Minamiya

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.022

Lung Cancer Surgery in Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Patients

Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Jan;105(1):e7-e9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.022.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Thoracic Surgery, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
³ Department of General Surgery, Kitaakita Municipal Hospital, Akita, Japan.

PMID: 29233366
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.022

Abstract

We report pulmonary resections for lung cancers in 2 patients with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) identified preoperatively. In case 1, right upper lobectomy was performed as the definitive operation for both lung cancer and PAPVC in the same lobe. In case 2, because lung cancer and PAPVC existed in different lobes, cardiac catheterization was performed to evaluate the need for correction of the PAPVC. Then, left lower lobectomy was safely performed without correcting the PAPVC located in the left upper lobe. The treatment plan for patients with PAPVC who require pulmonary resection should be carefully considered.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / complications
Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumonectomy*
Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*
Pulmonary Veins / diagnostic imaging
Vascular Malformations / complications
Vascular Malformations / diagnostic imaging
Vascular Malformations / surgery*