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Postpneumonectomy syndrome and pre-existing thoracic scoliosis
Antonio Bobbio1, Marco Alifano, Pierre Magdeleinat
1Unitè de Chirurgie Thoracique, AP-HP, Hôtel-Dieu, 1 Place du Parvis Nôtre-Dame, 75181 Paris Cedex 04, France.
Abstract:
We report a case of postpneumonectomy syndrome in a 75-year-old man operated on for right lung cancer 18 months previously. The patient had a pre-existing severe thoracic scoliosis. Treatment involved positioning of an expandable silastic prosthesis in the postpneumonectomy cavity. A favorable outcome was observed. We think that a pre-existing scoliosis could be considered as a potentially predisposing factor to the development of the syndrome.