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[Right spontaneous pneumothorax which accompanied absence of right pulmonary artery]
K Fujiwara1, K Chihara, D Nakajima
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shizuoka Fuji National Hospital, Fujinomiya, Japan.
Abstract:
A case had a checkup for dyspnea with a man of 70-year-old, and it was diagnosed as the recurrent right spontaneous pneumothorax. Bulla was found in the right lung with a chest computed tomography (CT), and absence of right pulmonary artery was suspected. Absence of right pulmonary artery was diagnosed by pulmonary arteriography. Re-examination of the patient's chest X-ray from the previous 11 years revealed a chronological decrease of right lung volume and an increase of the cardiothoracic ratio. We performed right bullectomy by thoracoscopic assistance. The postoperative course was uneventful.
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