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Torsion of right middle lobe after a right upper lobectomy
Chih-Hao Chen1, Tzu-Ti Hung, Tung-Ying Chen
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan. musclenet2003@yahoo.com.tw
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
|April 17, 2009
Abstract:
Lobar torsion after lung resection is a quite rare complication. A 50-year-old woman presented typical features on chest radiographs and CT(computed tomography) scan of lobar torsion after a right upper lobectomy. After emergency lobectomy of right middle lobe, the patient recovered well and discharged 10 days after the second operation.

