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Right upper lobe torsion following middle lobectomy: a rare complication
Mohammed W Khalil1, Matthew de Hoest, Mahmoud Loubani
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, UK.
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
|February 27, 2014
Abstract:
Middle lobe torsion is a known complication of right upper or lower lobectomy, whereas torsion of the upper or lower lobe is extremely rare. We report our experience with torsion of the right upper lobe following a middle lobectomy in a 74-year-old man with non-small-cell lung cancer.
