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Thoracoscopic Extended Right Middle Plus Lower Sleeve Lobectomy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Published on: February 27, 2026
[Surprising squamous cell carcinoma in the right upper lobe at bronchoscopy in a heavy smoker]
Magnus Gottlieb1, Paul Frost Clementsen, Kåre Håkansson
1Sortedam Dossering 59 f, 4., 2100 København Ø. gottliebmagnus@gmail.com.
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A 60-year-old male heavy smoker surprisingly presented with a squamous cell carcinoma in the right upper lobe at bronchoscopy. Combined PET-CT classified the lung cancer as T1aN0M0. However, the endoscopic classification was T2a, which radically reversed the treatment schedule.
Conclusions:
1) A careful bronchoscopy is important even in cases where lung cancer is not expected. 2) Accurate endobronchial classification can be crucial. 3) There is need for training requirements to obtain a satisfactory level of competence in bronchoscopy.
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