[Anomalous V2 Preoperatively Identified by Three-dimensional Computed Tomography in a Patient with Primary Lung...

A 61-year-old woman was found to have multiple ground-glass nodules( GGNs) in both lungs by chest computed tomography (CT) scan. The lesion of the right S2 contained a partial solid component and was suspected to be minimally invasive adenocarcinoma. Three-dimensional CT showed two anomalous V2s descending dorsally to the intermediate bronchus and draining into the inferior pulmonary vein. Thoracoscopic segmentectomy of the right S2 was performed safely. The pathological diagnosis was adenocarcinoma in situ. Since aberrant pulmonary vessels increases the surgical risk during video-assisted thoracoscopic anatomical lung resection, preoperative three-dimensional CT is useful in performing safe surgical procedure.