Left common pulmonary venous trunk-better be careful than sorry

Pulmonary vein abnormalities are very commonly encountered in general thoracic surgical practice. While performing a lobectomy, ideally all the pulmonary veins should be identified before ligating the corresponding vein. Failing to recognize a common pulmonary vein may lead to an unwarranted pneumonectomy which may end up morbid for the patient. In this report, we present a patient with left lower lobe bronchiectasis who underwent a left lower lobectomy and was identified to have a common left pulmonary venous trunk intra-operatively.