Bronchial and vascular supply in azygos lobe of inflated fixed lung: a case study

Azygos lobe is a comparatively rare anomaly of the lung, and its radiologic features are well known. However, reports concerning its bronchial and vascular supply are few. The authors describe the bronchial and vascular supply of an azygos lobe in the autopsied right lung of a 43-year-old man. In the inflated fixed lung, the azygos lobe was supplied by the bronchi of the apical sub-subsegmental branch of B1b (B1bi) and B1a (B1ai) accompanied by the accompanied by the pulmonary artery of the same sub-subsegments (A1bi, A1ai). The lateral sub-subsegmental branches of B1aii and B1bii accompanied by the pulmonary artery did not supply the azygos lobe. The azygos lobe was supplied by V1a. V2 but not V1b.