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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014; 62(03): 255-257
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1328926
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Anomalous Pulmonary Vein Drainage Is Not a Contraindication for VATS Lobectomy

M. Shapiro
1   Division of Thoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
,
C. Bittermann
1   Division of Thoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
,
R. M. Flores
1   Division of Thoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
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17 June 2012

09 July 2012

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23 January 2013 (online)

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Abstract

This is a case report on a 26-year-old woman with metastatic mandibular osteosarcoma to the lung. A video-assisted thorascopic surgery (VATS) completion left upper lobe lobectomy was attempted, but was converted to a thoracotomy when anomalous pulmonary vein drainage (APVD) was identified. There were no other anomalies found and the lobectomy was completed as planned. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of an attempted VATS lobectomy for patients with APVD. This case demonstrates that APVD tends not to be associated with any other anatomic abnormalities in the lung and should not be a contraindication for VATS lobectomy.

Keywords

metastasectomy - thoracoscopy - pulmonary veins
 

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