The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery
Online ISSN : 1881-4158
Print ISSN : 0919-0945
ISSN-L : 0919-0945
A case of surgical treatment for systemic origin of an aberrant artery to the basal segments of the left lung
Shinkichi TakamoriYosuke MorodomiKazuki TakadaTetsuzo TagawaTatsuro OkamotoYoshihiko Maehara
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2016 Volume 30 Issue 2 Pages 236-242

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A 23-year-old man had been aware of bloody phlegm and a cough. Chest computed tomography showed an abnormal artery running to the left lower lobe. He was transferred to our hospital, and diagnosed with a systemic arterial supply to the basal segment of the lower lobe. Resection of the abnormal artery was achieved with a mechanical stapler after ligation of the center side. No symptom such as bloody phlegm was apparent postoperatively. We report a case of systemic arterial supply to the basal segment of the lower lobe and a review of the literature about the treatment of such an aberrant artery.

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