2017 Volume 31 Issue 5 Pages 598-603
We often find a consolidation around the staple line after pulmonary resection. We encountered cases of nodules around the staple line after pulmonary resection, and they enlarged, so we performed surgery. Case 1: A 77-year-old man had undergone right middle lobectomy and partial resection of the right lower lobe for Stage IA lung cancer 11 years ago. A nodule was detected around the staple line in the right lower lobe and it enlarged during the follow-up period. We performed right S6 segmentectomy, and the pathologic diagnosis of the nodule was an inflammatory tumor. Case 2: A 66-year-old man had undergone left superior segmentectomy for Stage IA lung cancer 4 years ago. A nodule was detected in the left lingular segment. We performed left lingular segmentectomy, and the pathologic diagnosis was nontuberculous mycobacteriosis. We should be aware of these kinds of inflammatory nodule after pulmonary resection.
