A 65-year-old man with right central type of lung squamous carcinoma was admitted to our department.Bronchoscopy displayed complete obstruction of right upper lobe bronchus and infiltration of the bronchus intermedius...A 65-year-old man with right central type of lung squamous carcinoma was admitted to our department.Bronchoscopy displayed complete obstruction of right upper lobe bronchus and infiltration of the bronchus intermedius with tumor.Chest contrast computed tomography revealed the tumor invaded right pulmonary artery,superior vena cava,and the persistant left superior vena cava flowed into the coronary sinus.The tumor was successfully removed by means of bronchial and pulmonary artery sleeve resection of the right upper and middle lobes combined with resection and reconstruction of superior vena cava(SVC)utilizing ringed polytetrafluoroethylene graft.To the best of our knowledge,this was the first report of complete resection of locally advanced lung cancer involving superior vena cava,right pulmonary artery trunk and main bronchus with persistant left superior vena cava.展开更多
文摘A 65-year-old man with right central type of lung squamous carcinoma was admitted to our department.Bronchoscopy displayed complete obstruction of right upper lobe bronchus and infiltration of the bronchus intermedius with tumor.Chest contrast computed tomography revealed the tumor invaded right pulmonary artery,superior vena cava,and the persistant left superior vena cava flowed into the coronary sinus.The tumor was successfully removed by means of bronchial and pulmonary artery sleeve resection of the right upper and middle lobes combined with resection and reconstruction of superior vena cava(SVC)utilizing ringed polytetrafluoroethylene graft.To the best of our knowledge,this was the first report of complete resection of locally advanced lung cancer involving superior vena cava,right pulmonary artery trunk and main bronchus with persistant left superior vena cava.
