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Partial lung resection of supernumerary tracheal bronchus combined with pulmonary artery sling in an adult: report of a case

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An adult case of pulmonary resection for repeated infections in a supernumerary tracheal bronchus combined with a pulmonary artery sling is reported. A 33-year-old woman with a pulmonary artery sling was referred for recurrent lung infections. Chest computed tomography showed the left pulmonary artery arising from the right pulmonary artery and coursing posterior to the trachea. The lung parenchyma connected to the tracheal bronchus showed dense opacity and traction bronchiectasis. Partial pulmonary resection was performed with an ultrasonically activated scalpel after the tracheal bronchus was auto-sutured. The patient’s postoperative course was uneventful, and she is now in good condition.

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  1. Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan

    Takuro Miyazaki, Naoya Yamasaki, Tomoshi Tsuchiya, Keitaro Matsumoto & Takeshi Nagayasu

  2. Division of Radiological Science, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan

    Hideyuki Hayashi

  3. Division of Second Department Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan

    Koichi Izumikawa

  4. Izumikawa Hospital, 2405 Tei, Fukae, Minami-Shimabara, Nagasaki, 859-1504, Japan

    Kinichi Izumikawa

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Miyazaki, T., Yamasaki, N., Tsuchiya, T. et al. Partial lung resection of supernumerary tracheal bronchus combined with pulmonary artery sling in an adult: report of a case. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 63, 173–176 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-013-0287-4

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