We report a rare case of primary colloid adenocarcinoma in a 59-year-old woman. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest showed a round, well-defined nodule in the ligulae of the left upper lobe that slowly enlarged over 6 months from 1.0 cm to 1.2 cm. Wedge resection of the ...
metalloptysisorganizing pneumoniaA 40﹜ear﹐ld man had considered himself to be robust, with the exception of an earlier diagnosis of hepatitis C. He underwent a wedge resection of the lung, at the left upper lobe (LUL), mimicking an anterior mediastinal tumor. A pathology report showed a 5...
M: male, F: female, RUL: right upper lobe, LUL: left upper lobe, C: central, P: peripheral, n/a: not available, TBLB: trans-bronchial lung biopsy, TBB: trans-bronchial biopsy, CTNB: computed tomography guided nodule biopsy, n/a: not available, MSGP: mixed squamous cell and glandula...
A chest radiograph showed nodular infiltration with partial fibrosis in the right upper lobe, multiple tiny nodules in both the upper and lower left lung fields and honeycombing in bilateral lung bases (Fig. 1A). HRCT revealed a tree-in-bud pattern in bilateral upper lungs with bronchiectasis ...
They are commoner on the right, probably because the right main bronchus is a more direct continuation of the trachea than the left, and in the apical segment of the lower lobe and the lateral parts of the basal segments of the upper lobe, these being the most dependent parts in the ...
Case 4. The patient, a 54-year-old white female smoker (35 pack years), sought medical consultation for pain that localized to the lower left sternal border. Chest CT scan showed a 1.0 cm nodule in the apex of the left upper lobe and a 5.0 Â 4.0 cm2 mass at the fifth costo...
Left Lower Lobe Superior segment Anteromedial segment Lateral segment Posterior segment Lymphatic Drainage of the Lungs:As a general rule, lymphatic drainage from the entire lung drains into the right lymphatic duct except for the left upper lobe that drains into the thoracic duct via the left subc...
Video 1Video-atlas of thoracoscopic lobectomy - Left upper lobectomy. Video 2Video-atlas of thoracoscopic lobectomy - Complex left lower lobectomy. Video 3Video-atlas of thoracoscopic lobectomy - Right upper lobectomy. Video 4Video-atlas of thoracoscopic lobectomy - Right middle lobectomy. ...
Bronchoscopy showed that scar tissue obliterated the orifice to the left upper-lobe bronchus. CT image in a 61-year-old-woman with a single-lung transplant for emphysema with Aspergillus infection. Image shows an ill-defined nodule in the right upper lobe with a surrounding halo of ground-...
He has a persistent left upper lobe infiltrate, low-grade fever, and general malaise. Open lung biopsy of the lesion is performed. Pathologic Findings Solid infiltrate, slightly nodular with pleural adhesion (eSlide 7.5A), both spindle cell and round cell infiltrate with background lymphocytic ...