How many lobes do you see?
Authors:
- Dimos KarangelisDimos Karangelis
- Georgios I TagarakisGTGeorgios I Tagarakis
- Serapheim ChlapoutakisSCSerapheim Chlapoutakis
- Dimitrios PapadopoulosDPDimitrios Papadopoulos
- Apostolos RoubelakisARApostolos Roubelakis
- Athanasios HevasAHAthanasios Hevas
- Marios E DaskalopoulosMDMarios E Daskalopoulos
- Angeliki TsantsaridouATAngeliki Tsantsaridou
- Stefania LampouraSLStefania Lampoura
- Nikolaos B TsilimingasNTNikolaos B Tsilimingas
Open Access
- 26 October 2011
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Vol. 6 (1) , 145
Abstract
Accessory fissures represent a variation of the normal lung anatomy. Incomplete development or even the absence of the major or minor fissures can lead to confusion in distinguishing adjacent lobes. This report aims to present a rare intraoperative finding of an anatomic malformation of the right lung in a 19-year old male patient with recurrent pneumothorax who underwent a surgical repair. An accessory fissure which was separating the superior segment of the lower lobe from the basal segments gave to the whole lung the unique image of a four-lobed one. A profound knowledge of the accessory fissures, even if they are incidentally discovered, is of pivotal importance for the thoracic surgeon and leads to optimal operative assessment and strategic planning.Keywords
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