Fujiwara K, Chihara K, Nakajima D
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shizuoka Fuji National Hospital, Fujinomiya, Japan.
Kyobu Geka. 2006 Jan;59(1):78-82.
A case had a checkup for dyspnea with a man of 70-year-old, and it was diagnosed as the recurrent right spontaneous pneumothorax. Bulla was found in the right lung with a chest computed tomography (CT), and absence of right pulmonary artery was suspected. Absence of right pulmonary artery was diagnosed by pulmonary arteriography. Re-examination of the patient's chest X-ray from the previous 11 years revealed a chronological decrease of right lung volume and an increase of the cardiothoracic ratio. We performed right bullectomy by thoracoscopic assistance. The postoperative course was uneventful.
