Alkadrou Abdulkarim M, Saleh Waleed N, Alzamel Huda M, Ahmed Abdelrahman A
Department of Surgery, Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ann Thorac Med. 2024 Jul-Sep;19(3):240-243. doi: 10.4103/atm.atm_292_23. Epub 2024 Jul 4.
Middle lobe torsion (MLT) is an unusual complication in lung surgery that is usually associated with upper lobe lobectomy and rarely develops postlower lobectomy. In the case of MLT, urgent surgical intervention is required to decrease the risk of mortality and morbidity, and diagnosis is challenging due to the nonspecific symptoms of MLT. In this article, we present a case of a recurring lung abscess treated by the right lower lobectomy, complicated by the right MLT and to our knowledge MLT consider rarest complication postright lower lobectomy.