The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 57, 1330-1331, Copyright © 1994 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Intraoperative whole-lung torsion producing pulmonary venous infarction
MC Chan, JM Scott, CD Mercer and AA Conlan
Division of General Surgery, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Pulmonary venous infarction and whole-lung torsion are both rare, life-
threatening complications of thoracic operations. A case of whole-lung
torsion with resultant pulmonary venous infarction of the entire lung after
a nonpulmonary thoracic operation is reported.