Ann Thorac Surg 2008;85:664. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.075
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Images in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Pneumopericardium 3 Years After Lung Cancer Surgery
Akito Imai, MD,
Shigemi Ishikawa, MD*,
Ryota Nakamura, MD,
Yukinobu Goto, MD,
Mitsuaki Sakai, MD,
Masataka Onizuka, MD,
Yuzuru Sakakibara, MD
Department of Chest Surgery, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
* Address correspondence to Dr Ishikawa, University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, Department of Chest Surgery, Tennoudai, Tsukuba-Shi, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan (Email: ishikawa@md.tsukuba.ac.jp).
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A 77-year-old man was referred to our respiratory surgery department with complaints of dyspnea, which had been aggravated during the previous 10 days. He had had a left lower lobectomy combined with a lingular segmentectomy for lung cancer 44 months earlier. Pathologic examination revealed T2N1M0 (stage IIB) squamous cell carcinoma of the left lower lobe that had invaded the lingular . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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