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21587133

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-5-18
pubmed:abstractText
A 61-year-old asymptomatic man underwent a left pneumonectomy for Stage IIIA lung cancer. At thoracotomy, the pericardium was found to be completely absent; however, we did not close the defect. Although the heart was rotated toward the left pleural cavity in the postoperative chest computed tomography (CT), the postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient has remained asymptomatic for 7 months, since the resection. We reviewed the preoperative chest CT, which showed the heart extending unusually to the left, but the pericardial defect was not evident. Complete pericardial defects usually do not endanger the lives of patients, and if the patient is asymptomatic, surgical repair of the defect may be unnecessary even during a left pneumonectomy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1341-1098
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
67-70
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Complete left-sided pericardial defect in a lung cancer patient undergoing pneumonectomy without closure of the defect.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't