ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2023
Thoracoscopic esophagectomy with subcarinal lymph node dissection in the prone position for esophageal cancer with a right top pulmonary vein.
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- Intraoperative Fluorescent Imaging with Indocyanine Green during Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy with Subcarinal Lymph Node Dissection for Esophageal Cancer with a Right Superior Pulmonary Vein Anomaly: A Case Report and Literature Review.Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia · 2025Review
- Impact of Right Top Pulmonary Vein Location on Subcarinal Lymph Node Dissection in Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy: A Case Report and Literature Review.Surgical case reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
The right top pulmonary vein (RTPV), a rare pulmonary vein (PV) variant draining the right upper lobe, arises independently from the right superior PV, travels posterior to the right bronchial tree and drains directly into the left atrium (LA) or another PV. We report an RTPV discovered on preoperative computed tomography (CT) scanning in a 60-y-old man who subsequently underwent prone thoracoscopic esophagectomy and subcarinal lymph node dissection. The preoperative CT scan showed an anomalous vessel 7.8 mm in diameter arising from the right upper lobe, running posterior to the right main bronchus (RMB), and draining directly into the LA. To our best knowledge, this is the largest reported RTPV (7.8 mm in diameter) and is an extremely rare variant, passing posterior to the RMB and draining into the LA.
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