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ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2024

Different anatomical variations in the anterior segment of the right upper lung.

Wu Yan, MengXuan Wang, JiXing Zhao, YongSheng Li, Wei Wei

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Article in Journal of cardiothoracic surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Different variation of right upper lung apex subsegment.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wu YanDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Huizhou Central People's Hospital, Huizhou, GuangDong, China.
MengXuan WangDepartment of Medical Imaging, Huizhou Hospital for Occupational Disease Prevention and Treatment, Huizhou, GuangDong, China.
JiXing ZhaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Huizhou Central People's Hospital, Huizhou, GuangDong, China.
YongSheng LiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Huizhou Central People's Hospital, Huizhou, GuangDong, China.
Wei WeiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Huizhou Central People's Hospital, Huizhou, GuangDong, China. w7weiwei@163.com.
Huizhou Central People's Hospital · CNHuizhou University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During a routine physical examination three years ago, a 47-year-old woman received a diagnosis of a nodule in her right upper lung. Since then, she has been regularly attending outpatient clinic appointments for follow-up. Over time, the nodule has shown gradual growth, leading to a suspicion of lung cancer. Through the use of enhanced CT imaging, a three-dimensional reconstruction was performed to examine the bronchi and blood vessels in the patient's chest. This reconstruction revealed several variations in the anatomy of the anterior segment of the right upper lobe. Specifically, the anterior segmental bronchus (B3) was found to have originated from the right middle lung bronchus. Additionally, the medial subsegmental artery of the anterior segmental artery (A3b) and the medial segmental artery (A5) were observed to share a common trunk. As for the lateral subsegmental artery of the anterior segmental artery (A3a), it was found to have originated from the right inferior pulmonary trunk. Furthermore, the apical subsegmental artery of the apical segmental artery (A1a) and the posterior segmental artery (A2) were found to have a shared trunk.

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LungLung NeoplasmsBronchiFemaleHumansMiddle AgedPulmonary ArteryThoraxSegmentectomyThree-dimensional reconstructionVideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)

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PMID38627737
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