Massive cerebral infarction after completion pneumonectomy for pulmonary torsion

J Hendriks; P Van Schil; W De Backer; E Hauben; R Vanmaele; E Van Marck

doi:10.1136/thx.49.12.1274

Massive cerebral infarction after completion pneumonectomy for pulmonary torsion

Thorax. 1994 Dec;49(12):1274-5. doi: 10.1136/thx.49.12.1274.

Authors

J Hendriks¹, P Van Schil, W De Backer, E Hauben, R Vanmaele, E Van Marck

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Antwerp, Belgium.

Abstract

A case of lower lobe torsion after left upper lobectomy is reported which was complicated by a cerebral infarction after completion pneumonectomy. Results of a small survey in Flanders revealed two additional cases of pulmonary torsion after lobectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cerebral Infarction / diagnostic imaging
Cerebral Infarction / etiology*
Humans
Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Lung Diseases / surgery*
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumonectomy*
Postoperative Complications* / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Torsion Abnormality