Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress 2023 EHA Congress 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

At a glance: The ONWARDS insulin icodec trials

A round-up of the ONWARDS phase 3 clinical trials evaluating the novel weekly insulin icodec in people with diabetes.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology
Published in: Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology 2/2017

01-06-2017 | Case report

The Azygous Lobe of the Lung: in the Case of Lung Cancer

Authors: L M Darlong, Dharma Ram, Ashwani Sharma, Anil Kumar Sharma, Sayed Assif Iqbal, Anand Nagar, Dibyamohan Hazarika

Published in: Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology | Issue 2/2017

Login to get access

Abstract

The azygous lobe of the lung is an uncommon developmental anomaly. Its surgical importance is hardly being described in literature. Here, we are presenting a case of lung cancer with incidental azygous lobe, with its surgical relevance during lung cancer surgery.
Literature
1.
Felson B (1989) The azygos lobe: its variation in health and disease. Sem Roentgen 24(1):56–66CrossRef
2.
Civetta JM, Daggett WM (1968) The azygos lobe: clinical implications and an unusual variant. J Thor Cardiovasc Surg 56(3):430–434
3.
Streeter GL (1948) Developmental horizons in human embryos. Contrib Embryo 32:27
4.
Patil SJ (2013) Azygous lobe—a review. Int j clin surg adv 1(1):17–19
5.
Chabot Naud A et al (2011) A curious lobe: Can respir J 18(2):79–80
6.
Betschart T, Goerres GW (2009) Azygos lobe without azygos vein as a sign of previous iatrogenic pneumothorax: two case reports. Surg Radiol Anat 31(7):559–562CrossRefPubMed
7.
Gill A (2004) The azygos lobe: an anatomical variant encountered during thoracoscopic sympathectomy. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 28:223–224CrossRefPubMed
Metadata
Title
The Azygous Lobe of the Lung: in the Case of Lung Cancer
Authors
L M Darlong
Dharma Ram
Ashwani Sharma
Anil Kumar Sharma
Sayed Assif Iqbal
Anand Nagar
Dibyamohan Hazarika
Publication date
01-06-2017
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0975-7651
Electronic ISSN: 0976-6952
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-016-0617-y

Other articles of this Issue 2/2017

Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology 2/2017 Go to the issue

CASE REPORT

Huge Carcinosarcoma of the Endolarynx: a Rare Tumour with Unusual Presentation

Original Article

Prognostic Factors in Indian Patients Operated for Soft Tissue Sarcomas—a Retrospective Cross-sectional Analysis

Original Article

Feasibility of Axillary Reverse Mapping and Clinicopathological Features Predicting ARM Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer—a Pilot Study

Case report

Brachial Plexus Injury After Right Hepatectomy

Review Article

Current Concepts of Epigenetics in Testicular Cancer

Original Article

Sinonasal Mass—a Recent Study of Its Clinicopathological Profile