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. 1994 Dec;49(12):1274–1275. doi: 10.1136/thx.49.12.1274

Massive cerebral infarction after completion pneumonectomy for pulmonary torsion.

J Hendriks 1, P Van Schil 1, W De Backer 1, E Hauben 1, R Vanmaele 1, E Van Marck 1
PMCID: PMC475342  PMID: 7878570

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.

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