Open AccessSimultaneous pneumonectomy and esophagectomy in an elderly patient
Author(s) -
Guo Chenglin,
Mei Jiandong,
Liao Hu,
Liu Chengwu,
Pu Qiang,
Ma Lin,
Liu Lunxu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
thoracic cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1759-7714
pISSN - 1759-7706
DOI - 10.1111/1759-7714.12067
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonectomy , esophagectomy , esophagus , pericardium , adenocarcinoma , surgery , carcinoma , lung , descending aorta , stomach , thoracotomy , aorta , esophageal cancer , cancer
Reports of simultaneous pneumonectomy and esophagectomy for synchronous lung and esophageal carcinoma are extremely rare. We report on a 64‐year‐old male patient with lung adenocarcinoma who was originally scheduled to undergo a left pneumonectomy. During the operation, an esophageal squamous cell carcinoma was discovered in the mid‐thoracic esophagus. Thus, a simultaneous left pneumonectomy and esophagectomy was performed, and part of the pericardium was sutured to the tunica adventitia of the descending aorta using a “net‐making” method for prevention postoperative dilatation of the stomach.