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A preoperative 3D-CT angiographic image shows the left main pulmonary artery and the left mediastinal lingular and basal pulmonary arteries. The left A4+5 and A8+9+10 formed a common trunk
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Fig1
Preoperative 3D-CT angiography with contrast medium showed that the left pulmonary A4+5 and A8+9+10 formed a common trunk (Fig. 1), branching directly from the cardiac vesicle and running anteriorly to the left lower lobe bronchus.
The intraoperative findings after the dissection of the upper pulmonary vein. The A4+5 was found to form a common trunk with the A8+9+10 from the front of the hilum. LUL, left upper lobe; LSPV, left superior pulmonary vein (stump), H: heart
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A1+2c and A3a, which branch from the A6 into the upper lobe, were also identified. As expected from the 3D-CT scan, the A4+5 formed a common trunk with the A8+9+10 anteriorly to the hilum (Fig. 2).