Primary lung carcinoma with tracheal bronchus treated with uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic upper lobectomy: a case report

Abstract

Tracheal bronchus is a rare, congenital abnormality of the tracheobronchial tree. Majority of patients with tracheal bronchus are asymptomatic. Lung malignancy associated with tracheal bronchus is rare. An asymptomatic 40-year-old female was diagnosed with right upper lobe lung carcinoma. CT thorax revealed a right upper lobe tracheal bronchus. The patient underwent right uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) lobectomy and recovered well. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of primary lung carcinoma with tracheal bronchus treated with right uniportal VATS upper lobectomy in Malaysia, and the second reported case internationally.

Keywords

Case report / tracheal bronchus / primary lung carcinoma / uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic / lobectomy

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