LEFT PARTIAL ANOMALOUS PULMONARY VENOUS CONNECTION FOUND DURING A LOBECTOMY FOR LUNG-CANCER - REPORT OF A CASE

We report herein the case of a 68-year-old man in whom a partial anoma lous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) was found during an operation for primary lung cancer. The preoperative clinical findings did not s uggest a vascular shunt, and intraoperatively the anomalous vein was s een to drain only from the left upper lobe into the left innominate ve in, The lower pulmonary vein connected normally, and there was no atri al septal defect nor any other anomalous condition, A left upper lobec tomy with ligation of the anomalous connected vein was performed uneve ntfully, This type of PAPVC is extremely rare, and is especially notew orthy because there were no clinical signs.