The right lung consists of three lobes separated by oblique and horizontal fissures and left lung consists of two lobes separated by a single oblique fissure. The knowledge on possible variations of pulmonary fissures is important in interpretation of radiological images and in pulmonary lobectomies or segmental resection.
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