Abstract:Introduction: Patients with central lung tumours often undergo surgery, offering them a chance of cure. With central lung tumours, there is always the dreaded risk of injury to the left main pulmonary artery (PA) and rupture of the anterior segmental artery, known as the artery of sorrow. Case Presentation: A 75-year-old lady with a background of breast cancer presented to our cardiothoracic centre because computed tomography (CT) of the chest revealed a left lung lesion of 5 x 4 x 3.7 cm, in contact with obl… Show more
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