Right Upper Lobe Torsion after Right Lower Lobectomy: A Rare and Potentially Life-Threatening Complication

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Follow-up chest computed tomography (CT) on postoperative day (POD) 3 with the (a) lung window, (b) mediastinal window, and (c) three-dimensional image revealing improvement of the hilar peribronchovascular soft tissue edema and right upper bronchial stenosis (arrows). (d) 3D-CT on POD 14 showing the counterclockwise rotation of right upper lung lobe and improvement of the right upper bronchial stenosis.

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