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A 19-year-old male who presented with cough and fever was found to have an 8-cm cyst in his left lung. Video-assisted thoracoscopic left lower lobectomy was performed. The cyst had to be decompressed by needle aspiration prior to retrieval through a 5-cm minithoracotomy. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 4 in good condition. The technical aspects form the basis of this report.
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Yim, A.P.C., Lam, H.C.K. & Ho, J.K.S. Thoracoscopic lobectomy for an infected intrapulmonary bronchogenic cyst. Surg Endosc 10, 439–440 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00191636
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