Pulmonary cyst newly formed after lobectomy in various underlying lung conditions

Surgical Case Reports

Table 1 Cases with pulmonary cysts newly developed after lobectomy and segmentectomy

Case	Author	Age	Sex	Underlying lung condition	Resected lung at initial surgery	Recognition of cyst	Location of cyst
A	Sugimura et al	80	Male	COPD	LUL	Immediately in OR	LLL (S6)
B	Kawamoto et al	49	Male	COPD	RUL	10 days	RLL (S6)
C	Fujibayashi et al.	69	Male	Asthma, CPAP for SAS	RUL	29 days	RLL (dorsal surface)
D	Case 1*	70 s	Male	IP	RLL	19 days	RML (interlobular surface adjacent to RUL)
E	Case 2*	70 s	Male	COPD	RUL	17 days	RLL (S6)
F	Honma et al.	74	Male	Unknown	Upper segment of LUL	4 days	LLL (diaphragmatic surface)
G	Yoo et al.	62	Male	Unknown	LUL	9 days	LLL (S6)
H	Kondo et al.	56	Male	Healthy	RUL	1 month	RLL (diaphragmatic surface)
I	Kondo et al.	57	Male	Healthy	LUL	9 months	LLL (diaphragmatic surface)
J	Case 3*	30 s	Male	Healthy	RLL	2 months	RML (diaphragmatic surface)
K	Case 4*	30 s	Female	Healthy	LLL	3 months	LUL (mediastinal surface)

*Cases 1, 2, 3, and 4 are included in this report
COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CPAP continuous positive airway pressure, IP interstitial pneumonia, LLL left lower lobe, LUL left upper lobe, OR operating room, RLL right lower lobe, RML right middle lobe, RUL right upper lobe, SAS sleep apnea syndrome, S6 segment 6 (superior segment of the lower lobe)