Fig. 2From: The first rib hypoplasia and the aberrant pulmonary artery branch detected by three-dimensional computed tomography in a surgical case with apical lung cancer, a case report a 3D-CT before surgery disclosed the aberrant pulmonary artery diverged from the left main pulmonary artery as the first branch, which were the lingular artery (A4 + 5) and the ventrobasal artery (A8). b Intraoperative findings showed that A8 branched from the left main pulmonary artery and descended anterior to the left superior bronchus (Sup. Br.). A4 + 5 and superior pulmonary vein (Sup. PV) were cut after ligation. Inf. PV inferior pulmonary vein, LLL left lower lobe, LUL left upper lobeBack to article page