TY - JOUR T1 - The pneumonectomy syndrome JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 656 LP - 657 DO - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201078 VL - 67 IS - 7 AU - L M Hannan AU - S A Joosten AU - D P Steinfort AU - P Antippa AU - L B Irving Y1 - 2012/07/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/67/7/656.abstract N2 - A 47-year-old woman presented with exertional dyspnoea, cough, nausea and weight loss 2 years after a right pneumonectomy for non-small cell lung cancer. CT demonstrated marked mediastinal shift and herniation of the left lung into the pneumonectomy cavity (figure 1A). The left lower lobe bronchus was compressed between the aorta and left pulmonary artery and the oesophagus traversed a tortuous path through the right hemithorax (figure 1B). Respiratory function testing … ER -