KUMJ | VOL. 12 | NO. 2 | ISSUE 46 | APRIL-JUNE, 2014

Pulmonary Azygous Lobe-An Anatomical Variant
Sieber W, Karcara N, Pant P

Abstract:
Pulmonary azygous lobe is one of the common lung malformations. There is only few article about azygous lobe. Its a small accessory lobe sometimes found on the upper part of the right lung, separated from the rest of the upper lobe by a deep groove lodging the ayzygous vein. This reports decribes the presence of azygous lobe, a rare anatomical variant, encounted during chest x-ray discussion. We describe here the anatomical basis and the clinical significance of azygous lobe.
Keyword : Anatomical variants, azygous lobe, significance