Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 54. No. 2., 2015.
Professional paper
Major Anatomic Variations of Pulmonary Fissures and Lobes on Postmortem Examination
Nadire Unver Dogan
; Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
Ismihan Ilknur Uysal
; Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
Seraffetin Demirci
; Department of Forensic Medicine, Meram Medical School, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
Kamil Hakan Dogan
; Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
Giray Kolcu
; Department of Forensic Medicine, Meram Medical School, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
Abstract
This study was aimed at determining major accessory fissures (MAF) and absence or incompleteness of lobar or major fissures (MF) during routine forensic autopsies. Prior to starting this prospective study, forms were prepared to collect data on pulmonary lobes and fissures. In this study, 420 lungs of 210 autopsy cases were examined for incompleteness and absence of MF and complete accessory fissures. Horizontal fissures were incomplete in 18 right lungs. Incomplete oblique fissures were noted in three right and two left lungs. Unidentified abnormal fissures were determined in one left lung and five right lungs. The most common fissural abnormality was less than half complete horizontal fissure. Four right lungs had four lobes and two left lungs had three lobes because of complete accessory fissures. The number of lobes in the left and right lungs and the morphological features of both incomplete MF and MAF were determined in detail and the variations were photographed. It is concluded that, in addition to studies on computed tomography scans, autopsy series are useful for determining the variations of MF and MAF of the lungs in different populations.
Keywords
Lung – anatomy and histology; Lung – abnormalities; Autopsy
Hrčak ID:
145547
URI
Publication date:
1.7.2015.
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