Left upper lobe upper division bronchi
Segmental bronchi · Apicoposterior Anterior
Apicoposterior and anterior segmental bronchi of the upper division of the left upper lobe, the counterpart of the three right upper lobe segments with the apical and posterior bronchi arising from a common stem.
Traced from the start
- Trachea
- Left main bronchus
- Left upper lobe bronchus
- Left upper lobe upper division bronchi
Detail
- Segments
- Apicoposterior (1 and 2), anterior (3)
- Homologue
- Right upper lobe (apical, posterior, anterior)
When it goes wrong
Left apical (Pancoast) tumour
Left Horner syndrome (ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis), wasting of the small hand muscles and ulnar-border pain from T1 root invasion; hoarseness if the left recurrent laryngeal nerve is reached
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