Paula A Bayter1, Gregory M Lee2, Rolf A Grage3, Christopher M Walker4, David I Suster5, Reginald E Greene6, Matthew D Gilman6, Michael Lanuti7, Justin T Stowell3. 1. Autonomous University of Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia. 2. Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Residency, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO. 3. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL. 4. Department of Radiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS. 5. Department of Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY. 6. Department of Radiology, Division of Thoracic Imaging and Intervention. 7. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This article reviews the anatomy, histology, and disease processes of pulmonary fissures, with emphasis on clinical implications of accessory and incomplete fissures. CONCLUSION: Accessory and incomplete pulmonary fissures are often overlooked during routine imaging but can have profound clinical importance. Knowledge of fissure anatomy could improve diagnostic accuracy and inform prognosis for oncologists, interventional pulmonologists, and thoracic surgeons.
OBJECTIVE: This article reviews the anatomy, histology, and disease processes of pulmonary fissures, with emphasis on clinical implications of accessory and incomplete fissures. CONCLUSION: Accessory and incomplete pulmonary fissures are often overlooked during routine imaging but can have profound clinical importance. Knowledge of fissure anatomy could improve diagnostic accuracy and inform prognosis for oncologists, interventional pulmonologists, and thoracic surgeons.