Abstract
Anatomical variations of lungs in the form of presence of any extra lobe or absence of anatomical lobe, fissures of lungs are important to know to avoid injuries during surgeries related to lungs and associated structures. In this case report absence of middle lobe and horizontal fissure in two right lungs extracted from male cadaver during routine dissection in the Anatomy department, Adesh institute of medical sciences and research, Bathinda, Punjab, India was noted and reported. Every anatomical structure in left side lung of same cadaver was found normal. Also in one abnormal right lung, gross appearance of right lung was looked like left lung. Anatomical knowledge and statistics of every type of variations are important for anatomists for teaching purposes and for surgeons while performing lobectomies, surgical resections of segments of lungs and for radiological interpretations.
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