Indications to support a pneumonectomy are
a. lesions confined to a single lobe.
b. bronchiectasis.
c. unilateral tuberculosis.
d. lung abscesses or cyst.
C
A pneumonectomy is the removal of entire lung with or without resection of the mediastinal lymph nodes. Indications include malignant lesions, unilateral tuberculosis, extensive unilateral bronchiectasis, multiple lung abscesses, massive hemoptysis, and bronchopleural fistula.
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