The lungs have few pain receptors, so pain in the lungs usually starts elsewhere in the body. Possible causes of left-side lung or chest pain when breathing in include costochondritis and ...

Since completing the 13.1-mile race last year, Keely was diagnosed with Stage 1 mucinous adenocarcinoma, had the lower lobe of her left lung removed and endured an excruciating recovery.

Lobectomy: Cut out an entire lobe of the lung. (The right lung is divided into three lobes; the left lung has two lobes.) Most surgeons prefer this option since it offers the best chance for a cure.

and inflation of the left lung has increased (arrow). On day 21 (Panel D), the pneumothorax findings have resolved, but an opacity is present in the left lower lobe (arrows) that has persisted ...

Dedra’s body was rejecting the left lung, and she had bleeding on one side, and surgeons couldn’t figure out why. She had to go back into surgery to fix that, while her doctors continually adjusted ...

Her lungs sounded normal to her doctor, but she was sent to get an X-ray in May just in case. The scan showed a 6-centimeter by 6.9-centimeter tumor in the left upper lobe of her lung. It was not ...