Left lower lobe lateral segment
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Hacking C, Weerakkody Y, Marsh P, et al. Left lower lobe lateral segment. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 30 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-38922
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38922
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At the time the article was created Craig Hacking had no recorded disclosures.
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At the time the article was last revised Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.
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- left lower lobe lateral basal segment
The left lower lobe lateral or lateral basal segment is one of the four bronchopulmonary segments of the left lower lobe. It is the most inferolateral of the segments in the left lower lobe, below the superior segment.
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