Abstract： @@ Lung autotransplantation is a new procedure with pulmonary preservation for patients in the treatment of lung cancer.It was used to treat the stage Ⅲ central lung cancer of the upper lobe in the patient presented herein when his pulmonary function could not withstand a pneumonectomy and the length of the resected bronchus or pulmonary artery was too long to perform a bronchovascular double sleeve lobectomy.1,2 In order to preserve pulmonary tissue and improve the quality of life,we performed lung autotransplantation for a case.