A case of middle lobe pulmonary sequestration.

A Case of Intrapericardial Extralobar Pulmonary Sequestration

A familial case of pulmonary arterial sequestration.

The cases of a mother and infant son are reported, both with a rare type of pulmonary sequestration where the arterial supply to the lung arises from the systemic circulation. This is a familial case of arterial sequestration. In both patients, the lung parenchyma was radiologically normal.

[Extralobar pulmonary sequestration. A case report].

We described the case of a 36-year-old Turkish female with an extralobar pulmonary sequestration who suffered from chest and back pain for five years without any evidence of pulmonary infection. A chest X-ray showed an area of opacity behind the cardiac silhouette in the lower area of the left hemithorax. A CT scan of the thorax with intravenous contrast showed a 9 x 7 cm in size ovoid mass wit...

Case Report Pulmonary sequestration: a case report and literature review

Purpose: Pulmonary sequestration (PS) is a rare congenital lung malformation. It is characterized by an abnormal mass of dysplastic lung tissue supplied by an anomalous systemic artery and separated from normal bronchopulmonary tree. Misdiagnosis and inadequate treatment can lead to recurrent pneumonia and fatal hemoptysis. Methods: We report a 45 years female was diagnosed PS, and performed a ...

CASE REPORT Intralobar pulmonary sequestration: diagnostic expertise

To cite: Sotto Mayor J, Rocha D, Esperança S, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2015-212384 SUMMARY An obese 22-year-old man with a history of recurrent respiratory infections presented to the emergency room with left pleuritic chest pain, productive cough with mucupurulent sputum and an axillary temperature of 37.7°C. Blood work showed eleva...