Case Report : Aspergilloma within Intralobar Pulmonary Sequestration

Aspergilloma within Intralobar Pulmonary Sequestration

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...

Intralobar pulmonary sequestration.

The sequestration within the lung of a mass of abnormal pulmonary tissue, the blood supply to which is systemic and not pulmonary, is an uncommon but clinically recognizable entity. The clinical and pathological features are reproduced from case to case with remarkable consistency, and it is important to recognize the condition because it produces symptoms, is amenable to surgical correction, a...

Intralobar pulmonary sequestration.

A. T., a 16 year-old Puerto Rican girl was admitted to the hospital with complaints of productive cough for three weeks, recent hemoptysis and weakness. She stated that she was very prone to upper respiratory infections and every winter she had had numerous “colds.” Three weeks prior to admission she developed a cough which was non-productive initially. In the week prior to admission she had ex...

[Intralobar pulmonary sequestration].

14 cases of intralobar sequestration of the lung are reviewed. There are 3 different patterns of clinical and radiological symptoms. Angiography is of great value in establishing the diagnosis and defining the anatomic details of the anomalous blood supply, allowing careful planning of the surgical procedure, which was a lower lobectomy in 12 cases. Segmental resections were feasible in 2 cases...