Pulmonary Sequestration Second case series from Iraq

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...

A Case of Intrapericardial Extralobar Pulmonary Sequestration

Case report: Pulmonary sequestration in an adult

Pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital malformation that is uncommonly diagnosed during adulthood. Pulmonary sequestrations can manifest with variable presentations. It can remain asymptomatic or present with more severe symptoms such as hemoptysis and recurrent pneumonia. Diagnosis can be confirmed with computed tomography angiogram or angiography. Treatment with embolization of the affe...

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...