Left upper lobe pulmonary sequestration

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 May;7(3):527-8. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2007.170225. Epub 2008 Feb 19.

Abstract

A 64-year-old non-smoking woman with a left upper lobe mass underwent a wedge resection by video-thoracoscopic approach. Intraoperative frozen section examination was unable to rule out a neoplastic disease and a lobectomy was performed. Microscopic analysis showed a typical pulmonary sequestration pattern including arteries with elastic layers in a systemic fashion. Pulmonary sequestration is a development lung disease: upper lobe location is considered uncommon and much controversy exists concerning this form which may be underrated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bronchial Arteries / pathology
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / pathology*
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Frozen Sections
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
  • Thoracotomy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed