[A case of pulmonary sequestration presenting as solitary pulmonary nodule]

Tuberk Toraks. 2012;60(3):265-8. doi: 10.5578/tt.1175.
[Article in Turkish]

Abstract

Pulmonary sequestration is a rare, usually a cystic mass which is composed of nonfunctioning pulmonary tissue that does not communicate with the tracheobronchial tree. In computed tomography pulmonary sequestration is seen as usually a discrete mass lesion, with or without cystic changes, associated with local emphysematous areas located in lower lobes. We present a case of pulmonary sequestration located in apicoposterior segment of left upper lobe and presented as a solitary pulmonary nodule having smooth margins different from the classical radiological appearance of pulmonary sequestration.

MeSH terms

  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / diagnostic imaging*
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Young Adult