Incidental Finding and Management of Intralobar Sequestration of the Lung in A 24-Year-Old Man | Zendy

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Incidental Finding and Management of Intralobar Sequestration of the Lung in A 24-Year-Old Man

Author(s) -

Dhanjit Litt,

Sumeet Gandhi,

Sacha Bhinder,

Maurice Blitz,

Kieran McIntyre

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

canadian respiratory journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1916-7245

pISSN - 1198-2241

DOI - 10.1155/2013/369161

Subject(s) - pulmonary sequestration , medicine , etiology , lung , bronchopulmonary sequestration , radiology , radiography , pathology , cardiology , intensive care medicine

Pulmonary sequestration is described as a dysplastic mass of lung tissue that lacks communication with the tracheobronchial tree and receives systemic rather than pulmonary arterial blood supply. Two distinct classifications, intralobar and extralobar, have been described. The present article discusses the etiology, clinical and radiographic features of pulmonary sequestration as well as the management of this condition when it is discovered incidentally.

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