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Laparoscopic removal of a retroperitoneal extralobar pulmonary sequestration in an adult
Author(s) -
FURUNO TSUYOSHI,
MORITA KEN,
KAKIZAKI HIDEHIRO,
HARABAYASHI TORU,
WATARAI YOSHIHIKO,
OMURA KATSUYA
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01251.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary sequestration , pathological , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , abnormality , scintigraphy , lung , flank pain , retroperitoneal space , computed tomography , pathology , psychiatry
A 41‐year‐old male patient presented with dull left flank pain. A computed tomography (CT) showed a subdiaphragmatic retroperitoneal extra‐adrenal mass. A magnetic resonance image demonstrated it was hypointense on T 1 weighted and hyperintense on T 2 . Serum analyses for adrenal hormones revealed no abnormality. [I 131 ]metaiodo‐benzylguanidene scintigraphy showed no abnormal uptake. The patient underwent laparoscopic removal to manage the symptoms and to make a pathological diagnosis, which was an extralobar pulmonary sequestration. Another congenital lung malformation was not detected on chest CT scan. The symptom was relieved postoperatively.