Open AccessA Congenital Cause of Recurrent Pneumonia in an Adult
Author(s) -
Lana Wahid,
Icard Bradley,
Tomer Pelleg,
Susanti Ie,
Loschner Anthony
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of clinical cases and reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-0435
DOI - 10.46619/joccr.2018.1-1020
Subject(s) - pulmonary sequestration , abnormality , histoplasmosis , medicine , pneumonia , lung , pediatrics , pathology , psychiatry
Pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital abnormality especially in the adult population. It can commonly present as a cause for recurrent pneumonia or be found incidentally as an adult on imaging. We present a case of left lower lobe celiac trunk pulmonary sequestration in the setting of recurrent pneumonia to include histoplasmosis.