Extralobar pulmonary sequestration presenting as hemothorax

Kenji Tetsuka; Shunsuke Endo; Yoshihiko Kanai; Shinichi Yamamoto

doi:10.1510/icvts.2009.209254

Extralobar pulmonary sequestration presenting as hemothorax

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2009 Sep;9(3):547-8. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2009.209254. Epub 2009 Jun 11.

Authors

Kenji Tetsuka¹, Shunsuke Endo, Yoshihiko Kanai, Shinichi Yamamoto

Affiliation

¹ Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke-si, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan.

PMID: 19520706
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.209254

Abstract

Symptomatic extralobar pulmonary sequestration (EPS) is extremely rare. Herein, we report two male patients (3 and 16 years of age) with EPS presenting as hemothorax. Thoracotomic resections of the sequestrated lungs were uneventful. Pathologic examinations revealed hemothorax caused by circulatory disorders within the EPSs.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / complications*
Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / diagnostic imaging
Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / surgery
Child, Preschool
Hemothorax / diagnostic imaging
Hemothorax / etiology*
Hemothorax / surgery
Humans
Male
Pneumonectomy / methods
Pulmonary Infarction / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Infarction / etiology*
Pulmonary Infarction / surgery
Thoracostomy
Thoracotomy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome