Bloody pleural effusion associated with an intralobar pulmonary sequestration.
A 50-year-old male cigarette smoker with a posterior parenchymal lung mass developed a bloody, exudative pleural effusion. Pathologic examination of the resected lung confirmed the preoperative diagnosis of an intralobar pulmonary sequestration.
D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology*