Sequestration of the lung in children.
Three instances of intralobar pulmonary sequestration are reported to call attention to the occurrence of this lesion in children. In all three patients, the sequestration was diagnosed by arteriography and treated by lobectomy. Extralobar and intralobar sequestrations are described and the differential diagnosis is discussed.
D001027:Aortography; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging