Bronchopulmonary sequestration as a rare cause of acute, massive intraesophageal bleeding.
We have described a 69-year-old woman with sequestered segment of lung located in the right upper lobe, with open communication with the esophagus. Investigation of the acute anemia produced by acute blood loss into the gastrointestinal tract led to the diagnosis and treatment of this rare condition.
D000368:Aged; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000150:complications*; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography