title: Familial recurrence of pulmonary sequestration.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pulmonary sequestration is not believed to be familial. We report two male infants with this anomaly who were born to the same parents.
  
  
  METHODS
  The prenatal diagnosis of pulmonary sequestration was made in a woman's two consecutive pregnancies by demonstrating systemic arterial supply to an echogenic mass located in the left lower lung of each fetus. Postnatal radiographic evaluation confirmed the prenatal diagnoses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Recurrent pulmonary sequestration in two male offspring from the same parents raises the possibility of a genetic predisposition for this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, USA.
authors.forename: A Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Abuhamad
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bass
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Heyl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal