Tuberculosis associated with pulmonary sequestration.
We describe a case of intralober pulmonary sequestration in association with tuberculosis. Sequestrations of the lung are classically divided into two types of extralober and intralober. Intralober pulmonary sequestration in association with tuberculosis is rare. We diagnosed the present case to be Pryce type 1 with tuberculosis infection.
Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Matsuo
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Hayashi
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Takamori
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Tayama
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Tamura
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Beppu
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Shirouzu
D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology