Role of embolisation in the treatment of bronchopulmonary sequestration.
BACKGROUND
Sequestrations represent bronchopulmonary malformations that are increasingly diagnosed antenatally. After birth, the therapeutic approach in asymptomatic children is debated, as some may spontaneously regress.


OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the efficacy of embolisation of the feeding systemic artery in the treatment of bronchopulmonary sequestration.


METHODS
Sixteen children with bronchopulmonary sequestration were treated by endovascular embolisation of the feeding systemic artery.


RESULTS
Ten patients were considered cured by embolisation alone. One patient was operated on after unsuccessful embolisation, three had partial regression of the lung mass and two are still under follow-up.


CONCLUSIONS
Our experience indicates that bronchopulmonary sequestrations in children can be treated by embolisation alone.
Curros
F
F
Department of Paediatric Radiology, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France.
Chigot
V
V
Emond
S
S
Sayegh
N
N
Revillon
Y
Y
Scheinman
P
P
Lebourgeois
M
M
Brunelle
F
F
D000792:Angiography; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome