Extralobar pulmonary sequestration in the posterior mediastinum.
Extralobar pulmonary sequestration was incidentally detected in a 65-year-old man. Preoperatively, the lesion presented as a posterior mediastinal mass. At operation the mass was found to be attached to the paravertebral region at the level of the seventh thoracic vertebra by a feeding artery originating from the descending aorta. Only two cases of extralobar pulmonary sequestration in the posterior mediastinum have been previously reported.
Kamiyoshihara
M
M
Department of Surgery, National Sanatorium Nishi-Gunma Hospital, Maebashi, Japan. kamiyosi@sa2.so-net.ne.jp
Kawashima
O
O
Sakata
S
S
Ishikawa
S
S
Morishita
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods