title: Intralobar pulmonary sequestration in a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: a cause of confusion.
abstract: Pulmonary sequestration, a rare congenital pulmonary disorder, is characterized by nonfunctioning lung tissue that is separated from normal tracheobronchial tree. We present a 60-year-old woman with diffuse large cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. After 6 cycles of chemotherapy, paratracheal and aorticopulmonary lymphadenopathies had disappeared. However, the size of the pulmonary mass in the left lower lobe had persisted. Percutaneous fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the pulmonary mass was not diagnostic, so thoracotomy was applied. The lesion was defined as pulmonary sequestration, and basal segmentectomy was performed. After proper and sufficient chemotherapy, histopathological diagnosis of any persisting masses should be confirmed prior to overtreatment decision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Gaziantep University, School of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors.forename: H Mehmet
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Turk
authors.forename: Suleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buyukberber
authors.forename: Celalettin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Camci
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sevinc
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tuncozgur
authors.forename: Cumhur
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sivrikoz
authors.forename: Resat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kervancioglu
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sari
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D013908:Thoracotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome