title: Video-assisted thoracoscopic wedge resection for pulmonary sequestration.
abstract: A 60-year-old woman underwent a video-assisted thoracoscopic wedge resection of intralobar pulmonary sequestration instead of a lobotomy because the lesion was localized in the right basal segment. Preoperative 3-dimensional computed tomography was useful for identifying an aberrant artery arising from the thoracic aorta and distributing to the lesion. A successful outcome more than 4 years after the surgery indicates that a wedge resection under video-assisted thoracoscopy may prove to be a therapeutic option for localized pulmonary sequestration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan. sakuma-t@kanazawa-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugita
authors.forename: Motoyasu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sagawa
authors.forename: Masanobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishigaki
authors.forename: Hirohisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Toga
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities; D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed