Intralobar pulmonary sequestration diagnosed by MR angiography.
A definitive diagnosis of pulmonary sequestration necessitates evidence of a systemic arterial supply to the sequestered lung segment by aortography. We report a case of intralobar pulmonary sequestration in an 11-month-old girl in whom the diagnosis was made by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) angiography. Contrast-enhanced MR angiography is the most reliable noninvasive method for the definitive diagnosis of pulmonary sequestration in children.
Deguchi
Eiichi
E
Division of Surgery, Children's Research Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-0841, Japan. degu@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
Furukawa
Taizo
T
Ono
Shigeru
S
Aoi
Shigeyoshi
S
Kimura
Osamu
O
Iwai
Naomi
N
D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D011859:Radiography
D003287:Contrast Media