Intralobar pulmonary sequestration in an elderly adult.
The case of a patient admitted to the hospital for symptoms characterized by chest pain, productive cough, fever, dyspnea resistant to antibiotic therapy is discussed. Previous plain chest X-ray performed elsewhere was suggestive of inflammotory lung consolidation. An admission chest X-ray revealed a left lower lobe density. On chest CT-angiography a lobulated mass in the posterior basal segment of the left lower lobe was visualized: the diagnosis of intralobar pulmonary sequestration (ILPS) was hypothesized.
Andrisani
Maria Carmela
MC
Istituto di Radiologia, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Policlinico "A. Gemelli", Roma, Italy. mandrisani@sirm.org
Peschechera
Raffaella
R
Reale
Francesca
F
Ciavarrella
Concetta
C
Filograna
Enrica
E
Pinnelli
Michela
M
Masselli
Gabriele
G
D000368:Aged; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed