Laparoscopic removal of a retroperitoneal extralobar pulmonary sequestration in an adult.
A 41-year-old male patient presented with dull left flank pain. A computed tomography (CT) showed a subdiaphragmatic retroperitoneal extra-adrenal mass. A magnetic resonance image demonstrated it was hypointense on T1 weighted and hyperintense on T2. Serum analyses for adrenal hormones revealed no abnormality. [I131]metaiodo-benzylguanidene scintigraphy showed no abnormal uptake. The patient underwent laparoscopic removal to manage the symptoms and to make a pathological diagnosis, which was an extralobar pulmonary sequestration. Another congenital lung malformation was not detected on chest CT scan. The symptom was relieved postoperatively.
Furuno
Tsuyoshi
T
Department of Urology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. tfuruno@med.hokudai.ac.jp
Morita
Ken
K
Kakizaki
Hidehiro
H
Harabayashi
Toru
T
Watarai
Yoshihiko
Y
Nonomura
Katsuya
K
D000328:Adult; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space