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.
Department of Urology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. tfuruno@med.hokudai.ac.jp
Tsuyoshi
T
Furuno
Ken
K
Morita
Hidehiro
H
Kakizaki
Toru
T
Harabayashi
Yoshihiko
Y
Watarai
Katsuya
K
Nonomura
D000328:Adult; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space