Coil embolization of pulmonary sequestration in two infants--A safe alternative management.
Pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital anomaly with nonfunctioning lung tissue, for which the arterial blood supply is usually derived from the thoracic or abdominal aorta. Surgical resection is the conventional treatment for pulmonary sequestration. The arterial embolization of pulmonary sequestration is an alternative technique and a less invasive treatment than conventional surgical resection. Here, we report two infants with intralobar and extralobar types of pulmonary sequestration, successfully treated with coil embolization of the feeding artery without any complications.
Yeh
Cheng-Nan
CN
Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Wang
Jieh-Neng
JN
Tsai
Yu-Chien
YC
Yao
Chih-Ta
CT
Lin
Chia-Shung
CS
Wu
Jing-Ming
JM
D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male