title: Coil embolization of pulmonary sequestration in two infants--A safe alternative management.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Cheng-Nan
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Jieh-Neng
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yu-Chien
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Chih-Ta
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Chia-Shung
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jing-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male