title: Bronchopulmonary sequestration--a 12-year experience.
abstract: Bronchopulmonary sequestration (BPS) is a rare malformation of the lower respiratory tract. It consists of a non-functioning mass of lung tissue that lacks normal communication with the tracheobronchial tree and that receives arterial blood supply from the systemic circulation. It is classified as intralobar (ILS) or extralobar (ELS) according to its location within or outside the normal lung. Most sequestrations are intralobar (75%) and occur predominantly in the left lower lobe.
authors.affiliation: Interna Complementar de Pneumologia, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia, Rua Conceição Fernandes, 4434-502 Vila Nova de Gaia.
authors.forename: Julieta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rego
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sá Ferreira
authors.forename: Antónia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furtado
authors.forename: António
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Couceiro
authors.forename: José António
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leal
authors.forename: Luís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vouga
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors