[Intrapulmonary sequestration operated by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy; report of a case].
Pulmonary sequestration is a rare malformation of the respiratory tract. We here report an adult case of intralobar pulmonary sequestration with aberrant artery of the right lower lobe. A 20-year-old man admitted to our hospital with a chest discomfort. Chest computed tomography (CT), angiography, and scintigraphy showed abnormal findings of the right lower lobe with an aberrant artery. Under the diagnosis of pulmonary sequestration, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy was performed. VATS is useful for the operation of pulmonary sequestration.
Yamashita
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Department of Surgery, Kumamoto Medical Center, Kumamoto, Japan.
Nakagawa
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Kawahara
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D000328:Adult; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted