title: Left upper lobe pulmonary sequestration.
abstract: A 64-year-old non-smoking woman with a left upper lobe mass underwent a wedge resection by video-thoracoscopic approach. Intraoperative frozen section examination was unable to rule out a neoplastic disease and a lobectomy was performed. Microscopic analysis showed a typical pulmonary sequestration pattern including arteries with elastic layers in a systemic fashion. Pulmonary sequestration is a development lung disease: upper lobe location is considered uncommon and much controversy exists concerning this form which may be underrated.
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Department, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, 20-40 rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Berna
authors.forename: João Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: das Neves Pereira
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Coté
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riquet
mesh_terms: D001981:Bronchial Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005629:Frozen Sections; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed