Extralobar pulmonary sequestration presenting as hemothorax.
Symptomatic extralobar pulmonary sequestration (EPS) is extremely rare. Herein, we report two male patients (3 and 16 years of age) with EPS presenting as hemothorax. Thoracotomic resections of the sequestrated lungs were uneventful. Pathologic examinations revealed hemothorax caused by circulatory disorders within the EPSs.
Tetsuka
Kenji
K
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke-si, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan.
Endo
Shunsuke
S
Kanai
Yoshihiko
Y
Yamamoto
Shinichi
S
D000293:Adolescent; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D054060:Pulmonary Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013907:Thoracostomy; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome