[Pulmonary sequestrations: presentation of eight cases].
BACKGROUND
Lung sequestration is a pathologically isolated pulmonary parenchyma, with its own arterial vascularisation.


OBJECTIVE
A descriptive-retrospective study of patients of the La Princesa University Hospital, Madrid.


METHODS
The characteristics of patients admitted to the La Princesa University Hospital Thoracic Surgery Unit during 1996-2008, were analysed.


RESULTS
Of the 500 patients, 8 had histopathology confirmation, of which 5 were women. There was respiratory infection in 7 patients, with 4 in the lower right lobe. The intralobar variant was diagnosed in 7 patients. The systemic vascularisation came from the thoracic aorta in five cases. A standard posterolateral thoracotomy with lobectomy was performed in 5 patients. There was no morbidity or mortality. It was more common in women, in lower lobes and similar in both hemithorax; 3. The most common clinical symptom was the respiratory infection; 4. The diagnosis was made with imaging tests.
Amor-Alonso
Sergio
S
Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, España. sergioamor6@hotmail.com
Moreno-Balsalobre
Ramón
R
Risco-Rojas
Roberto
R
Pun-Tam
Yat-Wah
YW
Prieto-Vicente
Jesús
J
Fernández-Fau
Lorenzo
L
Adrados
Magdalena
M
López
Concepción
C
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult