title: [Pulmonary sequestrations: presentation of eight cases].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, España. sergioamor6@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amor-Alonso
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moreno-Balsalobre
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Risco-Rojas
authors.forename: Yat-Wah
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Pun-Tam
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prieto-Vicente
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fernández-Fau
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adrados
authors.forename: Concepción
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: López
mesh_terms: 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