title: Role of Doppler sonography in the diagnosis of pulmonary sequestration in an elderly patient: a case report.
abstract: An 83-year-old man presented with an asymptomatic mass-like lesion in left lower lobe on chest radiograph and CT, with no change over the past 7 years. Because of discrepancy between clinical and radiological manifestations, chest color Doppler sonography was done and identified a large tortuous pulsating vessel with systemic arterial waveform flowing toward the probe and entering the lesion at its apex. Subsequent contrast-enhanced reconstructed CT scans of the chest with angiography confirmed the diagnosis of intralobar pulmonary sequestration.
authors.affiliation: Chest Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Li-Kuo
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ming-Ji
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Heng-Sheng
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: Chun-Ku
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shi-Chuan
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color