title: [Individual draining vein of intralobar pulmonary sequestration].
abstract: We analyzed the routes of draining veins in 7 cases of intralobar pulmonary sequestration (ILS) and 6 cases of bronchial atresia (BA) by multidetector CT and on 3D reconstructed images. In 2 cases of ILS with systemic venous drainage and 4 of 5 cases with pulmonary venous drainage, the primary veins penetrated the abnormal lungs. In another case, the main vein bypassed the border of the lung, but a small number of branches joined from the normal lung. In all cases of BA, draining veins distributed outside the abnormal lung. The finding that ILS has its own draining veins supports the theory of its congenital origin from an accessory lung bud.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center.
authors.forename: Tetsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanauchi
authors.forename: Toshiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hoshi
authors.forename: Miyuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawabata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging