Thoracoscopic segmentectomy: one vessel may hide a second one.
We report the case of an asymptomatic neonate prenatally diagnosed with a left basal pulmonary sequestration. The preoperative chest computed tomography with contrast showed 2 aberrant arteries arising from the distal thoracic aorta and supplying the intralobar left inferior lung malformation. Strategy and treatment by thoracoscopic segmentectomy are presented.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Switzerland. Barbara.Peiry@chuv.ch
Barbara
B
Peiry
Anthony
A
De Buys Roessingh
Katyuska
K
Francini
Leonor
L
Alamo
Olivier
O
Reinberg
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001027:Aortography; D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008026:Ligation; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000196:embryology; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed
D003287:Contrast Media