title: Pulmonary sequestration infected with nontuberculous mycobacteria: a report of two cases and literature review.
abstract: We report two cases of pulmonary sequestration infected with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM): Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium abscessus. Chest computed tomography showed pneumonic consolidation in the right lower lobe, which received a systemic blood supply from the descending aorta in both patients. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgeries were successfully performed and pathological examinations revealed multiple caseating granulomas. A review of the literature revealed only seven previous case reports of pulmonary sequestration infected with NTM, and no case with Mycobacterium abscessus has been reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. wjkoh@skku.edu
authors.forename: Won-Jung
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Goohyeon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Kwhanmien
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Soomin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Joungho
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed