title: Pulmonary Sequestration with Renal Aplasia and Elevated SUV Level in PET/CT.
abstract: Extralobar sequestration with other bronchopulmonary malformations is commonly seen; however, the association of extralobar sequestration with renal aplasia is very rare. A 75-year-old female patient was admitted with back pain. Ultrasonography revealed aplasia of the left kidney and tomography showed 6 × 4.5 cm sized tumor in the left hemithorax at the posterobasal area. The lesion has focally increased glycolytic activity (SUVmax: 3.2) at the left upper pole on positron emission tomography scan (PET/CT). Sequestrectomy was performed after the confirmation by frozen section that the lesion was benign and of extrapulmonary sequestration. No complication occurred during postoperative and 50-month follow-up period.
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Adnan Menderes University, Aydın 09000, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: Nilgün
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kanlıoğlu Kuman
authors.forename: Ekrem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sentürk
authors.forename: Engin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pabuşcu
authors.forename: Ertan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yaman