title: Extralobar pulmonary sequestration: a case report.
abstract: We described the case of a 36-year-old Turkish female with an extralobar pulmonary sequestration who suffered from chest and back pain for five years without any evidence of pulmonary infection. A chest X-ray showed an area of opacity behind the cardiac silhouette in the lower area of the left hemithorax. A CT scan of the thorax with intravenous contrast showed a 9 x 7 cm in size ovoid mass with necrosis in the lower left lobe. It revealed two aortic branches directed toward the pulmonary opacity. She subsequently underwent surgery and the anomalous tissue was removed by mass excision. The patient was diagnosed with extralobar pulmonary sequestration.
authors.affiliation: Sureyyapasa Center for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Investiagation Hospital, Department of Pulmonology.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.affiliation: Yavuz Sultan Selim Hospital, Department of Pulmonology.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bektemur
authors.affiliation: Sureyyapasa Center for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Investiagation, Hospital Maltepe-Instanbul, Turkey. gulbanuh@hotmail.com
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Ekinci
authors.affiliation: Sureyyapasa Center for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Investiagation Hospital, Department of Pulmonology.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Ongel
authors.affiliation: Sureyyapasa Center for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Investiagation Hospital, Department of Pulmonology.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kavas
authors.affiliation: Sureyyapasa Center for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Investiagation Hospital, Department of Pulmonology.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Haciomeroglu
authors.affiliation: Sureyyapasa Center for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Investiagation Hospital, Department of Chest Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.affiliation: Sureyyapasa Center for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Investiagation Hospital, Department of Pulmonology.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Burunsuzoglu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed