title: Two concomitant congenital lung malformations mimicking a paravertebral mass.
abstract: We report the case of a 47-year-old woman who presented with the unique asymptomatic malformation of an extralobar pulmonary sequestration communicating with a bronchogenic cyst. Despite computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the chest, the diagnosis could not be established before a left thoracotomy was performed. The sequestrated lobe and bronchogenic cyst were then successfully resected.
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Clinic, Medical Park Bahcelievler Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey ghaciibrahim@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Haciibrahimoglu
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Clinic, Yedikule Hospital for Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Aydogmus
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Clinic, Yedikule Hospital for Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bedirhan
mesh_terms: D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013510:Pulmonary Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Adult; bronchogenic cyst; bronchopulmonary sequestration; lung