title: Intralobar pulmonary sequestration in an adult female patient mimicking asthma: a case report.
abstract: Pulmonary sequestration (PS) is a rare congenital broncho-pulmonary malformation. The main feature of this disease is that partial lung tissues separate from the main lung during the embryonic period, receiving blood supply from systemic circulation arteries. Pathogenesis of PS is not clear, and categorized into congenital and acquired PS. We report a case of a 38 year old woman smoker with medical history characterized by difficult to treat asthma with frequent exacerbations and infections since childhood. CT scan showed a partial PS of left lower lobe, supplied by an abnormal artery arising from supradiaphragmatic aortic diverticulum. Surgical treatment through a lung sequestrectomy and laterobasal segment resection was performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences, Second University of Naples/AORN Monaldi, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: gennaro.mazzarella@unina2.it.
authors.forename: Gennaro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mazzarella
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences, Second University of Naples/AORN Monaldi, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: dott.carlo.iadevaia@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iadevaia
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy. Electronic address: germano.guerra@unimol.it.
authors.forename: Germano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guerra
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy. Electronic address: aldorocca@hotmail.it.
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rocca
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences, Second University of Naples/AORN Monaldi, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: nadia.corcione@libero.it.
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Corcione
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences, Second University of Naples/AORN Monaldi, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: giovanni.rossi@ospedalemonaldi.it.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences, Second University of Naples/AORN Monaldi, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: dario.amore@alice.it.
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Amore
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy. Electronic address: luca.brunese@unimol.it.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brunese
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy. Electronic address: andrea.bianco@unimol.it.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bianco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Asthma; Intrapulmonary sequestration; Lobectomy; Lung; Vascular supply