title: Intralobar pulmonary sequestration: diagnostic expertise.
abstract: An obese 22-year-old man with a history of recurrent respiratory infections presented to the emergency room with left pleuritic chest pain, productive cough with mucupurulent sputum and an axillary temperature of 37.7°C. Blood work showed elevated inflammatory parameters and chest X-ray was relevant for heterogeneous infiltration in the left base and opacity of the left costophrenic angle. An angio-CT scan revealed areas of bilateral consolidation with presence of an arterial branch originating from the aorta to the collected area of the left lower lobe, consistent with a respiratory infection grafted on a intralobar pulmonary sequestration of the left lung base. The infectious process was treated and the patient was planned for a lower left lobectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Joana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sotto Mayor
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Diogo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Esperança
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oliveira e Silva
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents