title: Endovascular embolization prior to surgical resection of symptomatic intralobar pulmonary sequestration in an adult.
abstract: Intralobar pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital malformation, conventionally managed by surgical resection. Recently, the endovascular embolization has been proposed for the definite treatment of this disease. Additionally, preoperative embolization of aberrant arteries to minimize the risk of serious intraoperative haemorrhage has also been described. We report the case of 43-year old female patient who presented with cough and haemoptysis, and was successfully treated with endovascular embolization followed by a Video-assisted thoracoscopic wedge resection.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Institute of Radiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Jernej
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Avsenik
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Tomaž
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Štupnik
authors.affiliation: Clinical Institute of Radiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloska 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Popovič
keywords: AVP, Amplatzer Vascular Plug; CTA, computed tomography angiography; Endovascular embolization; ILS, intralobar pulmonary sequestration; Intralobar pulmonary sequestration; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery