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Published on: May 26, 2023
Utility of preoperative visualization for intrapulmonary sequestration in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Manabu Yasuda1, Akira Nagashima, Yasuhiro Chikaishi
1Department of Chest Surgery, Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center, 2-1-1 Basyaku, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu 802-0077, Japan.
Abstract:
We herein report the case of a 59-year-old male suffering from severe cough. The patient had previously experienced several episodes of pneumonia beginning in childhood. A three dimensional multidetector computed tomography (3D-MDCT) scan revealed pulmonary sequestration with a left gastric artery blood supply, and clearly revealed the other pulmonary vessels. The patient underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, in which the anomalous tissue was resected safely. Preoperative visualization of the vessels may be helpful for the safe treatment of a pulmonary sequestration, and the VATS approach is a suitable operation under corrective surgical planning.
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