An incidental and uncommon pulmonary sequestration with an uncommon feeding artery
Masatsugu Hamaji1, Bryan M Burt, Syed Osman Ali
1The Brigham & Women's Hospital, Division of Thoracic Surgery, USA.
Introduction:
Pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital anomaly and most intralobar sequestrations were located in lower lobes. There is little information on middle lobe intralobar sequestration.
Presentation Of Case:
A 44 year-old man with right middle lobe syndrome was referred for surgical management. He underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic right middle lobectomy and his postoperative course was uneventful. Pathology is notable for an incidental intralobar sequestration.
Discussion:
Our case was unique in that the location of incidental pulmonary sequestration is uncommon and in that its feeding artery was uncommonly located in the fissure.
Conclusion:
We report an extremely rare case of right middle lobe intralobar sequestration with a feeding artery in the fissure.
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