Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for pulmonary sequestration

Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Feb;73(2):639-40. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(01)03012-0.

Abstract

Pulmonary sequestration is a rare developmental abnormality, and the patients usually present with recurrent pneumonia. We report a case of video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy in a 32-year-old woman with an intrapulmonary sequestration in the left lower lobe.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / diagnosis
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Pneumonectomy*
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery
  • Pulmonary Veins / pathology
  • Pulmonary Veins / surgery
  • Surgical Staplers
  • Suture Techniques
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted*