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Pulmonary sequestration supplied by a coronary artery
1 Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
2 Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Correspondence to:
Dr G M Hunnninghake
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; ghunninghake@partners.org
Keywords: pulmonary sequestration; coronary artery
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A 59 year old woman presented with chest tightness radiating to her back and shortness of breath. The ECG and cardiac enzymes were consistent with an acute apical inferior myocardial infarction. Her past medical history was significant for a 47 year history of four episodes of pneumonia with haemoptysis. She carried a diagnosis of a "lung scar". A previous CT scan of the thorax showed cystic changes in the left lower lobe posterior segment (fig 1
). At cardiac catheterisation, in addition to a 70% proximal left anterior descending artery lesion, a large torturous vessel was noted arising from the left circumflex coronary artery and supplying the left lower lobe of the lung (fig 2A and B). Bronchoscopic examination revealed normal left lower lobe basilar segment anatomy and a thoracic MRI scan revealed no other abnormal arterial connections to the left lower lobe. The patient was referred to thoracic surgery
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