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Thorax 2005;60:792 doi:10.1136/thx.2005.040832
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Pulmonary sequestration supplied by a coronary artery

  1. G M Hunninghake1,
  2. D J Kanarek2
  1. 1Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
  2. 2Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr G M Hunnninghake
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; ghunninghakepartners.org

    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 …

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