RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Extralobar pulmonary sequestration
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 200
OP 203
DO 10.1136/thx.23.2.200
VO 23
IS 2
A1 Williams, A. Olufemi
A1 Enumah, F. I.
YR 1968
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/23/2/200.abstract
AB Extralobar sequestration of pulmonary tissues is relatively rare and seldom produces symptoms. An incidental finding is described of extralobar sequestration of the lung in a Nigerian child, presenting as an anterior mediastinal polycystic mass. The mass was attached to the right pulmonary artery by a fibrovascular pedicle which contained a small elastic artery, veins, and nerve bundles. Sequestrated lobes are usually situated in the posterior basal lobes of the lungs and may be associated with other congenital abnormalities, but the case reported here differs in these respects. Death was due to enterocolitis unrelated to the congenital abnormality.