Incidental Finding and Management of Intralobar Sequestration of the Lung in A 24-Year-Old Man

Pulmonary sequestration is described as a dysplastic mass of lung tissue that lacks communication with the tracheobronchial tree and receives systemic rather than pulmonary arterial blood supply. Two distinct classifications, intralobar and extralobar, have been described. The present article discus...

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Main Authors: Dhanjit Litt, Sumeet Gandhi, Sacha Bhinder, Maurice Blitz, Kieran McIntyre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/369161