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

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
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spelling doaj-90b972a2a4c343f7a69ab6ea788755662021-07-02T02:35:56ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412013-01-0120640340510.1155/2013/369161Incidental Finding and Management of Intralobar Sequestration of the Lung in A 24-Year-Old ManDhanjit Litt0Sumeet Gandhi1Sacha Bhinder2Maurice Blitz3Kieran McIntyre4Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, University of Toronto, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, University of Toronto, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Division of Respirology, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Division of Respirology, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaPulmonary 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 discusses the etiology, clinical and radiographic features of pulmonary sequestration as well as the management of this condition when it is discovered incidentally.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/369161
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Kieran McIntyre
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Sumeet Gandhi
Sacha Bhinder
Maurice Blitz
Kieran McIntyre
Incidental Finding and Management of Intralobar Sequestration of the Lung in A 24-Year-Old Man
Canadian Respiratory Journal
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Sumeet Gandhi
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Maurice Blitz
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title Incidental Finding and Management of Intralobar Sequestration of the Lung in A 24-Year-Old Man
title_short Incidental Finding and Management of Intralobar Sequestration of the Lung in A 24-Year-Old Man
title_full Incidental Finding and Management of Intralobar Sequestration of the Lung in A 24-Year-Old Man
title_fullStr Incidental Finding and Management of Intralobar Sequestration of the Lung in A 24-Year-Old Man
title_full_unstemmed Incidental Finding and Management of Intralobar Sequestration of the Lung in A 24-Year-Old Man
title_sort incidental finding and management of intralobar sequestration of the lung in a 24-year-old man
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Canadian Respiratory Journal
issn 1198-2241
publishDate 2013-01-01
description 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 discusses the etiology, clinical and radiographic features of pulmonary sequestration as well as the management of this condition when it is discovered incidentally.
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