Thoracic Research and Practice
Case report

Use of Embolization and Surgical Resection in a Case of Pulmonary Sequestration Manifesting with Hemoptysis

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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey

Thorac Res Pract 2011; 12: 172-175
DOI: 10.5152/ttd.2011.40
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Abstract

 

Pulmonary sequestration is the term used to describe a rare embryonic non-functional lung tissue which has no bronchial communication with the normal tracheobronchial tree. In this study, we reviewed a patient who was treated with embolization as a conservative treatment with a coil first, and after three months underwent excision of extralobar sequestration via right thoracotomy because of his continuing complaints of hemoptysis. We conclude that the embolization can be a conservative treatment option, and the definitive treatment of pulmonary sequestration is surgical resection to avoid destruction of the normal pulmonary parenchyma due to infection. (Tur Toraks Der 2011; 12: 172-5)
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