Pulmonary sequestration

A review of 41 patients over a 15-year period with a diagnosis of pulmonary sequestration was undertaken. The most common presenting complaint was repeated infections of the sequestrated segment. Two of our patients were symptomatic since the neonatal period. On an average, each patient was admitted...

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Published inJournal of pediatric surgery Vol. 22; no. 8; pp. 750 - 753
Main Authors Collin, Pierre-Paul, Desjardins, Jean G., Khan, Abid H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.1987
Subjects
Adolescent
Bronchopulmonary Sequestration - surgery
Child
Child, Preschool
cystic pulmonary lesions
extralobar sequestration
Female
Humans
Infant
Ligation
Male
Pneumonectomy
pulmonary abscess
Pulmonary Artery - abnormalities
Pulmonary Artery - surgery
Pulmonary sequestration
scimitar syndrome
cystic pulmonary lesions
scimitar syndrome
pulmonary abscess
extralobar sequestration
Pulmonary sequestration
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Summary:A review of 41 patients over a 15-year period with a diagnosis of pulmonary sequestration was undertaken. The most common presenting complaint was repeated infections of the sequestrated segment. Two of our patients were symptomatic since the neonatal period. On an average, each patient was admitted three times to the hospital before undergoing surgery. All our patients had abnormal chest x-rays. Two patients had severe purulent infection needing emergency resection of the sequestrated lobe. In our experience, almost all cases of pulmonary sequestration require surgery in the long-term.
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ISSN:0022-3468
1531-5037
DOI:10.1016/S0022-3468(87)80620-6