Intrapulmonary sequestration with arterial supply from the left internal thoracic artery: a case report. |
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Authors: | Y Hattori K Negi I Takeda T Iriyama S Sugimura K Watanabe |
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Institution: | Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Pulmonary sequestration is uncommon in the upper lobe. Its arterial supply from the internal thoracic artery is very rare. Reported here is a case of a 20-year-old male whose presenting symptom was recurrent pneumonia. Helical computed tomography (CT) and three-dimensional reconstruction images showed that aberrant arteries arising from the left internal thoracic artery were supplying the area of sequestration and draining into the pulmonary vein. Selective intra-arterial digital substraction angiogram also showed left internal thoracic artery supplying the area of the sequestration. Helical three-dimensional CT is noninvasive and provides as accurate three-dimensional information of the aberrant vascular supply in intrapulmonary sequestration as the angiography. |
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