Preoperative Embolization to Improve Surgical Management and Outcome of Pulmonary Sequestration

Abstract

Pulmonary sequestration is a rare embryonic malformation of lung tissue with no identifiable bronchial communication receiving its blood supply from one or more anomalous systemic arteries or aorta. The authors present a case report of an adult woman who presented with untreatable hemoptysis. She was treated with anti-Koch's therapy for her nonresolving hemoptysis. She underwent preoperative vascular embolization and operative surgical resection. AbstractKeywords ► pulmonary sequestration ► vascular plug ► preoperative ► embolization Int J Recent Surg Med Sci 2018;4:76-80

Two unusual variants of pulmonary intra-lobar sequestration

“…Bronchopulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital disease characterized by non-functional dysplastic lung tissue with an anomalous systemic arterial supply and no macroscopical connection to the tracheobronchial tree [ 1 ].…”

“…Nowadays, 2 types of sequestration are described within the literature. An extra-lobar sequestration (25%) has its own pleura and venous drainage into the systemic veins (azygos vein or vena cava), meanwhile an intra-lobar sequestration (75%) is included in the visceral pleura of the normal lung with venous drainage into one of the pulmonary veins [ 1 ].…”