Intrapericardial Extralobar Pulmonary Sequestration in Adult

Extralobar pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital pulmonary malformation compared with its counterpart, intralobar pulmonary sequestration, and occurs less in females. Here we describe a 24-year-old woman who underwent a median sternotomy for resection of an intrapericardial extralobar pulmona...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2013-03, Vol.95 (3), p.1093-1096
Hauptverfasser:	Wei, Yiping, MD, PhD, Chen, Liru, MD, Xu, Jianjun, MD, Yu, Dongliang, MD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Bronchopulmonary Sequestration - complications Bronchopulmonary Sequestration - diagnosis Bronchopulmonary Sequestration - surgery Cardiothoracic Surgery Diagnosis, Differential Female Humans Pericardial Effusion - diagnosis Pericardial Effusion - etiology Pericardial Effusion - surgery Pericardium - abnormalities Pericardium - surgery Surgery Thoracic Surgical Procedures - methods Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	Extralobar pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital pulmonary malformation compared with its counterpart, intralobar pulmonary sequestration, and occurs less in females. Here we describe a 24-year-old woman who underwent a median sternotomy for resection of an intrapericardial extralobar pulmonary sequestration. At her month follow-up visit, she had recovered well with no complications.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.07.082