Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  2007 Oct;40(10):708-710.

Intralobar Pulmonary Sequestration with Hemoptysis and Hemothorax

• Park JM
• Oh BS

Abstract

A 60-year-old female entered the emergency unit with a chief complaint of hemoptysis. Based on the computer tomographic image analysis of the chest, the patient was diagnosed as having an intralobar pulmonary sequestration that accompanied a hemothorax, and the hemothorax was do to the rupture of a pseudocyst. Pulmonary lobectomy of the left lower lobe and primary closure of an aberrant artery were both performed as an emergency operation. After one week following the operation, the patient was discharged without any postoperative complications.

Keyword

Hemothorax; Hemoptysis; Lung sequestration, extralobal or intralobal

MeSH Terms

Arteries
Bronchopulmonary Sequestration*
Emergencies
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Hemoptysis*
Hemothorax*
Humans
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications
Rupture
Thorax