Korean J Radiol.  2015 Jun;16(3):662-667. 10.3348/kjr.2015.16.3.662.

Extralobar Pulmonary Sequestration with Hemorrhagic Infarction in a Child: Preoperative Imaging Diagnosis and Pathological Correlation

• Choe J
• Goo HW

• KMID: 2155538
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2015.16.3.662

Abstract

We describe a rare case of extralobar pulmonary sequestration with hemorrhagic infarction in a 10-year-old boy who presented with acute abdominal pain and fever. In our case, internal branching linear architecture, lack of enhancement in the peripheral portion of the lesion with internal hemorrhage, and vascular pedicle were well visualized on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging that led to successful preoperative diagnosis of extralobar pulmonary sequestration with hemorrhagic infarction probably due to torsion.

Keyword

Extralobar pulmonary sequestration; Infarction; Children; MRI; CT; Ultrasonography

MeSH Terms

Abdominal Pain/etiology
Bronchopulmonary Sequestration/*diagnosis/surgery
Child
Fever/etiology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging/*methods
Male
Pulmonary Infarction/*diagnosis/surgery
Torsion Abnormality/complications

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