Pediatr Allergy Respir Dis.
2002 Dec;12(4):322-327.
Two Cases of Pulmonary Sequestration Treated with Arterial Embolization
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea. NUNONI@hitel.net
- 2Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital mass of nonfunctional pulmonary tissue that lacks of a normal connection with the bronchial tree or pulmonary artery. It may be clinically asymptomatic but may be complicated by recurrent infection. The classical therapeutic approach is to resect the sequestration lobe to prevent infection. The arterial embolization of feeding artery is a new technique and a less invasive treatment than conventional surgical removal. We reviewed two patients with pulmonary sequestration whose complaints were persistent fever and cough or hemoptysis. They were diagnosed by computed tomography and aortography and treated with embolization of feeding arteries. They were sucessfully treated without any complication. We report two cases of pulmonary sequestration treated with arterial embolization instead of surgery.
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