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Association of Communicating Extralobar Bronchopulmonary Sequestration with Intralobar Sequestration in a Patient Who ...
ISSN: 2687 - 5365Publisher: author   
Association of Communicating Extralobar Bronchopulmonary Sequestration with Intralobar Sequestration in a Patient Who ...
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Abstract
Bronchopulmonary sequestration is an uncommon anomaly in children. It is characterized by nonfunctioning pulmonary tissue that is not connected to the normal tracheobronchial tree, and its blood supply derived from a systemic arterial source. A 2900-gram male term baby was referred to our clinic with the diagnosis of anal atresia. A diverting sigmoidostomy was performed. He was started to oral feeding on the second postoperative day, but patient’s general condition was impaired and right lower lobe pneumonia was documented on chest X-ray. A thoracic CT scan demonstrated multiple cysts and pneumonic consolidation, which indicated abscess at right lower lobe. The thoracic CT scan also showed bronchus like structure, which was entering to the esophagus. An esophagogram showed a fistula from distal esophagus to the right lower lobe of the lung. At thoracotomy, a connection between the right lower lobe of the lung and distal of the esoph...