Case Report
Volume: 3 | Issue: 1 | Published: Nov 25, 2018 | Pages: 8 - 11 | DOI: 10.24911/ejmcr/173-1534019522
The hidden disease; bronchopulmonary sequestration as retrocardiac mass: a case report
Authors: Tugce Uzar , Mustafa Berk Sarac , Ladan Ragstar , Ozge Aksoy , Pankina Ekaterina , Adem Dirican , Sevket Ozkaya
Article Info
Authors
Tugce Uzar
Medical Student/Intern, Faculty of Medicine, Bahcesehir, University, Istanbul, Turkey
Mustafa Berk Sarac
Medical Student/Intern, Faculty of Medicine, Yeniyuzyil University, Istanbul, Turkey
Ladan Ragstar
Medical Student/Intern, Faculty of Medicine, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
Ozge Aksoy
Medical Student/Intern, Faculty of Medicine, Kliment Ohridski University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Pankina Ekaterina
Assistant, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bashkir State Medical University, Ufa, Russia
Adem Dirican
Pulmonologist, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Samsun Medical Park Hospital, Samsun, Turkey
Sevket Ozkaya
Pulmonologist, Associate Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
Publication History
Received: August 24, 2018
Accepted: November 04, 2018
Published: November 25, 2018
Abstract
Background: Bronchopulmonary sequestration, simply called as pulmonary sequestration, is a relatively rare congenital anomaly with few reports of initial diagnosis occurring during adulthood. It consists of a nonfunctioning mass of lung tissue that lacks normal communication with the tracheobronchial tree and that receives its arterial blood supply from the systemic circulation. Case Presentation: We report two cases with bronchopulmonary sequestration and a short review of the clinical/radiologic features of bronchopulmonary sequestration. Conclusion: Look carefully at the retrocardiac area of chest radiography in adults for the definition of unexpected lesions. It can be bronchopulmonary sequestrations. It can be diagnosed easily with a feeding artery by an aberrant systemic artery which usually arises from the aorta.
Keywords: bronchopulmonary sequestriation, radiology, diagnosis, green
