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Intralobar sequestration of lung
Intralobar pulmonary sequestration is characterized by the presence of nonfunctional parenchymal lung tissue, receiving systemic arterial blood supply. It lacks normal communication with tracheobronchial tree. Failure to diagnose and treat this condition can lead to recurrent pneumonia and fatal hem...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2876708/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20532005 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.56357 |
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author | Prasad, R. Garg, Rajiv Verma, Sanjay Kumar |
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description | Intralobar pulmonary sequestration is characterized by the presence of nonfunctional parenchymal lung tissue, receiving systemic arterial blood supply. It lacks normal communication with tracheobronchial tree. Failure to diagnose and treat this condition can lead to recurrent pneumonia and fatal hemoptysis. The aim of this case report is to increase awareness about the condition and to review criteria of its definitive diagnosis and subsequent treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-28767082010-06-08 Intralobar sequestration of lung Prasad, R. Garg, Rajiv Verma, Sanjay Kumar Lung India Case Report Intralobar pulmonary sequestration is characterized by the presence of nonfunctional parenchymal lung tissue, receiving systemic arterial blood supply. It lacks normal communication with tracheobronchial tree. Failure to diagnose and treat this condition can lead to recurrent pneumonia and fatal hemoptysis. The aim of this case report is to increase awareness about the condition and to review criteria of its definitive diagnosis and subsequent treatment. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2876708/ /pubmed/20532005 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.56357 Text en © Lung India http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Prasad, R. Garg, Rajiv Verma, Sanjay Kumar Intralobar sequestration of lung |
title | Intralobar sequestration of lung |
title_full | Intralobar sequestration of lung |
title_fullStr | Intralobar sequestration of lung |
title_full_unstemmed | Intralobar sequestration of lung |
title_short | Intralobar sequestration of lung |
title_sort | intralobar sequestration of lung |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2876708/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20532005 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.56357 |
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