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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volume 80, Issue 6, December 2005, Pages 2343-2344
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Case report
Hemoptysis and Massive Hemothorax as Presentation of Intralobar Sequestration

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Intralobar sequestration is a rare abnormality usually diagnosed at later age after a history of recurrent pulmonary infections. We present a case of a 55-year-old man in whom both hemoptysis and massive hemothorax were the initial presenting symptoms. This report shows that intralobar sequestration can have a dramatic course of disease, and for this reason resection of the sequestered tissue should be considered in all patients.

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Pulmonary sequestration is a rare malformation that is defined as a mass of abnormal lung tissue that does not communicate with the tracheobronchial tree through normally connected bronchus and that usually receives its blood supply from a systemic artery. It can be divided into two main subtypes: (1) extralobar sequestration and (2) intralobar sequestration. In extralobar sequestration, the sequestration is completely separated and enclosed in its own pleural sac, whereas intralobar

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