Pulmonary sequestration is an uncommon congenital anomaly characterised by a mass of non-functional, dysplastic lung parenchyma that docs not communicate with the normal tracheobronchial tree. Such an anomaly commonly receives its blood supply from the systemic circulation. The sequestered pulmonary segment is considered to be intralobar if it is enclosed within the common pleura enveloping the...

This report documents a bronchogenic cyst presenting as an adrenal tumour in a 51 year old man with persistent epigastric pain. The cyst is regarded as a developmental abnormality of the primitive foregut, which typically occurs in the chest. Subdiaphragmatic, and retroperitoneal locations in particular, are unusual. The differential diagnosis of a bronchogenic cyst in the retroperitoneum inclu...

A 39-year old gentleman presented with cough and haemoptysis for 5 years. A chest radiograph showed a large left retrocardiac opacity (Fig. 1). A contrast enhanced computerised tomography of the thorax showed a hypertrophied aberrant systemic artery from the descending thoracic aorta, leading to a large saccular, partially thrombosed aneurysm in the left lower lobe (Fig. 2). The patient underwe...

Pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital malformation and may cause recurrent infections and hemoptysis. Although video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is feasible, some drawbacks remain, mainly dealing the managing of anomalous vessels. We describe the use of a robotic system (da Vinci Robotic System, Surgical Intuitive, Mountain View, CA, USA) in the treatment of four consecutive cases o...

BACKGROUND Bronchopulmonary sequestration is a lung malformation characterized by nonfunctioning lung tissue without primary communication with the tracheobronchial tree. Intrauterine complications such as mediastinal shift, pleural effusion or fetal hydrothorax can be present. We present the case of a newborn with bilateral intralobar pulmonary sequestration. METHODS Prenatal ultrasonography...