BACKGROUND The transit of neutrophils through the pulmonary microvasculature is prolonged compared with red blood cells and is increased further during cigarette smoking and in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The increased residence time (sequestration) of neutrophils in the pulmonary capillaries in these conditions may be the first step leading to the accumulation of ce...

Broncho-pulmonary sequestration is a rare anomaly which represents 0.156.4% of all pulmonary malformations.(1, 2) It is defined as the presence of non-functioning lung tissue that is separate from the bronchial system and is supplied by an aberrant artery originating from the aorta or one of its branches (1, 2). Bronchopulmonary sequestration is divided into two types: Intralobar; which shares ...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary sequestration is an uncommon congenital condition for which surgical resection is usually indicated - either via open thoracotomy or conventional multi-port Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS). Of the two types of sequestration, intralobar sequestration is technically more challenging to resect. CASE PRESENTATION We report the management of a 34 year old male pati...

BACKGROUND The ideal treatment strategy for pulmonary sequestration whether resection or embolization in childhood is not clearly defined. Our institution has no clear policy, therefore both therapies are performed. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess local management strategies of children presenting with pulmonary sequestrations. METHODS This is a retrospective, single-instituti...

An 18-year-old female presented to the emergency department with three days of worsening left flank pain. Past medical history included asymptomatic bacteriuria. She denied prior similar episodes or inciting events, and was currently being treated with trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole by an urgent care center for a urinary tract infection, although she denied having any urinary symptoms. Upon eval...

A patient with homozygous sickle cell disease presented with sickle crisis complicated by hepatic and pulmonary sequestration and required intensive therapy. During the recovery phrase she developed a rapid rise of haemoglobin concentration, unrelated to blood transfusion, followed by hypertension, congestive cardiac failure and catastrophic intracerebral haemorrhage. This serious haemodynamic ...

Bronchopulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital lung malformation characterized by an abnormal segment of bronchopulmonary tissue supplied by an anomalous systemic artery. The diagnosis may be easily missed in adults, as many of the symptoms overlap with other pulmonary processes. Surgical resection provides definitive management and is usually reserved for patients with symptoms. This arti...

Pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital malformation of lung in which part the supplied by an anomalous systemic blood supply from thoracic or abdominal aorta. This nonfunctioning tissue and lacks normal communication with tracheobronchial tree. It develops accessory bud. If developed before pleura formation, it results intralobar sequestration, extralobar, if after formation. Usually Intr...