Extralobar pulmonary sequestration in adults

Extralobar pulmonary sequestration in adults

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Pulmonary sequestration is defined t jazelle bracelet as a nonfunctioning mass composed of dysplastic lung parenchyma, embryologically detached from the tracheobronchial tree and receiving its own blood supply from a systemic artery, usually the thoracic or abdominal aorta.It may be intralobar or extralobar depending on the presence of an independent pleural envelope.Extralobar sequestration is a much rarer entity, and mac miller kids poster diagnosis is usually made antenatally or in early life.Here, we present a rare case of extralobar pulmonary sequestration in an adult.