ABSTRACT
O sequestro pulmonar é uma malformação incomum, representando 0,5-6 por cento de todas as malformações pulmonares, sendo geralmente diagnosticado na infância. Dos dois tipos de sequestro pulmonar, intralobar e extralobar, este último é o menos freqüente. O presente relato descreve o caso de um paciente do sexo feminino, de 32 anos, com quadro de dor toracoabdominal e achados de radiografia e TC de tórax revelando consolidação e derrame pleural. A conduta inicial com toracocentese evidenciou hemotórax. A seqüência diagnóstica através da videotoracoscopia permitiu o diagnóstico de sequestro extralobar e a consequente conduta de conversão para toracotomia para ressecção da lesão com ligadura segura do pedículo vascular intercostal.
Pulmonary sequestration is an uncommon condition that accounts for 0.5-6 percent of all pulmonary malformations and is typically diagnosed in childhood. Of the two forms of pulmonary sequestration, intralobar and extralobar, the latter is less frequently encountered. The current report describes the case of a 32-year-old female patient with chest and abdominal pain. Imaging (chest X-rays and CT scans of the chest) revealed consolidation and pleural effusion. The initial thoracocentesis revealed hemothorax. Subsequent diagnostic video-assisted thoracoscopy revealed extralobar pulmonary sequestration. Consequently, the therapeutic decision was to make the conversion to thoracotomy in order to resect the lesion and safely ligate the intercostal vascular pedicle.
Subject(s)
Adult , Female , Humans , Bronchopulmonary Sequestration/diagnosis , Hemothorax/diagnosis , Pulmonary Infarction/complications , Bronchopulmonary Sequestration/surgery , ThoracoscopyABSTRACT
We report a pulmonary infarction in 68-year-old man who was referred for an asymptomatic pulmonary nodule in chest radiography. Computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), and transthoracic needle aspiration suggested suspicion for malignancy. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) was performed for histologic diagnosis. Our case is a pulmonary nodule due to pulmonary infarction diagnosed by VATS in Korea.