COLONIZATION WITH ASPERGILLUS OF AN INTRALOBAR PULMONARY SEQUESTRATION

Authors
FREIXINET J DECOS J DECASTRO FR JULIA G ROMERO T
Citation
J. Freixinet et al., COLONIZATION WITH ASPERGILLUS OF AN INTRALOBAR PULMONARY SEQUESTRATION, Thorax, 50(7), 1995, pp. 810-811
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Thorax → ACNP
ISSN journal
00406376
Volume
50
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
810 - 811
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-6376(1995)50:7<810:CWAOAI>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Pulmonary sequestration is a term used to describe an area of embryoni c lung tissue supplied by an anomalous systemic artery. Two forms are recognised - extralobar and intralobar - with different clinical prese ntations. A patient is reported with intralobar pulmonary sequestratio n in the left lung and colonisation with Aspergillus which was success fully treated by lower lobectomy.