Intralobar pulmonary sequestration supplied by the right coronary artery

Bronchopulmonary sequestrations are malformations that are often congenital ; they consist of isolated nonfunctioning lung segments having no communica tion with functional tracheobronchial elements of the surrounding lung. The y are supplied by single or multiple branches from the distal thoracic or p roximal abdominal aorta, or from the celiac, splenic, intercostal, subclavi an, or pulmonary artery, Due to the absence of ventilation, the lung tissue can become chronically Infected. We describe an intralobar pulmonary seque stration with arterial supply from the right coronary artery. Cathet. Cardi ovasc. Intervent 47:218-220, 1999. (C) 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc.