Intrapulmonary sequestration with arterial supply from the left internal thoracic artery: a case report
Hattori, Y.; Negi, K.; Takeda, I.; Iriyama, T.; Sugimura, S.; Watanabe, K.
Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Official Journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia 6(2): 119-121
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 1341-1098 PMID: 10870006 Document Number: 513088
Pulmonary sequestration is uncommon in the upper lobe. Its arterial supply from the internal thoracic artery is very rare. Reported here is a case of a 20-year-old male whose presenting symptom was recurrent pneumonia. Helical computed tomography (CT) and three-dimensional reconstruction images showed that aberrant arteries arising from the left internal thoracic artery were supplying the area of sequestration and draining into the pulmonary vein. Selective intra-arterial digital substraction angiogram also showed left internal thoracic artery supplying the area of the sequestration. Helical three-dimensional CT is noninvasive and provides as accurate three-dimensional information of the aberrant vascular supply in intrapulmonary sequestration as the angiography.