Bilateral pulmonary sequestration in the elderly adult

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Erden E. S., BAYAROĞULLARI H., Bilgic H., Yetim T., Buyukkaya E.

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine, vol.7, no.5, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 7 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1186/2049-6958-7-36
  • Journal Name: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: Bronchopulmonary sequestration, Congenital abnormality, Female, Humans, Lung neoplasms, Middle aged
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Pulmonary sequestration (PS) is a rare malformation consisting of aberrant lung tissue which is not affiliated with the normal bronchial system and is fed by an aberrant artery that derives from systemic arteries. However, PS is usually seen unilaterally but, only rarely, it is bilateral. Most patients with PS are diagnosed because of symptoms due to pulmonary infection or cardiac disease, while a small portion of patients are asymptomatic and diagnosed incidentally. In this report, we present an extremely rare case of asymptomatic bilateral PS which was diagnosed at advanced age. To our knowledge, this case represents the oldest patient in the literature, and the second case that was diagnosed in a patient over the age of 50. © 2012 Erden et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.