Bronchopulmonary sequestration in an infant Background: Bronchopulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital lung malformation, charactarized by an abnormal segment of bronchopulmonary tisue, irrigated by an anomalous systemic artery. Objective: To report the clinical course of an infant with an intralobar bronchopulmonary sequestration and review the most relevant aspects of this lung malformation. Case-report: A six months-old infant, treated for a pneumonia involving the right lower lobe, with persistence of the consolidation image for more than six weeks. Because of a computed tomography (CT) that showed an image suggesting a bronchopulmonay sequestration, the infant was scheduled for surgery, confirming the presence of the intralobar type of the malformation, which was removed without incidents. Conclusion: Bronchopulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital lung malformation, but it has to be considered in the presence of recurrent pneumonia or persisting consolidation images.
Importancia del manejo del ductus arterioso persistente en la XII Región al implementar el diagnóstico ecográfico y tratamiento quirúrgico a nivel local.
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