A rare tale of an extralobar pulmonary sequestration as a cause of hemoptysis not often contemplated: a case report
Clement Tan
Abstract:Background
A rare congenital malformation of the respiratory tract, bronchopulmonary sequestration (BPS), may present symptomatically early on in childhood or adolescent years. Adult BPS is typically an incidental finding found on thoracic imaging. There are currently four known types of BPS. Intralobar sequestrations (ILSs) are the most common of them and the most commonly reported form in literature. In our case report, we report of a healthy adult female who presented with hemoptysis that resul… Show more
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