Bronchopulmonary sequestration: Radiologic findings

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2004-11

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Elsevier Ireland

Abstract

Bronchopulmonary sequestration (BPS) is a nonfunctioning bronchopulmonary tissue that is separate from the tracheobronchial tree and receives arterial blood from the systemic circulation. BPS has a wide spectrum of imaging findings. Surgery is generally indicated for the treatment of BPS. It is important to demonstrate the arterial supply and venous drainage of the sequestered segment preoperatively. Today, with the help of noninvasive imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), preoperative diagnosis of BPS can be made easily, so, invasive techniques such as angiography are not required frequently. In this report, radiological findings of BPS were retrospectively reviewed.

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Bronchopulmonary sequestration, Congenital abnormalities, Lung, Radiography, CT, MR imaging, Pulmonary sequestration, Intralobar, Radiology, nuclear medicine & medical imaging, Angiography, Blood, Computerized tomography, Imaging techniques, Magnetic resonance imaging, Patient treatment, Surgery, Tissue, Arterial bloods, Bronchopulmonary sequestration (BPS), Tracheobronchial tree, Pulmonary diseases

Citation

Bolca, N. vd. (2004). “Bronchopulmonary sequestration: Radiologic findings”. European Journal of Radiology , 52(2), 185-191.