Pulmonary Sequestration

Intralobar sequestration is characterized by aberrant formation of nonfunctional lung tissue that has no communication with the bronchial tree and receives systemic arterial blood supply. Failure of earlier diagnosis can lead to recurrent pneumonia, failure to thrive, multiple hospital admissions, and more morbidity. The aim of this case report is to increase the awareness about the lung sequestration, to diagnose and treat it early, so that it is resected before repeated infection, and prevent the morbidity and mortality.

Pulmonary sequestration is a rare malformation of the pulmonary parenchyma. Although pulmonary sequestration
is rare finding but should be considered in patients with repeated episodes of bleeding. We describe a case of
intralobar pulmonary sequestration found in a 27-year-old man admitted with massive hemoptysis and cough. He
underwent lobectomy and achieved an excellent outcome. According to the potentially severe complications that they
may cause, pulmonary sequestration should be removed whenever it is diagnosed; besides that repeated episodes
of hemoptysis should be evaluated by more precise techniques such as ct angiography rather than broncoscopy.