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Case Reports
. 2024 Sep 2;12(9):e70016.
doi: 10.1002/rcr2.70016. eCollection 2024 Sep.

A seven-month-old baby presenting excessive crying for pulmonary sequestration with torsion: A case report and literature review

Li Li  1 , Yuanxiang Wang  2 , Longwei Sun  3 , Wenjian Wang  1
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A seven-month-old baby presenting excessive crying for pulmonary sequestration with torsion: A case report and literature review

Li Li et al. Respirol Case Rep. .

Abstract

Pulmonary sequestration with torsion is a rare condition. We describe a seven-month-old baby presenting excessive crying for pulmonary sequestration with torsion. Contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography demonstrated an oval-shaped mass in the posteromedial right lower chest, no systemic arterial supply was evident. The edge of the mass showed slight linear reinforcement, and its interior had no reinforcement. Thoracoscopic segmentectomy was carried out and histology confirmed pulmonary sequestration with torsion.

Keywords: child; pulmonary sequestration; torsion.

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Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
(A) Chest ultrasound demonstrates a predominantly homogeneously echogenic solid mass (arrow). (B) No vascularity or feeding vessel was discernible.
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
(A) Chest computed tomography showed a homogeneous solid mass in the right lower thorax (arrow), pleural effusion was also identified (E). (B) Contrast medium‐enhanced chest computed tomography showed the edge of the mass with slight linear reinforcement and no reinforcement in its interior (arrow).
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
Intraoperative photo showing infarcted extralobar sequestration (S) and twisted feeding vessel stalk (arrow).
FIGURE 4
FIGURE 4
(A, B) Photomicrograph of the excised mass with recognizable lung structures showing hemorrhagic coagulative necrosis, consistent with extralobar sequestration.
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