[Operative treatment of lung sequestrations (author's transl)]

Abstract

In the Surgical Department of the Städtisches Krankenhaus München-Harlaching, 7 malformations of the lung in the shape of intralobar or extralobar sequestration were found among 1150 lung resections. Preoperative diagnosis caused no difficulty, even when angiography was dispensed with. In two cases a coincidence with other deformities was demonstrated. Deviations from the usual differentiation between intralobar and extralobar sequestration were found repeatedly with regard to location and vascular supply. All the 7 patients affected were cured by resection therapy.