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ArticleCureus2024

Pulmonary Sequestration Masquerading as Pulmonary Abscess.

Baltej Singh, Ezekiel Kurcab, Kris Conde, Patricia E Simmer, Michael T Vest

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Baltej SinghInternal Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, USA.
Ezekiel KurcabInternal Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, USA.
Kris CondeRadiology, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, USA.
Patricia E SimmerInternal Medicine/Emergency Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, USA.
Michael T VestInternal Medicine/Critical Care, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital condition wherein a nonfunctional lung segment, arising separately from the true lung bud, develops within the chest cavity but lacks communication with the tracheobronchial tree or pulmonary arterial supply. While this condition is typically diagnosed in children, our case highlights its relevance in adults. We present a 37-year-old male who presented with shortness of breath and was initially diagnosed with a pulmonary abscess. A careful review of CT imaging, particularly noting the vascular supply to abnormal pulmonary lesions, led to the diagnosis of infected pulmonary sequestration. This abnormality had been noted previously, but the patient was unaware of the finding, leaving him at risk of infection and subsequent hospitalization. Although this can be a benign and incidental finding on imaging, this case emphasizes the need for appropriate diagnosis, patient education, and appropriate follow-up to avoid future complications.

Indexed as

broncho-pulmonary sequestrationcomputer tomography scancongenital lung malformationsintralobar pulmonary sequestration• lung abscess‘pulmonary infection’

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PMID39610578
PMCPMC11602264

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