CASE REPORT   

Minerva Respiratory Medicine 2021 December;60(4):142-5

DOI: 10.23736/S2784-8477.21.01945-8

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language: English

Videothoracoscopic segmentectomy in extralobar pulmonary sequestration: safe and effective procedure

Erdi ÇIĞDEM, Serkan YAZGAN, Ahemt ÜÇVET, Güntuğ BATIHAN ✉

Department of Thoracic Surgey, University of Health Sciences, Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

Extralobar pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital disease of the primitive foregut. This case report describes an adult with asymptomatic extralobar sequestration who was successfully treated with the video-assisted thoracic surgery. We performed a superior segment-preserving lower lobectomy and complete resection of the sequestered mass due to the atypical incomplete fissure. This approach allowed a patient to recover uneventfully to preserve pulmonary function and it provides patient satisfaction by causing less postoperative pain.

KEY WORDS: Lung; Bronchopulmonary sequestration; Thoracic surgery, video-assisted