Thoracoscopic resection of intralobar pulmonary sequestration: a case report

Abstract

Here we report a case of intralobar pulmonary sequestration resected by thoracoscopic surgery.
A 38-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with an abnormal shadow in the right lower lung field on chest X-ray. Chest CT and angiography were done. The diagnosis is intralobar pulmonary sequestration in the right lower lobe with aberrant artery from right subphrenic artery, and with drainage vein into the right inferior pulmonary vein. An operation by thoracoscopic surgery was performed safely with 4-port method. Thoracoscopic surgery is a useful and safe procedure for intralobar pulmonary sequestration, under pre-operative detection and anatomical understanding of aberrant feeding artery and drainage vein.