Pulmonary Sequestration as an Incidental Finding of Pediatric Abdominal Ultrasound - Two Cases
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https://doi.org/10.31584/jhsmr.032Keywords:
abdomen, lung, pediatrics, pulmonary sequestration, ultrasoundAbstract
Abdominal ultrasound (US) is a commonly indicated examination in pediatrics. However, lung bases are often not thoroughly examined. Pulmonary sequestration is mostly detected prenatally, but also postnatally – incidentally or with the appearance of recurrent pulmonary infections. It can be detected by US, yet our research has not found a single reported case where sequestration was incidentally detected by US, without any previous knowledge of its existence. Here, we report on 2 such cases of pulmonary sequestrations detected during routine pediatric abdominal US. Tubular anechogenic structure above the left hemidiaphragm should bring attention to the potential diagnosis of pulmonary sequestration.
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