Source
Department of Paediatric Radiology, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Sequestrations represent bronchopulmonary malformations that are increasingly diagnosed antenatally. After birth, the therapeutic approach in asymptomatic children is debated, as some may spontaneously regress.
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the efficacy of embolisation of the feeding systemic artery in the treatment of bronchopulmonary sequestration.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
Sixteen children with bronchopulmonary sequestration were treated by endovascular embolisation of the feeding systemic artery.
RESULTS:
Ten patients were considered cured by embolisation alone. One patient was operated on after unsuccessful embolisation, three had partial regression of the lung mass and two are still under follow-up.
CONCLUSIONS:
Our experience indicates that bronchopulmonary sequestrations in children can be treated by embolisation alone.