Pulmonary Sequestration Supplied By The Circumflex Artery - A Rare Case Report

Rev Port Cir Cardiotorac Vasc. 2019 Apr-Jun;26(2):159-162.

Abstract

Pulmonary sequestration (PS) is a rare congenital malformation, even more when its arterial supply is a coronary artery. We present a case of a 68-year-old man admitted in the emergency room with an acute coronary syndrome and no evidence of significant coronary disease. Instead, he had an abnormal branch from the circumflex coronary artery nourishing a mass in the left lower pulmonary lobe. A coronary steal phenomenon was proposed to explain the clinical presentation. An anterior left thoracotomy with ligation of the abnormal branch and atypical resection of the lung segment comprising the sequestration was performed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Coronary Syndrome / etiology*
  • Aged
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / complications
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / diagnosis
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / surgery*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnosis
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Lung / blood supply*
  • Male
  • Thoracotomy