Abstract
Pulmonary sequestration is a very rare congenital malformation in which a mass of pulmonary tissue is detached from the normal lung and receives its blood supply from a systemic artery. It may be clinically asymptomatic or it has a wide spectrum of various clinical manifestations. The clinical therapeutic approach is to resect the sequestered lobe to prevent frequent complication such as infection. The arterial embolization of feeding artery is a new technique and a less invasive treatment than conventional surgical removal. We have experienced a 17-year-old male with pulmonary sequestration whose complaints were pain in left lower chest. He was diagnosed by computed tomography and aortography and successfully treated with embolization of feeding artery. We report a case of pulmonary sequestration treated with arterial embolization instead of surgery.
폐격리증 치료의 고식적인 방법에는 폐엽 절제술이 있고 덜 침습적인 방법으로는 기형혈관을 동맥색전술로 폐색시키는 방법이 있다. 최근 국내에서 폐격리증을 동맥색전술만으로 치료한 증례가 있으나 모두 소아에서 치료한 경우였다. 저자들은 17세 남자 환자에서 폐격리증을 젤폼과 코일을 이용한 동맥 색전술로 특별한 합병증 없이 치료 하였고 6개월 후 흉부전산화 단층촬영으로 추적 관찰 하였기에 문헌 보고하는 바이다.