Rui Guo
1
Chunhua Dong
2*
Huashan Zhao
1
Longfei Lv
1
Shisong Zhang
1*The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.
CASE REPORT article
Front. Pediatr.
Sec. Pediatric Surgery
Volume 12 - 2024 |
doi: 10.3389/fped.2024.1442347
Thoracoscopic Treatment of Infradiaphragmatic Pulmonary Sequestration and Intrathoracic Kidney Associated with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Provisionally accepted- 1 Department of Thoracic and Tumor Surgery, Jinan Children's Hospital, Jinan, China
- 2 Department of Medical Imaging, Jinan Children's Hospital, Jinan, China
Background: Congenital pulmonary sequestration is a rare lung anomaly that can be classified as intralobar pulmonary sequestration or extralobar lung sequestration (ELS). Infradiaphragmatic pulmonary sequestration is a rare type of ELS. Furthermore, intrathoracic kidney (ITK) is a rare disease that can be associated with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CHD) in 0.25% of cases. We report the first case of infradiaphragmatic pulmonary sequestration and ITK associated with CDH in a child. Case report and management: The patient, male, aged 6 months, visited our hospital 2 months prior due to shortness of breath. Based on chest ultrasonography and enhanced computed tomography (CT) examination, infradiaphragmatic pulmonary sequestration and ITK were
Keywords: Thoracoscopy, infradiaphragmatic pulmonary sequestration, Intrathoracic kidney, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Enhanced computed tomography
Received: 02 Jun 2024; Accepted: 01 Aug 2024.
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* Correspondence:
Chunhua Dong, Department of Medical Imaging, Jinan Children's Hospital, Jinan, China
Yunpeng Zhai, Department of Thoracic and Tumor Surgery, Jinan Children's Hospital, Jinan, China
Shisong Zhang, Department of Thoracic and Tumor Surgery, Jinan Children's Hospital, Jinan, China
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