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CASE REPORT article
Front. Pediatr.
Sec. Pediatric Pulmonology
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fped.2025.1570926
Thoracoscopic two-port treatment of two extralobar pulmonary sequestrations in the left thoracic cavity of a child: A case report
Provisionally accepted
Huashan Zhao1,2
Shumin Zhao3
Yunpeng Zhai1,2Rui Guo1,2Gang Shen1,2
Hongxiu Xu1,2
Sai Huang1,2
Shisong Zhang1,2*- 1Department of Thoracic and Oncological Surgery, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University,, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
- 2Department of Thoracic and Oncological Surgery, Jinan Children’s Hospital, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
- 3The Affiliated Central Hospital of Shandong First Medical University (Jinan Central Hospital), Jinan, Shandong Province, China
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Reports of bronchopulmonary sequestration in two or more locations within the ipsilateral thorax in children are rare. To date, only a few clinical reports have described thoracoscopic two-port treatment for external lobe bronchopulmonary sequestration. We performed thoracoscopic two-port surgery on a 7-month-old girl and identified two abnormal masses in the left thoracic cavity: one located in the upper hilum of the lung and the other on the surface of the lower diaphragm. Both masses were resected using two-aperture thoracoscopic surgery and were pathologically confirmed as extralobar bronchopulmonary sequestrations. Preoperative computed tomography (CT) only detected the lesions in the upper hilum of the lung, indicating that CT alone is insufficient to achieve a comprehensive and accurate diagnosis of the disease in similar cases. Therefore, the thoracoscopic two-port technique can better diagnose and treat these diseases.
Keywords: Abdominal aorta, CT imaging, Pediatric Surgery, Pulmonary sequestration, Thoracoscopy, Two-port technique
Received: 04 Feb 2025; Accepted: 07 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zhao, Zhao, Zhai, Guo, Shen, Xu, Huang and Zhang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Shisong Zhang, Department of Thoracic and Oncological Surgery, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University,, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
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