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A strange case of pleuritic pain in the third trimester of pregnancy

Authors :
Rossana Orabona
Ivan Lomangino
Giulia Bonera
Giorgio Nocivelli
Anna Fichera
Adriana Valcamonico
Sonia Zatti
Mauro R. Benvenuti
Enrico Sartori
Franco E. Odicino
Source :
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
PAGEPress Publications, 2023.

Abstract

Pulmonary sequestration is an uncommon congenital malformation of the lung, generally diagnosed in childhood or adolescence, corresponding to dysplastic lung tissue not communicating with the rest of vascular or bronchial lung system but receiving an arterial blood supply from systemic arteries. Currently, surgical resection is usually indicated in order to prevent or treat related symptoms or complications, although controversy exists regarding its use in asymptomatic patients and adults. We present the case of a 32-year-old pregnant woman with acute chest pain and vomiting diagnosed with intralobar sequestration at 32+2 weeks of gestation and treated with pulmonary lobectomy after giving birth by cesarean section at 33+0 weeks of gestation.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
11220643 and 25325264
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.9d65027580bc4db4b813956e395e5749
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2023.2693