Pulmonary Sequestration Presenting with Recurrent Abdominal Pain
Gulsum Teke Ozgur
Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Konya, Turkey.
Gulhan Kanat Unler
Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Konya, Turkey.
Cemile RuÅŸina Dogan
Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Konya, Turkey.
Huseyin Savas Gokturk *
Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Konya, Turkey.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital malformation of the pulmonary system. This non-functioning cystic or solid mass is asymptomatic unless infected. Patients primarily present with pulmonary symptoms such as cough, hemoptysis, dyspnea, chest pain, and fever due to recurrent pulmonary infections. We report herein the case of a young woman who presented with recurrent left upper abdominal pain and was diagnosed by contrast-enhanced computed tomography as intralobar pulmonary sequestration.
Keywords: Abdominal pain, pulmonary sequestration, Lung.