Abstract
A premature baby boy presented at birth with respiratory distress. A right lower lobe opacity was found on chest X-ray. Pulmonary sequestration was the diagnosis suggested by ultrasound. The size of the mass decreased on subsequent examinations. 4 months later X-rays and sonography failed to demonstrate any remaining mass. This case illustrates another example of involutive pathology and suggests that not all pulmonary sequestration-like anomalies should be operated on.
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Sintzoff, S.A., Avni, E.F., Rocmans, P. et al. Pulmonary sequestration-like anomaly presenting as a spontaneously resolving mass. Pediatr Radiol 21, 143–144 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02015633
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