Extralobar pulmonary sequestration in adults
Pulmonary sequestration is defined as a nonfunctioning mass composed of dysplastic lung parenchyma, embryologically detached from the tracheobronchial tree and receiving its own blood supply from a systemic artery, usually the thoracic or abdominal aorta. It may be intralobar or extralobar depending...
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| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jdrntruhs.org/article.asp?issn=2277-8632;year=2017;volume=6;issue=1;spage=52;epage=54;aulast=Reddy |