Author(s)

Francisco Barbosa De Araújo Neto^1*, Raphael Gomes Teixeira¹, Tiago Castello Branco Lyra¹, Glaucio Rodrigo Silva De Siqueira¹, Stefanie Gallotti Borges Carneiro¹, Vinícius Martins Valois¹, Tiago Bezerra Albano¹, Erick Falci Santos¹, Clóvis Antônio Lopes Pinto², Fábio José Haddad³, Marcos Duarte Guimarães^1,2

¹Department of Radiology at Hospital Heliópolis, São Paulo, Brazil.
²Department of Pathology, AC Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil.
³Department of Thoracic Surgery, AC Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil.

Context: Bronchopulmonary sequestration is defined as a congenital malformation in which a portion of lung tissue does not communicate with the normal bronchial tree and the pulmonary arteries. Case Report: We present a case of a 35-year-old male complaining of left lower back pain and with a mass in the left thoracoabdominal transition. Imaging studies have suggested a pulmonary sequestration and its diagnosis was confirmed by histopathological study. Conclusion: Diaphragmatic extralobar pulmonary sequestration is a rare anomaly whose radiological diagnosis is difficult. This case is illustrative and demonstrates the importance of imaging methods to the correct diagnosis and effective treatment.

Respiratory System Abnormality, Diaphragmatic Pulmonary Sequestration, Extralobar

De Araújo Neto, F. , Teixeira, R. , Lyra, T. , De Siqueira, G. , Carneiro, S. , Valois, V. , Albano, T. , Santos, E. , Pinto, C. , Haddad, F. and Guimarães, M. (2017) A Rare Case of Diaphragmatic Extralobar Pulmonary Sequestration. Open Journal of Medical Imaging, 7, 156-162. doi: 10.4236/ojmi.2017.74015.