A Patient with Intralobar Pulmonary Sequestration: A Rare Congenital Anomaly

ABSTRACT A 51-year-old male patient had a history of recurrent pneumonia since the second decade of life. Interestingly enough, chest X-rays showed the same radiological pattern with involvement of the left lower lobe. A multislice spiral CT scan of the chest was performed and depicted an anomalous arterial vessel emerging from the descending thoracic aorta towards the left lower pulmonary lobe, characterizing pulmonary sequestration. The findings were confirmed by thoracic aortography, and the patient was referred for surgical treatment.