Today in report, Emily @EmilyOlsonMD discussed a great case an individual with incidentally discovered pulmonary sequestration who had presented with progressive weakness, and for whom there was concern for malignancy & paraneoplastic syndrome.
First, we discussed a radiographic differential diagnosis:
Emily next took us ALL the way back to medical school embyrology to discuss the two mechanisms of sequestration (intralobar and extralobar)
How does the natural history of intralobar vs extralobar sequestration vary?
Emily’s patient ended up undergoing IR embolization before eventually having a resection of their pulmonary sequestration. Fortunately, the explanted lung tissue did not show malignancy.
Here’s some takeaways from her discussion:
Thanks, Emily!!