Pulmonary sequestration in children: A 25 year experience

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ABSTRACTS

Paraganglioma

Simulating

Primary

J. J. Smalley, W. 8. Gallagher, Arch. Surg. 112:323-325

Rib

Tumor.

and C. P. Nichols.

(March), 1977.

lesion apparently

arising

from

right fourth rib. There was considerable destruction diagnosis

and

expansion.

was primary

gery, the tumor

The

rib

the to

with the

lobe. The defect in the chest

wall was repaired

with Marlex

mesh. The post-

course was uneventful

and the patient

remains well 44 yr postoperatively. conclude that the tumor nerve.

The authors

The

with the fourth

vast majority

tumors do not metastasize.--

Edward

The diameter

Sequestration

Experience.

W.

of these J. Berman

H. Isoocs,

413-420

(April), 1977.

This review

in Children:

M.

Bunfain,

Mohour,

and

ductus clamps

each end of the exposed two continuous 0000

needles were

with

at the Children’s

H. 81:

inserted

Hospital

cared

for

aortography

that surgical cluding indicated mal

excision

lobectomy

common

and thoractomy,

of the

Associated

in the extralobar

seen in the

intralobar

cise review

of

the

and

sequestration

for intralobar

in-

anomalies

and can be accomplished

morbidity.

with

form

is

mini-

anomalies

were

but were not

sequestrations. embryology

theories of origin is included. of

the

and

A

con-

various

Willianl K. Siehrr

Lung

in

Children.

Brosfietd, t. A. Longino, G. M. Tiller. So. Med. J. 69:1572-1574

D.

Hicks, and R. E.

of children

with intralobar

pulmonary

had hemoptysis.

another had a mass lesion, and

had a confusing antecedent

sequestration.

cystic lesion.

histories

of

diagnosis

was

Treatment

was by lobectomy..---George

clamps.

HEART

lung

confirmed

AND

of Isolated

All

infection

with

New Technique

GREAT Patent

of Suture

the

Ductus E.

in

before

removal

of the

J. F. R. BentIe), Arteriosus

Infants

Dilatation

with

by

Pulmonary

Prostaglandin Atresia.

M.

A.

(March) 1977. Infants with pulmonary

atresia and an intact

septum depend upon patency of the for survival.

In ten

the authors infused prostaglandin 0.1 pg/kg/min.

in six babies.

0.05 pg/kg/min.

and at a rate of

into the descending

of the ductus.

infants,

E. at a rate of

In

all

aorta

ten

of blood was improved.-

at

infants Co/in

C.

Ferguson Quantitative Circulation Atresia.

Structural in

the

Sheila G.

32:129-133

One

Howorfh

Quantitative

and

Thorax 32:5-6 (February), 1977.

Division.

and

Lyme

Pulmonary Pulmonary

Reid. Thorax

of eight newborn

on the lungs

infants dying with pulmonary

atresia. The abnormal with impaired

study of the pul-

was undertaken

blood flow was associated

lung

development,

being too few, too small.

the arteries

and with an unduly

J. F. R. Bently,’

Quantitative Circulation Stenosis

Lyme

Structural

Reid. Thorax 32:121-128

Study

of the structural

vascular developmental tion of structure newborn ventricular

tive morphometric A

P. Nondi.

features

anomaly

dying

arteries

and

and

of the

pul-

allows correlain the fetal and

and inflated with

lungs

impaired

left

were subjected to quantitastudy,

tention to the pulmonary acinar

Atresia,

with various types of cardio-

lung. The injected outflow

Pulmonary

Aortic

(April), 1977.

and function

infants

of

With

Sheila G. Haworfh

or Coarctation.

and

Holcomh

Study

in the Newborn

monary circulation

arteriography.

Arteriosus:

of With

morphometric

monary circulation

had

VESSELS

Ductus

Study

Newborn

(April), 1977.

of newborn

Surgery

of

M.

(December), 1976.

Three case reports are presented

a third

bodied

division

mainder of each suture was used to oversew the

thin muscle coat. Sequestration

sutures of

round

of Los Angeles over a

25 yr period indicates that definitive diagnosis is by thoracic

before

to

ductus.

to each one,

mattress

16 mm

cut ends of the ductus

oxygenation

pulmonary

(I I boys and 4 girls),

on

applied

defined

ductus between the clamps and sutures. The re-

the orifice

of I5 children

sequestration

G.

Jr. Surgery

were

and

horizontal

polypropylene

ventricular

A 25 Year

Woo/fey,

V. Payne,

in

of the ductus varied from 8 to 21

mm. Cooley’s

ductus arteriosus Pulmonary

successfully

loss to 29 patients

Heymon ond A. M. Rudolph. Pediatrics 59:325-329

arose in an embryonic

nest of ganglion cells associated intercostal

sur-

attached

were resected in continuity

middle

blood

Between the clamps and adjacent

rib and most

and fifth ribs with their

musculature

operative

At

attached

the middle lobe. All of the fourth

involved

cortical

to arise from

fourth rib but was also intimately of the third

the

preoperative

neoplasm.

did appear

has been applied

Hong Kong. ranging from 2 mo to 33 yr in age.

A 7 yr old girl presented with a very large intrathoracic

This technique and with minimal

with

particular

circulation.

veins.

and stenosis this is evident

With

aortic

at birth.

at-

The intraatresia

With

co-