Medical Definition of Intralobar sequestration
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Nonfunctioning portion of lung WITHIN visceral pleura of a pulmonary lobe, left lower lobe (67%); rarely in upper lobes, arterial supply: SYSTEMIC, usually aorta, venous drainage: usually via pulmonary. Vv. (occasionally systemic), usually does not communicate with bronchial tree, cystic, may become infected, not associated with other abnormalities see: sequestration Cf: extralobar sequestration
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intralobar Sequestration
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