Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Vol 8, Issue 3 125-129, Copyright © 1989 by American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
Pulmonary sequestration. Diagnosis by ultrasound
M. S. West, J. S. Donaldson and A. Shkolnik
Department of Radiology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60614.
Sonographic imaging of a basilar chest mass in each of three newborns and
in a 2-month-old infant either confirmed or correctly suggested the
diagnosis of surgically documented pulmonary sequestration. The appearance
of each mass was that of a highly echogenic lesion, the homogeneity of
which was interrupted only by vascular structures. In two cases, an artery
was identified arising from the aorta and extending into the mass, thus
confirming the diagnosis. Chest sonography should be utilized when the
possibility of a pulmonary sequestration is considered.
