What surgery was performed?
PROCEDURES PERFORMED: 1. Right thoracotomy. 2. Right lower lobectomy. 3. Ligation of right lower lobe systemic arterial vessel.
Differential diagnosis?
Bronchial atresia, Cystic adenomatoid malformation, Bronchiectasis, Various other inflammatory conditions
The histopathologic findings include chronic inflammatory changes including bronchiectasis, dilatation of bronchioles, foci of necrosis, acute and chronic inflammatory infiltrates, and abnormally thick-walled blood vessel(s), also consistent with intralobar sequestration.
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Professor of Pathology