Pulmonary sequestration infected with nontuberculous mycobacteria: a report of two cases and literature review

Asian Pac J Trop Med. 2012 Nov;5(11):917-9. doi: 10.1016/S1995-7645(12)60172-2.

Abstract

We report two cases of pulmonary sequestration infected with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM): Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium abscessus. Chest computed tomography showed pneumonic consolidation in the right lower lobe, which received a systemic blood supply from the descending aorta in both patients. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgeries were successfully performed and pathological examinations revealed multiple caseating granulomas. A review of the literature revealed only seven previous case reports of pulmonary sequestration infected with NTM, and no case with Mycobacterium abscessus has been reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / complications*
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / diagnosis*
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / pathology
  • Female
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung / pathology
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology*
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / pathology*
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification*
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / pathology*
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed