About The Medical Condition Sequestration, Pulmonary

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Sequestration, Pulmonary

Sequestration, Pulmonary Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Sequestration, Pulmonary Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Sequestration, Pulmonary?

A developmental anomaly in which a mass of nonfunctioning lung tissue lacks normal connection with the tracheobroncheal tree and receives an anomalous blood supply originating from the descending thoracic or abdominal aorta. The mass may be extralobar, i.e., completely separated from normally connected lung, or intralobar, i.e., partly surrounded by normal lung.

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