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Bronchopulmonary Sequestration MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Bronchopulmonary Sequestration
Tree Number(s)
C08.695.214
C16.131.740.214
Unique ID
D001998
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001998
Scope Note
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.
Entry Version
BRONCHOPULM SEQUESTRATION
Entry Term(s)
Bronchopulmonary Sequestrations
Pulmonary Sequestration
Pulmonary Sequestrations
Sequestration, Bronchopulmonary
Sequestration, Pulmonary
Sequestrations, Bronchopulmonary
Sequestrations, Pulmonary
Public MeSH Note
65
History Note
65(64)
Date Established
1965/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
1999/11/03
Bronchopulmonary Sequestration Preferred
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