Figure 56-1 A 16-year-old female status post liver transplant was evaluated for fever of unknown origin. Chest radiography shows ill-defined opacity in the left lower lobe. [radiologykey.com]

Abstract Bronchopulmonary sequestration is an uncommon pulmonary disorder characterized by an area of non-functioning abnormal lung tissue, which receives its blood supply from a systemic artery and characteristically has no connection with the tracheobronchial [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

disorder defined as an area of dysplastic and non-functioning pulmonary tissue with an anomalous systemic blood supply. 1 It has been classically described in two forms—intralobar sequestrations located within the visceral pleura and surrounded by normal [thorax.bmj.com]

Infected pulmonary sequestration casued by mycobacterium kansasii. Thorax. 2005; 60: 355. (15.) Sng L, Koh TH, Toney SR, et al. Bacteremia caused by gordonia bronchialis in a patient with sequestered lung. [thefreelibrary.com]