Intralobar sequestration (ILS) is a complex lung lesion where part of a lower\nlobe lacks communication with the tracheobronchial tree and receives an aberrant\narterial blood supply from the systemic circulation. That systemic artery\nis usually large, originating from the thoracic aorta or the abdominal\naorta and its upper branches. We describe a case of ILS where a large systemic\nartery coming up from below the diaphragm is formed by the convergence of\nmany very small serpiginous arteries coming up from the area of the celiac\ntrunk and common hepatic artery: a kind of â??rete mirabileâ?. This peculiar\nmorphology was not described before.
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