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Miscellanea
Images in paediatrics
Diagnosing intralobar pulmonary sequestration
  1. Sophie Mylan1,
  2. Santanu Maity2,
  3. Jody MacLachlan3
  1. 1 Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, Amwell Group Practice, Royal Free Hospital GP Training Scheme, University College London, London, UK
  2. 2 Department of Child Health, Royal Free London NHS Trust, London, UK
  3. 3 Department of Radiology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sophie Mylan, Amwell Group Practice, London WC1X 0GB, UK; s.mylan{at}nhs.net

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-314960

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    An 11-year-old girl presented with abdominal pain and lethargy. Chest X-ray revealed a well-defined opacity in the right lower zone, projected over the medial aspect of the right hemidiaphragm (figure 1). She was treated with two courses of antibiotics but remained symptomatic with a cough. Repeat X-rays demonstrated no change in the opacity.

    Figure 1

    Initial chest X-ray. …

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    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Parental/guardian consent obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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