1 Institute of Pathological Anatomy, (Dir. Prof. Chr. Hedinger), University of Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland
I have read with interest Doctors Adams' and El-Salawy's comments on my case report identified in their letter as the "Lausanne baby."
I do think that the "Lausanne baby" represents a case of pulmonary vascular sequestration inasmuch as the inferior lobe of the left lung received its blood supply by means of three arterial branches coming off directly from the aorta.
On the other hand, I do not think that the "Lausanne baby" is a case of pulmonary parenchymal sequestration and this because the inferior lobe of the left lung was proven to be, at least to my satisfaction, in direct communication with the remainder of the respiratory tract.