Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation presenting as repeated pneumonia in a young adult

Radiat Med. 2007 Nov;25(9):488-91. doi: 10.1007/s11604-007-0167-x. Epub 2007 Nov 26.

Abstract

Computed tomography (CT) of an 18-year-old man with a history of repeated episodes of pneumonia demonstrated consolidation containing multiple cysts in the right lower lobe. Additional CT angiography and thin-section CT of the lesion revealed neither a supplying systemic artery nor an abnormal bronchus. Lobectomy was performed, and histological examination showed many cysts resembling enlarged bronchioles, diagnosed as congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pneumonia / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pneumonia / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*