Congenital cystic adenoid malformation in a pre-term infant: management considerations.
This report describes a case of a pre-term infant with congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation involving the whole lung who received a life-saving pneumonectomy. The challenges in decision-making, surgery, and subsequent management are discussed. The principles are applicable in general to a number of babies in a paediatric intensive care unit.
Prendergast
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Sciennes Road, Edinburgh, EH91LF, UK.
Fernando
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Mankad
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D016470:Bacteremia / Q000628:therapy; D015615:Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000628:therapy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial