[Lung cystic adenomatoid malformation: our experience].
BACKGROUND
Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation (CAM) is a rare entity in pediatrics. To know about it will lead us to its analysis, diagnosis and adequate surgical treatment.


OBJECTIVE
To show our experience for the diagnosis and treatment of lung (CAM).


METHODS
Over a period from 1995 to 2000 twenty-one patients with (CAM) diagnosis were treated. Diagnosis was based upon clinical evaluation, laboratory and radiological findings: these include thorax X-ray, CT scan, echo Doppler and Angiography. The elective treatment was lobectomy.


RESULTS
Twenty-one patients from the Children's Hospital "Sor María Ludovica" of La Plata city were retrospectively studied over a period from 1995 to 2000. Patient's average age was 3.4 years, fourteen were feminine and seven masculine. The study consisted of clinical evaluation and imaging diagnosis: thorax-x ray; CT scan, echo Doppler and Angiography.


METHODS
lobectomy. Pleural drainage was left. No deaths were registered. Pathological studies confirmed the diagnosis and type of CAM. Follow up was indicated in all patients.


CONCLUSIONS
The awareness of the present pathology on the part of pediatricians makes possible considerations for careful diagnostic studies and early patient referral.
Hauri
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Servicio de Cirugía General del Hospital de Niños Sor María Ludovica La Plata, Bs. As. Argentina.
Bollini
R
R
Perdoni
M
M
Tobia
S
S
Pelusso
H
H
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015615:Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013510:Pulmonary Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies