[Diagnosis and treatment of congenital bronchopulmonary malformations. A review of 32 cases].
OBJECTIVE
Analysis of our experience and propositions on the diagnosis and treatment of congenital bronchopulmonary malformations (BPM).


METHODS
Retrospective study of BPM diagnosed between 1997 and 2001. Analysis of clinical spectrum, diagnosis tools, treatment, and clinical outcome.


RESULTS
Thirty-two cases of BPM have been investigated (11 cystic adenomatoid malformations, 7 pulmonary sequestrations, 7 bronchogenic cysts, 4 congenital lobar emphysema, and 3 complex emphysematous malformations). Nineteen patients had a prenatal diagnosis. For 9 others, symptoms occurred before 4 years of age. Evaluation included a CT-scan in all patients (BPM involution in one). Surgical treatment was performed in 30 patients (lobectomy in 18), with a mean age of 7 months for asymptomatic patients. During the follow-up (mean: 3 years), respiratory symptoms were reported in 10 cases, 3 of them were related to the BPM.


CONCLUSIONS
Improvement in prenatal ultrasound diagnosis modified the management strategy. Considering the risk of pulmonary complications, surgical treatment is required during the first months of life. For congenital lobar emphysema, and some pulmonary sequestrations or small cystic adenomatoid malformations (<3 cm), conservative attitude may be preferred. BPM justify a multidisciplinary management.
Salles
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Unité de pneumoallergologie pédiatrique, clinique de pédiatrie, hôpital-Jeanne-de-Flandre, CHRU de Lille, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
Deschildre
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A
Bonnel
C
C
Dubos
J P
JP
Bonnevalle
M
M
Devismes
L
L
Errera
S
S
Sfeir
R
R
Glowacki
M
M
Santos
C
C
Thumerelle
C
C
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