title: Successful treatment of an adult patient with pulmonary abscess secondary to congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation.
abstract: We report a case of a 29 year old male who at age 25, developed a pulmonary abscess in the left lower lobe. A left lower lobectomy was performed following two recurrences on antibiotic treatment. The result of histopathological examination confirmed congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM), a congenital disease characterized by multiple cysts resulting from adenomatous hyperplasia of the bronchial epithelia. In many cases, respiratory distress occurs during the neonatal period, and in about 80-85% of patients, CCAM is diagnosed before the age of two years due to respiratory infection. CCAM which was diagnosed in adulthood is very rare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncological Science (Surgery II), Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsuhisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Youzo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kashima
authors.forename: Katsunobu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawahara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015615:Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents