Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation presenting as repeated pneumonia in a young adult.
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.
Yamashiro
Tsuneo
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Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan. clatsune@yahoo.co.jp
Murayama
Sadayuki
S
Nakayama
Takashi
T
Akamine
Tamaki
T
Moromizato
Hidekazu
H
Hirayasu
Tsuneo
T
Yara
Satomi
S
D000293:Adolescent; D015615:Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed