title: Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation in an adolescent: an unusual presentation with pleural effusion and pneumatocele.
abstract: Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM) encompasses a continuum of hamartomatous cystic lung lesions characterised by the presence of abnormal bronchiolar structures of varying sizes or distribution. The CCAM is a disorder of infancy with majority of the cases being diagnosed within the first two years of life. We describe CCAM in a 13-year-old girl complaining of recurrent lower respiratory tract infections since infancy who presented with post-infectious pneumatocele with loculated pleural effusion, and suspected abscess formation and had undergone resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College and General Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India. manianand291@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mani
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anand
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Deshmukh
authors.forename: Ajay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: Vandana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gaopande
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015615:Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010784:Photomicrography; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed