title: [Pulmonary cystic adenomatoid malformation in an adult patient: an underdiagnosed disease].
abstract: Currently, most congenital lower respiratory tract malformations are detected during pregnancy or at birth, thanks to antenatal imaging. However, a pulmonary congenital cystic adenomatoid disease may be found in adulthood. The diagnosis is difficult, due to its rarity. We present the case of a patient whose diagnosis of pulmonary cystic adenomatoid malformation was confirmed when she had tuberculosis. A lobectomy was performed, which enabled identification of tuberculosis and also multiple cysts of adenomatoid malformation. The risk posed by this malformation, i.e. the risk of developing bronchioloalveolar carcinoma and of infection or pneumothorax, is the incentive for proposing formal surgical removal.
authors.affiliation: Service dePneumologie, Hôpital Foch, 40, rue Worth, BP 36, 92151 Suresnes Cedex, France. ac.metivier@hopital-foch.org
authors.forename: A-C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Métivier
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Denoux
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tcherakian
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Puyo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rivaud
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mellot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Honderlick
authors.forename: L-J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Couderc
mesh_terms: D015615:Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged