title: Congenital cystoid adenomatoid malformation: Surgery in a young child.
abstract: We present the case of a 3.5-year-old child who presented with recurrent chest infections and fever since birth. Antenatal ultrasonography had shown that she had a congenital cystic malformation of the left lower lobe of her lung. She was initially managed conservatively, and after a couple of years, underwent an uneventful left lower lobectomy via a posterolateral thoracotomy. She did very well after the procedure and her symptoms resolved significantly.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Saulat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hasnain Fatimi
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Taimur
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asif Ali
authors.affiliation: Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan zain88@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Zain
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Majid
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Ranish
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Deedar Ali
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D015615:Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: Child; congenital; cystic adenomatoid malformation of lung; lung; pneumonectomy; prenatal diagnosis; preschool