title: Cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung in adult patients: clinicoradiological features and management.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM) of the lung in adults is very rare. We aimed to evaluate the clinicoradiological features of adult patients with CCAM.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adult patients diagnosed with CCAM were evaluated for clinicoradiological presentation and management.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nine patients were diagnosed with CCAM (four were incidentally diagnosed on chest imaging). Most cases appeared on computed tomography as thin-walled multiseptated cystic lesions. Two patients had another concurrent pulmonary developmental anomaly. Five patients were surgically treated and three conservatively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CCAMs might be incidentally diagnosed on routine chest imaging in adults and can be safely treated with minimally invasive techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: luisgorospe@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gorospe
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Gemma María
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Molina
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Ana María
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ayala-Carbonero
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: María Ángeles
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: Fernández-Méndez
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Álvaro
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Arribas-Marcos
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Castro-Acosta
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arrieta
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: García-Gómez-Muriel
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Carol Fernanda
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Gómez-Barbosa
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Deisy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barrios-Barreto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015615:Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Adults; Computed tomography; Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of lung; Surgery; Treatment