Cystic adenomatoid malformation in a young male adult with recurrent respiratory tract infections

We present a case of 26-year-old male with congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation. His medical history started after birth as recurrent respiratory tract infections and breathlessness during his infancy which persisted even after continued medical treatment. Cystic bronchiectasis of right lower lobe was suspected. On cross-sectional imaging at our hospital, congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of right lower lobe was diagnosed. The clinical features, radiological characteristics, differential diagnosis and prognosis of the disease are discussed

Empyema necessities in a 17 years male with long standing pneumonia

Empyema necessitans is a spontaneous discharge of an empyema that has burrowed through the parietal pleural, usually in the chest wall, to form a subcutaneous abscess. We present a case of 17 year old adult male presented to us for cross-sectional imaging and was diagnosed to be a case of Empyema necessitans besides bilateral empyema associated with right hydro/ hemopneumothorax and multiple thick walled cavitations of variable sizes with multiple air fluid levels in non-segmental distribution involving all lobes bilaterally placed peripherally