[Cystic adenomatoid malformation involving an entire lung in a 16-month-old girl]

ABSTRACT

Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation [CCAM] is a congenital uncommon anomalie. It represents 25 per cent of congenital malformations of the lung. Usually discovered before the age of 2 years, it's often known while infectious complications after year of life. The lesion is usually unilateral, and unilobuloar. The surgical resection will lead to a histologic study that can confirm the diagnosis and establish a final classification of the lesion. In this subject, we present the case of 16 months old girls that had a CCAM occupying the whole left lung and that was discovered while an episode of pneumonia. Outcome was good after total left pneumonectomy