Pyopneumothorax with Stocker type III congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation in a 5-month-old infant

Abstract

Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM) is a rare, developmental, hamartomatous abnormality of the lung characterized by a cessation of normal bronchiolar maturation, resulting in cystic overgrowth of the terminal bronchioles. We report one such case of CCAM in a 5-month-old female infant who was in perfect health until she suffered from spontaneous pyopneumothorax with type III CCAM of the lung and recovered after lobectomy.

Keywords

• Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation
• lobectomy
• pyopneumothorax