It is not pneumothorax: Multicystic lung lesion in a six-year-old child | Zendy

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It is not pneumothorax: Multicystic lung lesion in a six-year-old child

Author(s) -

Eman Sobh,

Amira Bahour,

Shady E. Anis

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

proceedings of singapore healthcare

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21

H-Index - 9

eISSN - 2059-2329

pISSN - 2010-1058

DOI - 10.1177/2010105816664357

Subject(s) - medicine , congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation , lung , pneumothorax , lesion , abnormality , airway , resection , cystic fibrosis , radiology , pathology , surgery , fetus , pregnancy , genetics , psychiatry , biology

Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM) – recently reported as congenital pulmonary airway malformation – is a rare abnormality of lung development. We present a case of a six-year-old child having a cystic lung lesion that proved to be CCAM after surgical resection. The child is performing well on follow-up.

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