Open AccessCongenital pulmonary airway malformation
Author(s) -
Ghamartaj Khanbabaee,
S A Tabatabaei,
F Rahimpoor,
Alireza Khatami,
F Jadali,
J Ghoroobi,
Kh M Sheibani,
Nima Rezaei
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
bratislavské lekárske listy/bratislava medical journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1336-0345
pISSN - 0006-9248
DOI - 10.4149/bll_2013_126
Subject(s) - medicine , lung , cyst , respiratory system , erythrocyte sedimentation rate , white blood cell , pathology , surgery , gastroenterology
Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations (CCAMs) are considered rare developmental anomalies of the lower respiratory tract. These are hamartomatous abnormalities of the lung with adenomatoid proliferation of cysts resembling bronchioles and ususally occur sporadically occur and unilaterally with single lobe involvement.