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congenital pulmonary cystic disease

Wednesday 9 March 2011

Types

- congenital lobar emphysema (CLE)
- congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM)
- pulmonary sequestrations (PS)
- bronchogenic cyst (BC)

  • with bronchiectasis
  • with bronchopleural fistula
  • with pulmonary artery stenosis and bronchomalacia
  • with airway obstruction mimicking bronchial asthma

References

- Congenital cystic disease of the lung in infants and children (experience with 57 cases). Al-Bassam A, Al-Rabeeah A, Al-Nassar S, Al-Mobaireek K, Al-Rawaf A, Banjer H, Al-Mogari I. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 1999 Dec;9(6):364-8. PMID: 10661844