Large congenital pulmonary airway malformation with mucinous cell clusters - a case report

Port J Card Thorac Vasc Surg. 2022 Jul 3;29(2):67-69. doi: 10.48729/pjctvs.182.

Abstract

We report the clinical case of a 38 weeks gestational age neonate, antenatally diagnosed with a left large macrocystic pulmonary malformation conditioning dextrocardia. At birth, he presented with respiratory distress requiring non-invasive ventilation with high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC). A left inferior lobectomy was performed via thoracotomy on day 21 of life. Histological features of the lesion were compatible with congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) type I with muci- nous cell clusters. No surgical complications were reported and the neonate was discharged six days after surgery. Follow-up two months after surgery was unremarkable.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital* / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Respiratory System Abnormalities* / diagnosis
  • Thoracotomy