Presentation and surgical treatment of congenital pulmonary airway malformation in an adult
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Education and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Eurasian Journal of Pulmonology 2018; 20(3): 174-176 DOI: 10.4103/ejop.ejop_39_18
Abstract
Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) is a congenital lung disease that is usually diagnosed in the prenatal or neonatal period but is rarely seen in adults as well. In this report, we present a 26-year-old male patient who presented to our clinic with respiratory difficulty due to a CPAM that affected the entire right lung, caused mediastinal and diaphragmatic compression, and led to extensive diffuse hemorrhage from the adjacent structures that required massive transfusion.
Keywords: Adult patient, congenital airway malformation, surgical resection
