Post-Natal Spontaneous Resolution of a Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation in an Infant: Plain Radiographic and CT Manifestations ()
John Amodio,
Agnes Perenyi,
Jonathan Zember,
Matthew Smith
Department of Pediatrics, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York, USA.
Department of Radiology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York, USA.
DOI: 10.4236/ojmi.2012.22008
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Abstract
We present a case of a near-term infant who developed respiratory distress, shortly after birth. Chest X-ray showed a right sided tension pneumothorax (PTX) with a large air containing structure at the base of the right hemithorax. The pneumothorax was partially evacuated with needle aspiration at which time the patient became asymptomatic, despite a small residual pneumothorax. CT scan of the chest confirmed a multilocular air-filled structure within the right lower lobe, most likely consistent with a congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM). Subsequently, there was spontaneous resolution of the PTX and CPAM prior to surgical intervention. This case illustrates post-natal spontaneous resolution of a CPAM, thus obviating the need for surgical removal.
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J. Amodio, A. Perenyi, J. Zember and M. Smith, "Post-Natal Spontaneous Resolution of a Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation in an Infant: Plain Radiographic and CT Manifestations,"
Open Journal of Medical Imaging, Vol. 2 No. 2, 2012, pp. 47-49. doi:
10.4236/ojmi.2012.22008.
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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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