CONGENITAL CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION TREATED WITH EMERGENCY OPERATION.
- Author:
Myung Kyu PARK
1
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic Surgery & Emergency, Dae Dong General Hospital, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation
- MeSH:
Auscultation;
Cyanosis;
Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital*;
Depression;
Diaphragm;
Emergencies*;
Humans;
Lung;
Mediastinum;
Parturition;
Tachypnea;
Thorax
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
1997;8(1):109-112
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation is rare form of disease causing in the lung. The main symptoms and signs are cyanosis, tachypnea, and other form of respiratory distress at or shortly after birth. In auscultation, decreased breath sound is audible and in chest X-ray, shifting of mediastinum, pulmonary herniation and depression of diaphragm are visualized with cystic shadow. We have experienced a case of cystic adenomatoid malformation of lung. After emergency operation, patients were recovered uneventfully.
