Bolde S, Pudale S, Pandit G, Ruikar K, Ingle SB. Congenital pulmonary airway malformation: A report of two cases. World J Clin Cases 2015; 3(5): 470-473 [PMID: 25984523 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v3.i5.470]
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Sachin B Ingle, Professor, Department of Pathology and Secretary Research and Development, MIMSR Medical College, Ambajogai Road, Vishwanathpuram, Latur, Maharashtra 413531, India. dr.sachiningle@gmail.com
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Pathology
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Saroj Bolde, Smita Pudale, Gopal Pandit, Kirti Ruikar, Department of Pathology Dr V.M. Govt Medical College, Solapur, Maharashtra 413003, India
Sachin B Ingle, Department of Pathology and Secretary Research and Development, MIMSR Medical College, Latur, Maharashtra 413531, India
Author contributions: Bolde S, Pudale S and Ruikar K prepared the manuscript; Pandit G and Ingle SB critically revised the intellectual content and gave final approval of manuscript.
Ethics approval: This case report is conducted in MIMSR Medical College, Latur, MAharashtra, India.
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Correspondence to: Sachin B Ingle, Professor, Department of Pathology and Secretary Research and Development, MIMSR Medical College, Ambajogai Road, Vishwanathpuram, Latur, Maharashtra 413531, India. dr.sachiningle@gmail.com
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Received: December 22, 2014 Peer-review started: December 24, 2014 First decision: January 20, 2015 Revised: January 24, 2015 Accepted: February 9, 2015 Article in press: February 11, 2015 Published online: May 16, 2015 Processing time: 137 Days and 3.7 Hours
Abstract
Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM), previously known as congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation is a congenital disorder of the lung similar to bronchopulmonary sequestration. In CPAM, usually an entire lobe of lung is replaced by a non-working cystic piece of abnormal lung tissue. This abnormal tissue will never function as normal lung tissue. The underlying cause for CPAM is not known. It occurs in approximately 1 in every 30000 pregnancies. The association between CPAM and malignancy has been well documented. There is a small risk (0.7%) of malignant transformation within the cyst. So early diagnosis and surgical resection is important to prevent the grave complications. Herein, we are reporting two interesting cases of CPAM and one belonged to Type II and other belonged to Type III of Stocker’s classification.
Core tip: Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) is a rare disease with various clinical presentations and having the risk of future malignant transformation. Early pulmonary resection for asymptomatic CPAM is required and recommended to make a definitive diagnosis and determine the prognosis of the disease.
