ABSTRACT

Male newborn with prenatal diagnosis of cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung (CAML). Immediately after delivery the patient presents dyspnea and spontaneous pneumothorax. For that reason it is hospitalized into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. After a good recovery it is discharged from the Hospital. The CAML is a very rare pathology whose etiology is not well understood. It is a hamartomatouse abnormality that develops from the bronchi. In the literature are not more than 3,000 cases reported until today. It is characterized as a benign entity and the prognosis and treatment depend directly of the size of the cyst.

KEYWORDS

Cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung, congenital, lung, prognosis, diagnosis.

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