[Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung: a case report in a newborn infant with severe respiratory failure and a review of the literature].

The patient was newborn infant with severe respiratory failure. The left upper lobe of her lung was occupied by multiple small cysts and it was getting worse in her condition soon after birth. So left upper lobectomy was underwent urgently four days later. Then she was recovering her strength. Pathological examination of resected specimen revealed congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM) of the lung (type II lesion of Stocker's classification). It is reported that about seventy percent of CCAM present between birth and one month of age. Its prognosis is poor without operation. The lesion is showed by Chest-abdominal X-ray and ultrasonography, and recognized to best advantage by computed tomography. Neonatal CCAM must be rapidly diagnosed and decided its indication of lobectomy, then its prognosis may be improved.