[A case of congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung in childhood].

A 2-year-old boy was admitted for elevation of infiltrative shadow in the left middle lung field on a chest X-ray. The clinical diagnosis was emphysematous bullae with inflammation of left upper lobe. He received chemotherapy with antibiotics prior to the operation. Left inferior lingual segmentectomy was performed on April 18, 1989. The histopathological examination of specimen revealed congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (Stocker type II) of the lung. However, relapse of the CCAM was observed 3 years later. Left completion upper lobectomy was performed on December 8, 1992. The patient has been well for 30 months postoperatively.