Enuh HA, Arsura EL, Cohen Z, Diaz KT, Nfonoyim JM, Cosentino PJ, Saverimuttu JK. A fatal case of congenital pulmonary airway malformation with aspergillosis in an adult.
Int Med Case Rep J 2014;
7:53-6. [PMID:
24672262 PMCID:
PMC3964174 DOI:
10.2147/imcrj.s54850]
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Abstract
Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation, currently referred as congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM), is one of the rare lung malformations seen in adults. We report a case of a 59-year-old male with a chronic cough and hemoptysis that was not amenable to bronchial embolization. Further work up revealed cystic changes with fungal ball and type 1 CPAM. Patients with this condition who survive to adulthood usually suffer from recurrent respiratory bacterial infections. Only three cases of fungal involvement have ever been described. We present a fatal case, as well as the oldest patient.
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