CONGENITAL CYSTIC ADENOMATOID MALFORMATION OF LUNGS- Study Of 20 Cases

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations (CCAM) of lung are rare congenital cystic lung lesions. It is a developmental non hereditary hamartomata's abnormality of lung with unknown aetiology. It is a rare lesion with incidence of 1 in 25,000 to 1 in 35,000 pregnancies . MATERIALS AND METHODS: Present study comprises of 600 cases of perinatal autopsies from 2017 to 2021, out of which CCAM was seen in 20 cases. Total number of cases studied were 20 in whic RESULTS: h type I -5cases, Type II - 2cases, Type III-11 cases and Type IV -2 Cases. CONCLUSION : Although CCAM can be diagnosed by ultrasonographic evaluation, foetal lung mass size and foetal echocardiography, fetal autopsy helps to identify and study various types of CCAM in helps to identify and study various types of CCAM in detail and helps in preconceptional genetic counselling, therefore fetal autopsy plays vital role in conforming the congenital malformations and future recurrences .