Table 1

Post-natal and adult CCAM cases. Review of the literature.

Author

Cases

Age (years)

Sex

Clinical Findings

Site

Stocker's Classification

Treatment

Hellmuth

23

from 18 to 65

11 M

12 F

8:recurrent pneumonia

5:asymptomatic

4:pneumothorax

3:haemoptysis

1:fever 39°C

1:multiple air-fluids levels on CT

1:dyspnoea

11:LLL

6:RLL

1:RUL

1:right lung base

1:ML

1:RMLL

1:bilateral involvement

1:not specified

19:I

3:II

1:not defined

16:lobectomy

2:cyst resection

1:right pneumonectomy

4:not described

Dahabreh

1

21

M

no symptoms

Posterior segment of RLL

I

Lobectomy

Lujàn

12

from 6 months to 23 years

8 M

4 F

9:recurrent pneumonia

2:chance finding

1:pneumothorax

3:LLL

6:RLL

2:LUL

1:RUL

7:I

4:II

8:lobectomy

2:segmentectomy

1:localized resection

1:waiting for surgical treatment at the time of publication

Herrero

2

46

47

1 M

1 F

1:pneumonia

1:asymptomatic

1:LLL

1:right parahilar mass

2:I

1:lobectomy

1:surgical resection

Oh

7

from 17 to 64

2 M

5 F

5:productive cough

1:haemoptysis

1:fever

2:LLL

1:LUL

2:RUL

1:RML

1:RLL

3:I

4:II

6:lobectomy

1:wedge resection

Legend: M = male; F = female; LLL = left lower lobe; LUL = left upper lobe; RLL = right lower lobe; RUL = right upper lobe; ML = middle lobe; RMLL = right middle and lower lobe.

Morelli et al. Diagnostic Pathology 2007 2:17   doi:10.1186/1746-1596-2-17