You should carefully note the signs you have seen at home and relate them to your physician. If your child has other diagnosed medical problems, or if there is a family history of congenital defects, you should inform your doctor at the time of the visit. The Cardiac Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia provides full service for infants and children with congenital or acquired pulmonary or general thoracic disorders needing surgical intervention. It is the Division's belief that, in general, these disorders are special problems and are best managed by the same team of multidisciplinary specialists that treat congenital cardiac disease. Your child referred for intervention in our Cardiac Center will enter the same evaluation and pre-surgical process as children with congenital cardiac disorders.
Treatment is removal of the cyst.
Cystic adenomatoid malformation is a rare congenital disorder. It often affects all lobes of the lungs. Pulmonary sequestration is a congenital anomaly of the lung in which a part of the lung has no discernible connection with the bronchial tree, and the blood supply to that portion is anomalous. It occurs more commonly on the left side. A young patient may be asymptomatic, and the anomaly is found on a chest X-ray.