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Congenital cystic adenoid malformation in a pre-term infant: management considerations

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This report describes a case of a pre-term infant with congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation involving the whole lung who received a life-saving pneumonectomy. The challenges in decision-making, surgery, and subsequent management are discussed. The principles are applicable in general to a number of babies in a paediatric intensive care unit.

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  1. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Sciennes Road, Edinburgh, EH91LF, UK, , , , , , GB

    B. Prendergast & P. S. Mankad

  2. Edinburgh University Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, UK, , , , , , GB

    A. M. R. Fernando

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Accepted: 12 August 1997

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Prendergast, B., Fernando, A. & Mankad, P. Congenital cystic adenoid malformation in a pre-term infant: management considerations. Pediatr Surg Int 14, 92–93 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003830050446

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