Bilateral Apical Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation Presenting With Spontaneous Pneumothorax in an Adolescent: A Case Report
Alhan Fernando Castillo Valencia, Jorge Alan Perez Liñan, Regina Gallardo Santiago, Oswaldo Sánchez Alvarez, Olga Álvarez Kraus · 2026
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Alhan Fernando Castillo Valencia and co-authors report a rare lung defect that hid until the teenage years, in a 2026 case report. A fourteen-year-old girl arrived with sudden, worsening breathlessness and a half-collapsed right lung. Scans showed cystic pockets at the tips of both lungs, first read as air blisters from the collapse itself.
Surgeons removed the tip of the right lung, then the left a week later. Under the microscope both samples matched a type 2 congenital pulmonary airway malformation, a birth defect usually caught before birth or in infancy. The case warns doctors that a first collapsed lung in a teen can trace back to a lifelong, silent malformation.
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| CREATOR | Alhan Fernando Castillo Valencia, Jorge Alan Perez Liñan, Regina Gallardo Santiago, Oswaldo Sánchez Alvarez, Olga Álvarez Kraus |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 16 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |