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IntroductIonCongenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) is a hamartoma-like lesion characterized by a polycystic mass of lung tissue with abnormal bronchial proliferation. 1 The exact pathogenesis is still unknown.3]4 The result is an overgrowth of the terminal bronchioles without corresponding alveoli.CPAM communicates with the tracheobronchial tree and has a normal blood supply from pulmonary arteries. 4ongenital pulmonary airway malformation is the most frequent congenital thoracic malformation, accounting for 30-47% of fetal thoracic lung lesions. 5It has no genetic or gender predisposition, and it is not affected by maternal factors such as race, age, or environmental exposures. 2These lesions are unilateral in 80-95% of the cases. 1,5It usually involves one
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