@article{ref1,
title="An incidental finding of congenital pulmonary airway malformation type 3 during a forensic autopsy for a sudden infant death: a case report with a brief literature review",
journal="American journal of forensic medicine and pathology",
year="2021",
author="D'Hondt, Diona and Van Hoyweghen, Astrid and Broeckx, Glenn and Pauwels, Patrick",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM), previously known as congenital cystic airway malformation, is a developmental disorder of the lower respiratory tract. It is subdivided into 5 types based on clinical and pathologic features. Type 3, an adenomatoid type of CPAM, is the second rarest form of CPAM, occurring in approximately 5% of all CPAM cases. This article reports an autopsy of a nearly 11-week-old male infant, found unresponsive in bed with his mother. She had fallen asleep after breastfeeding a few hours prior. Although the autopsy and additional technical examinations did not uncover the exact cause of death, CPAM type 3 was eventually identified on histological examination. Taking into account the context of this case, in which accidental asphyxia/neglect could not be ruled out, it is thought that the presence of CPAM might have contributed to the demise of the infant. As CPAM is a rare congenital disorder, the diagnosis could easily be missed. Therefore, this article aims to raise awareness of this diagnosis and points out the clinical and pathologic features of this disorder.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0195-7910",
doi="10.1097/PAF.0000000000000676",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAF.0000000000000676"
}