J Clin Imaging Sci. 2013 Dec 31;3:60. eCollection 2013.

Cystic and Cavitary Lung Lesions in Children: Radiologic Findings with Pathologic Correlation.

Odev K1, Guler I2, Altinok T3, Pekcan S4, Batur A1, Ozbiner H1.

Author information

• 1Department of Radiology, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey.
• 2Department of Radiology, Konya Research and Education Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
• 3Department of Thoracic Surgery, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey.
• 4Department of Pediatric Chest Diseases, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey.

Abstract

A number of diseases produce focal or multiple thin-walled or thick-walled air- or fluid-containing cysts or cavitary lung lesions in both infants and children. In infants and children, there is a spectrum of focal or multifocal cystic and cavitary lung lesions including congenital lobar emphysema, congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation, pleuropulmonary blastoma, bronchogenic cyst, pulmonary sequestration, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, airway diseases, infectious diseases (bacterial infection, fungal infection, etc.), hydatid cysts, destroid lung, and traumatic pseudocyst. For the evaluation of cystic or cavitary lung lesion in infants and children, imaging plays an important role in accurate early diagnosis and optimal patient management. Therefore, a practical imaging approach based on the most sensitive and least invasive imaging modality in an efficient and cost-effective manner is paramount. We reviewed the conventional radiographs and computed tomography findings of the most common cystic and cavitarylung lesions in infants and children.