Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung.

Nine cases of congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung are described. One was stillborn: two presented in the newborn period (one of them surviving after a lobectomy), and the remaining six were older children all of whom survived after lobectomy. There have been only three cases previously reported in children outside the newborn period.

Arterial desaturation dependent on posture.

A 60-year-old woman developed subacute bacterial endocarditis following a minor operation. She presented the unusual picture of breathlessness with cyanosis related to posture, confirmed by laboratory measurement. She had an atrial septal defect with right-to-left shunt, and had sustained multiple pulmonary infarcts, resulting in the obliteration of a large section of her pulmonary vascular bed.