Radiographic evidence of calcification in pulmonary hamartomas.
Eight cases of solitary intrapulmonary hamartomas are presented to show the unusually high frequency of calcification (75%, six of eight cases) in this series. Possible contributory factors were high percentage of chondromatous variant (seven of eight cases), large size of the tumors, and use of computed tomography.
Shin
M S
MS
Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35233.
McElvein
R B
RB
Ho
K J
KJ
D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography