title: Pulmonary hamartoma presenting 40 years after lobectomy and thoracoplasty for tuberculosis.
abstract: We report a case of giant pulmonary hamartoma found in a patient who had undergone lobectomy and thoracoplasty 40 years previously. This particular case may be consistent with the theory of hamartomas as acquired lesions.
authors.affiliation: Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guzman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ashcroft
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Sumerling
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Morritt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology; D013905:Thoracoplasty; D013997:Time Factors; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000601:surgery*