Pulmonary hamartoma presenting 40 years after lobectomy and thoracoplasty for tuberculosis.
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.
Guzman
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Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Naik
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Ashcroft
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Sumerling
M D
MD
Morritt
G N
GN
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*