Mediastinal chondrohamartoma.
Chondromatous hamartomas of the lung are usually intraparenchymal and are rarely located in the bronchial lumen. Mediastinal chondrohamartomas are rare. A case is reported in which the close relationship with the esophagus suggests that this tumor is a choristoma rather than a hamartoma. To our knowledge, such a theory has not been previously proposed.
Brichon
P Y
PY
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Grenoble, France.
Pilichowski
P
P
Brambilla
E
E
Coulomb
M
M
Latreille
R
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002812:Chondroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology