Pulmonary carcinoma associated with hamartoma in an 11-year-old boy.
OBJECTIVE
We describe a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the lung in an 11-year-old boy who had had a pulmonary hamartoma for at least 8 years.


CONCLUSIONS
A hamartoma, even if clinically silent, may lead to the development of malignant tumors on rare occasions.
Kojima
R
R
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Mizuguchi
M
M
Bessho
F
F
Oka
T
T
Watanabe
H
H
Yonezawa
M
M
Asano
N
N
Iwanaka
T
T
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; D002648:Child; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008871:Microvilli / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011859:Radiography