title: Pulmonary hamartoma. A rare case report.
abstract: Pulmonary hamartoma is a rare lung neoformation, usually symptomless and by chance discovered, of a probable dysontogenetic origin with prevailing cartilaginous tissue and adult, onset age. The Authors report a rare case of a 25-year-old student, symptomless and fortuitously found by means of a radiograph of the chest. Many interesting features characterize the case report: histological nature of the pulmonary hamartoma, mainly vascular, so much as to feign an angiosarcoma at the macroscopical examination, and with small peripheral calcifications as shown by lung CT scan; the measures (about 7 cm) plentifully above the parameters usually reported in the literature (from 2 cm to 4 cm); the young onset age (about 10 years old). We may consider a case exceptionally reported in the literature. Besides, on the base of a few studies and of our experience, the results of the pulmonary hamartoma growth rate and doubling time are reported.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences Department, Carlo Forlanini Hospital, La Sapienza State University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Panzini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Potalivo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saed
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rapisarda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bisetti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*