title: An intrapulmonary chondromatous hamartoma penetrating the visceral pleura: report of a case.
abstract: A 65-year-old woman had been followed up for a hamartoma-like mass in the right upper lobe of the lung since 1995. A follow-up CT scan showed an increase in the size of the lesion and a new lesion next to the old mass, which was highly suspected to be lung cancer. A right upper lobectomy was thus performed in May 2000. The hamartoma penetrated the visceral pleura, and adhered to the mediastinal pleura. Such a growing hamartoma with pleural invasion has so far rarely been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Division of Pathophysiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Makiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomiyasu
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: Ryuichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suemitsu
authors.forename: Fumihiro
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.forename: Keizo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimachi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis