title: Giant pulmonary hamartoma.
abstract: Pulmonary hamartomas are usually an incidental finding and range in size from 1 cm to 8 cm in diameter in various series. We report a case of a massive pulmonary hamartoma (size 25.5 x 17.5 x 6.5 cm and weighing 1134 g) in a 61 year old male who presented with a short history of breathlessness. The tumour was arising from the medial border of the right lung and occupying most of the right chest extending in to the anterior mediastinum. The tumour was compressing the right lung and there was no evidence of infiltration into the surrounding structures. It was successfully treated by surgical resection and final histology was pulmonary hamartoma with predominantly adipose and leiomyomatous differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, St, James University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7T, UK. gantisom@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Somshekar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ganti
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Milton
authors.forename: Les
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Anikin
mesh_terms: D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged