Multiple central endobronchial chondroid hamartoma.
Benign neoplasm of the lung is rare, and pulmonary hamartoma is the most common form of benign neoplasm of the lung. Most pulmonary hamartomas are parenchymal hamartomas, and endobronchial hamartomas are very rare and usually occur as a single mass. We report a case of a 55-year-old man presenting with multiple endobronchial chondroid hamartomas that had not been confirmed preoperatively. The patient received bilobectomy, and the postoperative course was uneventful. There was no evidence of recurrence or complications during the 6-month follow-up period. Reports of multiple endobronchial chondroid hamartomas are rare in the literature, and the awareness of this form of benign disease is important in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary neoplasms.
Kang
Min-Woong
MW
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea.
Han
Jong Hee
JH
Yu
Jeong Hwan
JH
Kim
Yong Ho
YH
Na
Myung Hoon
MH
Yu
Jae Hyeon
JH
Lim
Seung Pyung
SP
Lee
Young
Y
Kim
Jin-Hwan
JH
Kang
Dae Young
DY
Kim
Ju-Ock
JO
D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006223:Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed