title: Multiple central endobronchial chondroid hamartoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Min-Woong
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Jong Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Jeong Hwan
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yong Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myung Hoon
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Na
authors.forename: Jae Hyeon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Seung Pyung
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Young
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jin-Hwan
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dae Young
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Ju-Ock
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: 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