title: Mesenchymal cystic hamartoma of the lung: a rare cause of pneumothorax.
abstract: A 14-year-old girl had a left spontaneous pneumothorax. Because closed chest tube drainage failed to obtain expansion of the lung, thoracoscopic bullectomy was performed. Pathological examination of the bulla resulted in the diagnosis of mesenchymal cystic hamartoma, which is a rare cause of pneumothorax.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Ohta-Nishinouchi Hospital, 2-5-20 Nishinouchi, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-8022, Japan. chida-ths@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chida
authors.forename: Muneo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minowa
authors.forename: Syunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eba
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Odajima
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001768:Blister / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D015505:Chest Tubes; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000473:pathology*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D016896:Treatment Outcome