title: Giant endobronchial hamartoma resected by fiberoptic bronchoscopy electrosurgical snaring.
abstract: Less than 1% of lung neoplasms are represented by benign tumors. Among these, hamartomas are the most common with an incidence between 0.025% and 0.32%. In relation to the localization, hamartomas are divided into intraparenchymal and endobronchial.Clinical manifestation of an endobronchial hamartoma (EH) results from tracheobronchial obstruction or bleeding. Usually, EH localizes in large diameter bronchus. Endoscopic removal is usually recommended. Bronchotomy or parenchimal resection through thoracotomy should be reserved only for cases where the hamatoma cannot be approached through endoscopy, or when irreversible lung functional impairment occurred after prolonged airflow obstruction. Generally, when endoscopic approach is used, this is through rigid bronchoscopy, laser photocoagulation or mechanical resection. Here we present a giant EH occasionally diagnosed and treated by fiberoptic bronchoscopy electrosurgical snaring.
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Unit, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, Policlinic University Hospital, University of Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Baldassare
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mondello
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lentini
authors.forename: Carmelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buda
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Monaco
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Familiari
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sibilio
authors.forename: Annunziata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: La Rocca
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barresi
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cavallari
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monaco
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barone
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004598:Electrosurgery; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed