title: [Giant hamartoma of the lung].
abstract: Hamartomas are the most common benign tumors of the lungs and usually present as solitary intraparenchymal lesions a few centimeters in diameter which are detected radiologically as an incidental finding. This article reports on a case of a giant pulmonary hamartochondroma 29 cm in diameter, which impressed preoperatively and intraoperatively as an extrapulmonary neoplasm. The detection of smaller mesenchymal neoplastic lesions in the lungs and pleura is a further special feature of this case.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pathologie, Asklepios Fachkliniken München-Gauting, Robert-Koch-Allee 2, 82131, Gauting, Deutschland. a.morresi-hauf@asklepios.com
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Morresi-Hauf
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lindner
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D051457:Hyaline Cartilage / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed