title: Endobronchial hamartoma.
abstract: We present images of an endobronchial hamartoma visible by bronchoscopy in the left lower lobe. A 56-year-old woman with a late presentation of an acute anterior myocardial infarction requires urgent heart transplantation and subsequently has trouble weaning off the ventilator. Bronchoscopic evaluation reveals a 1 cm endobronchial hamartoma obstruction the left lower lobe bronchus. A polypectomy snare was effectively used with electrocautery to excise the lesion. The patient was successfully able to wean off the ventilator once the left lower lobe was free from obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. zpoonja@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Zia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Poonja
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sobey
authors.forename: Justin G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Weinkauf
mesh_terms: D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015300:Ventilator Weaning