title: Giant pulmonary hamartoma causing acute right heart failure.
abstract: Giant pulmonary hamartomas are rare. We describe a case of a 59-year-old female patient with a giant chondroid hamartoma in the lower lobe of the right lung presenting with acute right heart failure. To the best of our knowledge such a unique presentation has not been previously described in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom. Electronic address: heman.joshi@nhs.net.
authors.forename: Heman M N
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.affiliation: Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Page
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000379:methods; D035583:Rare Diseases; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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