title: Large multicystic pulmonary chondroid hamartoma in a child presenting as pneumothorax.
abstract: We describe a 10-year-old boy with a rare large multicystic pulmonary chondroid hamartoma in the right lower lobe presenting with severe respiratory distress. The radiological evaluation showed a large multicystic lesion in the right lower lobe with pneumothorax. Commonly, pulmonary hamartomas are asymptomatic, small in size, and are diagnosed incidentally in adults. Our case is highly unusual due to its young age, prominent clinical symptoms of severe respiratory distress with pneumothorax at presentation, very large size, and prominent cystic change. The lesion was surgically excised, and histopathological features were compatible with a multicystic chondroid hamartoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail. alsaadi@ksu.edu.sa.
authors.forename: Muslim M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Saadi
authors.forename: Duna H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Barakeh
authors.forename: Sufia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Husain
authors.forename: Waseem M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Hajjar
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D010784:Photomicrography; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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