title: Endobronchial Hamartoma Subtotally Occluding the Right Main Bronchus and Mimicking Bronchial Carcinoid Tumor.
abstract: Hamartomas are very rarely identified as an endobronchial lesion. Herein, we describe a peculiar case of a 55-year-old woman with persistent cough and increasing dyspnea and radiological detection of a solid lesion subtotally occluding the main right bronchus. Despite the radiological and radiometabolic (18-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography/computer tomography scan) features were highly suspected for bronchial carcinoid, the definitive diagnosis after endoscopic removal was indicative of an endobronchial hamartoma. When considering differential diagnosis of an endobronchial lesion, the physicians should take firmly in mind such rare entity and, accordingly, bronchoscopy and bronchoscopic biopsy should be done as first step in management of all cases presenting with endobronchial lesions.
authors.affiliation: From the Unit of Thoracic Surgery (FL, CG, GS); Pulmonology Unit (LL, CC, RP, LZ); and Unit of Pathology (ET), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lococo
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Galeone
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lasagni
authors.forename: Cristiano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carbonelli
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tagliavini
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Piro
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zucchi
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sgarbi
mesh_terms: D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged