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Case Reports
. 2006 Aug;82(2):e5-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.032.

Giant pulmonary hamartoma--a rare presentation of a common tumor

Joerg Hutter  1 , Silvia Reich-Weinberger, Georg Hutarew, Hubert J Stein
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Case Reports

Giant pulmonary hamartoma--a rare presentation of a common tumor

Joerg Hutter et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Aug.

Abstract

Hamartomata, the most common benign tumors of the lung, are rarely symptomatic and usually come to clinical attention as coin-shaped lesions on a routine plain chest roentgenogram. We report a case of a 63-year-old woman presenting with reduced endurance on exercise. The plain chest roentgenogram showed a tumor in the left chest. After clinical work-up, the patient underwent radical tumor resection through a lateral thoracotomy. The resected tumor, with two separate nodules, measured 26 x 25 cm and weighed 3.2 kg. The histopathology work-up showed pulmonary hamartoma.

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