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. 2020 Aug 18;8(7):e00643.
doi: 10.1002/rcr2.643. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Endobronchial hamartoma coexisting with lung cancer

Seigo Miyoshi  1 , Eiji Sugimoto  1 , Mayu Kawakami  1 , Yoshihiro Taguchi  1 , Naohiko Hamaguchi  1 , Osamu Yamaguchi  1
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Endobronchial hamartoma coexisting with lung cancer

Seigo Miyoshi et al. Respirol Case Rep. .

Abstract

Clinicians should be careful when examining a case with endobronchial hamartoma with concurrent malignant disease because radiographic imaging and symptoms cannot clearly differentiate between both diseases.

Keywords: Endobronchial hamartoma; lung cancer.

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Figure 1
Chest computed tomography revealed nodules in the right upper lobe and left upper lobe bronchus.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Bronchoscopic visualization revealed a round‐shaped lesion partially obstructing the left upper lobe bronchus (A). Histopathological findings revealed a tumour with adipose and fibrous components covered by bronchial epithelium (B).
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