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Multiple Pulmonary Chondroid Hamartoma

Multiple Pulmonary Chondroid Hamartoma IMAGE OF THE MONTH Mingyu Fan, MD,* Yingying Lin, MD,† and Lunxu Liu, PhD, MD* 30-year-old male was admitted to our hospital for a predominates in the composition of the tumor. Harmatoma is A 3-month history of cough. The computed tomography the most common benign tumor of the lung, which accounts (CT) scan of chest revealed multiple lesions with sporadic for 8% of pulmonary neoplasms. It is well known that har- calcification (popcorn calcification) in the upper and middle matomas are composed of tissue elements normally found lobes of the right lung (Fig. 1). A presumptive diagnosis of at that site, but which are growing in a disorganized mass, chondroid hamartoma was made according to the CT-guided usually seem as single, round nodules with distinct boundar- percutaneous biopsy. Systemic positron emission tomogra- ies. A cytogenetic analysis of the pulmonary hamartomas phy-CT (PET-CT) scan was also negative for other lesions. showed an abnormal karyotype and revealed recombinations A posterolateral thoracotomy was performed and innumerous between chromosomal bands 6p21 and 14q24, which sup- firm round yellowish-white nodules were found and spread ported that a hamartoma of the lung was a true neoplasm. over the right upper and middle lobes (Fig. 2, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Thoracic Oncology Wolters Kluwer Health

Multiple Pulmonary Chondroid Hamartoma

Journal of Thoracic Oncology , Volume 9 (7) – Jul 1, 2014

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Copyright © 2014 by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
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1556-0864
DOI
10.1097/JTO.0000000000000175
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24926552
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Abstract

IMAGE OF THE MONTH Mingyu Fan, MD,* Yingying Lin, MD,† and Lunxu Liu, PhD, MD* 30-year-old male was admitted to our hospital for a predominates in the composition of the tumor. Harmatoma is A 3-month history of cough. The computed tomography the most common benign tumor of the lung, which accounts (CT) scan of chest revealed multiple lesions with sporadic for 8% of pulmonary neoplasms. It is well known that har- calcification (popcorn calcification) in the upper and middle matomas are composed of tissue elements normally found lobes of the right lung (Fig. 1). A presumptive diagnosis of at that site, but which are growing in a disorganized mass, chondroid hamartoma was made according to the CT-guided usually seem as single, round nodules with distinct boundar- percutaneous biopsy. Systemic positron emission tomogra- ies. A cytogenetic analysis of the pulmonary hamartomas phy-CT (PET-CT) scan was also negative for other lesions. showed an abnormal karyotype and revealed recombinations A posterolateral thoracotomy was performed and innumerous between chromosomal bands 6p21 and 14q24, which sup- firm round yellowish-white nodules were found and spread ported that a hamartoma of the lung was a true neoplasm. over the right upper and middle lobes (Fig. 2,

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Journal of Thoracic OncologyWolters Kluwer Health

Published: Jul 1, 2014

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