A Liposarcoma Arising in a Pulmonary Hamartoma, Coexisting With Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma

Dima Siblani; Mouhammad Kanj; Claude Ghorra; Youssef Haddad; Mohammad Jomaa; Ziad Mansour

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.05.021

A Liposarcoma Arising in a Pulmonary Hamartoma, Coexisting With Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma

Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Mar;113(3):e203-e205. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.05.021. Epub 2021 Jun 1.

Authors

Dima Siblani¹, Mouhammad Kanj², Claude Ghorra³, Youssef Haddad¹, Mohammad Jomaa², Ziad Mansour⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Lebanese Geitaoui University Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lebanese Geitaoui University Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon.
³ Department of Pathology, Lebanese Geitaoui University Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon.
⁴ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lebanese Geitaoui University Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon. Electronic address: mansour.ziad@gmail.com.

PMID: 34081980
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.05.021

Abstract

Pulmonary hamartoma is a common benign tumor that rarely degenerates into malignancy. This report documents a unique case of pulmonary hamartoma with malignant transformation into well-differentiated liposarcoma, coexisting in proximity to pulmonary nodules representing benign metastasizing leiomyoma in a 60-year-old woman.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Female
Hamartoma* / complications
Hamartoma* / diagnosis
Humans
Leiomyoma* / complications
Leiomyoma* / pathology
Leiomyoma* / surgery
Liposarcoma* / complications
Lung Neoplasms* / complications
Lung Neoplasms* / pathology
Middle Aged
Multiple Pulmonary Nodules* / complications
Uterine Neoplasms* / pathology