Extrapulmonary hamartoma

Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Mar;59(3):209-11. doi: 10.1007/s11748-010-0634-7. Epub 2011 Mar 30.

Abstract

We describe a rare case of extrapulmonary hamartoma. A 65-year-old man underwent video-assisted thoracic surgery to obtain a histological diagnosis of a tumor with an irregular shape in the subpleural region of the right apical segment. Thoracoscopy showed a chondromatous tumor in the extrapleural region. The tumor resection was uneventful. Pathology study showed a hamartoma outside the visceral pleura.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Hamartoma / diagnosis
  • Hamartoma / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pleural Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Pleural Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome