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Campanello M, Zilling T, Lindskog S. Image of an adrenal mesenchymoma. ANZ J Surg 2023; 93:2533-2534. [PMID: 37249155 DOI: 10.1111/ans.18514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2023] [Revised: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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- M Campanello
- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Halland Regional Hospital Varberg, Region Halland, Varberg, Sweden
- Faculty of medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Surgery, Halland Regional Hospital Varberg, Region Halland, Varberg, Sweden
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Raj NSS, Kodiatte TA, Vimala LR, Gnanamuthu BR. Giant cystic pulmonary hamartoma-images. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022; 38:99-101. [PMID: 34898886 PMCID: PMC8630139 DOI: 10.1007/s12055-021-01239-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Hamartoma is the commonest benign tumor of the lung. They usually present as an asymptomatic solitary solid nodule of varying size, located peripherally in the lung parenchyma and picked up incidentally in a chest X-ray. Rarely, they may be intra-bronchial in location. A giant cystic variant of hamartoma is very rare, with only a few cases reported in literature so far. It may be misdiagnosed as any other cystic disease of the lung and thus get mismanaged. We herewith present the images of a patient with a giant cystic pulmonary hamartoma who presented with respiratory distress.
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- Nikhil Solomon Sundara Raj
- grid.11586.3b0000 0004 1767 8969Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632004 India
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- grid.11586.3b0000 0004 1767 8969Department of Pathology, The Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632004 India
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- grid.11586.3b0000 0004 1767 8969Department of Radiology, The Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632004 India
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- grid.11586.3b0000 0004 1767 8969Department of CTVS, The Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632004 India
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Guan X, Wang S, Kuang P, Lu H, Zhang M, Qian D, Xu X. The Usefulness of Imaging Quantification in Discriminating Non-Calcified Pulmonary Hamartoma From Adenocarcinoma. Front Oncol 2020; 10:568069. [PMID: 33194653 PMCID: PMC7664822 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.568069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Patients with non-calcified hamartoma were more susceptible to surgery or needle biopsy for the tough discrimination from lung adenocarcinoma. Radiomics have the ability to quantify the lesion features and potentially improve disease diagnosis. Thus, this study aimed to discriminate non-calcified hamartoma from adenocarcinoma by employing imaging quantification and machine learning. Methods Forty-two patients with non-calcified hamartoma and 49 patients with adenocarcinoma were retrospentation; Manual lesion segmentation, feature quantification (e.g., texture features), and artificial neural network were performed consecutively. Independent t-test was used to conduct the inter-group comparisons of those imaging features. Receiver operating characteristic curve was performed to investigate the discriminating efficacy. Results Significantly higher contrast, cluster prominence, cluster shade, dissimilarity, energy, and entropy in non-calcified hamartoma were observed compared with lung adenocarcinoma. Texture-grey-level co-occurrence matrix showed a well discrimination between non-calcified hamartoma and adenocarcinoma as the detection sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and the area under the curve were 87.22% ± 9.07%, 82.64% ± 8.07%, 85.11% ± 5.40%, and 0.942, respectively. Conclusion Quantifying imaging features is a potentially useful tool for clinical diagnosis. This study demonstrated that non-calcified hamartoma has a heterogeneous distribution of attenuations probably resulting from its complex organizations. Based on this property, imaging quantification could improve discrimination of non-calcified hamartoma from adenocarcinoma.
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- Xiaojun Guan
- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Very Large Scale Integrated-circuits (VLSI) Design, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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Rossi G, Cavazza A, Comin C, Jocollé G, Jukna A, Rotellini M, Davoli F, Colby T. Mucinous Adenomyomatous Pulmonary Hamartoma: Clinicopathologic, Immunohistochemical, and Molecular Features of 6 Cases. Int J Surg Pathol 2020; 29:273-280. [PMID: 32715806 DOI: 10.1177/1066896920945016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Pulmonary hamartoma (PH) may show various combinations of mesenchymal tissues with entrapment of respiratory epithelium. An uncommon variant of PH prevalently consisting of smooth muscle with mucinous proliferation has been reported in literature under several definitions as sporadic reports. We collected a series of 6 leiomyomatous PH associated with mucinous growth from consultation files (3 cases) and multicentric revision of archival files among 128 consecutive surgically resected PH. The lesions have a prevalence for male gender (5:1) and lower lobes (5:1), with a mean age at diagnosis of 61 years. All cases were incidentally disclosed in asymptomatic patients and had an indolent behavior. At histology, 2 cases consisted uniquely of smooth muscle and 4 also showed mature adipose tissue. The mucinous proliferation consisted of a monotonous growth of columnar cells lacking p63-positive basal cells and expressing pan-CKs, MUC5A, and CK7, but negative with TTF-1, napsin, MUC1, MUC2, MUC6, CK20, and CDX2. Smooth muscle was negative with hormonal receptors. Molecular analysis using a multiplex gene panel did not reveal gene mutations, while ALK, BRAF, and ROS1 were negative. In conclusion, we describe a small series of uncommon PH with prevalent leiomyomatous mesenchymal component associated with a mucinous growth (mucinous adenomyomatous hamartoma). Despite the lack of basal cells coating mucinous proliferation and irregular architecture, the favorable outcome and lack of molecular alterations most likely lay for a benign/low-grade tumor. Pathologists should be aware of this unusual occurrence to prevent a diagnosis of overt malignancy, particularly in frozen section, small biopsy, and cytology.
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- Giulio Rossi
- AUSL della Romagna, St. Maria delle Croci Hospital, Ravenna, Italy.,Infermi Hospital, Rimini, Italy
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- 9300University of Florence, Florence, Toscana, Italy
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- Regional Hospital "Parini," ASL Valle d'Aosta, Aosta, Italy
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- AUSL della Romagna, St. Maria delle Croci Hospital, Ravenna, Italy
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Bailly C, Verschuur A, Bosdure E, Dabadie A, Petit P, Maues de Paula A, Coulomb-L'hermine A, Longy M, André N. Pulmonary giant chondromatous hamartoma with multifocal evolution in an infant. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2020; 67:e27973. [PMID: 31545011 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.27973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Revised: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hamartoma is the most common benign pulmonary tumor in adults, but is rarely described in the pediatric population. Giant chondromatous and progressive forms are even rarer. We report the novel case of a 13-month-old infant hospitalized for giant pulmonary chondromatous hamartoma discovered during a septic episode, rapidly progressive, with severe multifocal lesions, without clear response to several cytotoxic therapies. No predisposition syndrome was identified.
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- Charlotte Bailly
- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Timone Children's Hospital, Marseille, France.,Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Pneumology, Timone Children's Hospital, Marseille, France
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Timone Children's Hospital, Marseille, France.,Metronomics Global Health Initiative, Marseille, France
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- Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Pneumology, Timone Children's Hospital, Marseille, France
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- Department of Pediatric Radiology, Timone Children's Hospital, Marseille, France
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- Department of Pediatric Radiology, Timone Children's Hospital, Marseille, France
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- Department of Genetics, Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Timone Children's Hospital, Marseille, France.,Metronomics Global Health Initiative, Marseille, France.,SMARTc Unit, Pharmacokinetics Laboratory, CRCM UMR U1068 CNRS UMR 7258 Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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Tumor-like malformative lesions are seen throughout the body, and they may be confused with true neoplasms by clinicians and pathologists alike. In the lungs, they are principally represented by hamartomas-which may contain chondroid, adipocytic, fibroblastic, and myxoid tissue, with entrapped bronchiolar epithelium-and congenital pulmonary airway malformations (CPAMs). The latter have been subdivided into 5 groups, based on their histological features, but they basically comprise proliferations of malformed bronchopulmonary tissues of different types. Type 1 lesions have a capacity for malignant transformation in a small proportion of cases. Malformative cardiac tumefactions include rhabdomyoma-like hamartomas; fibromatous hamartomas; and mesenchymal ventricular hamartomas, which contain cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, fat, vasogenic tissue, and nerves. Another intracardiac proliferation in the same general category is seen in the interatrial septum, in the region of the atrioventricular node. It comprises randomly-disposed gland-like profiles that are made up of endodermal epithelium. Originally thought to be a form of mesothelial lesion, that abnormality is now classified as an endodermal choristoma. All forms of pulmonary and cardiac malformations are only rarely symptomatic, and the necessity for surgical excision of them depends on the particular details of each case.
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- Mark R Wick
- Division of Surgical Pathology-Cytopathology & Autopsy Pathology, University of Virginia Medical Center, Room 3020, 1215 Lee Street, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0214, United States.
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Choi SH, Park HC, Kim MS, Chung YJ, Lee SH. Whole-exome sequencing of chondroid hamartoma of lung identified no driver mutations. Pathol Res Pract 2018; 214:459-462. [PMID: 29482990 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2017.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Su Hye Choi
- Department of Integrated Research Center for Genome Polymorphism, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Precision Medicine Research Center, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Integrated Research Center for Genome Polymorphism, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Precision Medicine Research Center, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pathology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Cancer Evolution Research Center, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Integrated Research Center for Genome Polymorphism, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Precision Medicine Research Center, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Pathology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Cancer Evolution Research Center, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Precision Medicine Research Center, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Minegishi K, Endo S, Tsubochi H, Nakano T, Kanai Y, Tetsuka K. Peripherally located endobronchial hamartoma mimicking aspergilloma: a case report. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2016; 4:40. [PMID: 26889493 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2016.01.09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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We herein report the case of a 75-year-old man with a pulmonary hamartoma that mimicked aspergilloma on chest computed tomography (CT). A CT scan performed to assess an asymptomatic lesion detected on a screening chest radiograph showed a 1.3-cm diameter nodule with an air crescent sign in the left lower lobe. A diagnosis of aspergilloma was made and the patient treated with an antifungal agent for 1 year, following which he underwent radical surgery because of failure of the radiologic lesion to resolve. Pathologic examination of the resected specimen showed an endobronchial hamartoma within the B9 periphery. Peripherally located hamartomas can develop within the peripheral bronchi resulting in an air crescent appearance on radiological images.
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- Kentaro Minegishi
- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Saitama 330-8503, Japan
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- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Saitama 330-8503, Japan
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- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Saitama 330-8503, Japan
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- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Saitama 330-8503, Japan
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- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Saitama 330-8503, Japan
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- Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Saitama 330-8503, Japan
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Commandeur AE, Styer AK, Teixeira JM. Epidemiological and genetic clues for molecular mechanisms involved in uterine leiomyoma development and growth. Hum Reprod Update 2015; 21:593-615. [PMID: 26141720 DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmv030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Uterine leiomyomas (fibroids) are highly prevalent benign smooth muscle tumors of the uterus. In the USA, the lifetime risk for women developing uterine leiomyomas is estimated as up to 75%. Except for hysterectomy, most therapies or treatments often provide only partial or temporary relief and are not successful in every patient. There is a clear racial disparity in the disease; African-American women are estimated to be three times more likely to develop uterine leiomyomas and generally develop more severe symptoms. There is also familial clustering between first-degree relatives and twins, and multiple inherited syndromes in which fibroid development occurs. Leiomyomas have been described as clonal and hormonally regulated, but despite the healthcare burden imposed by the disease, the etiology of uterine leiomyomas remains largely unknown. The mechanisms involved in their growth are also essentially unknown, which has contributed to the slow progress in development of effective treatment options. METHODS A comprehensive PubMed search for and critical assessment of articles related to the epidemiological, biological and genetic clues for uterine leiomyoma development was performed. The individual functions of some of the best candidate genes are explained to provide more insight into their biological function and to interconnect and organize genes and pathways in one overarching figure that represents the current state of knowledge about uterine leiomyoma development and growth. RESULTS In this review, the widely recognized roles of estrogen and progesterone in uterine leiomyoma pathobiology on the basis of clinical and experimental data are presented. This is followed by fundamental aspects and concepts including the possible cellular origin of uterine fibroids. The central themes in the subsequent parts are cytogenetic aberrations in leiomyomas and the racial/ethnic disparities in uterine fibroid biology. Then, the attributes of various in vitro and in vivo, human syndrome, rodent xenograft, naturally mutant, and genetically modified models used to study possible molecular mechanisms of leiomyoma development and growth are described. Particular emphasis is placed on known links to fibrosis, hypertrophy, and hyperplasia and genes that are potentially important in these processes. CONCLUSIONS Menstrual cycle-related injury and repair and coinciding hormonal cycling appears to affect myometrial stem cells that, at a certain stage of fibroid development, often obtain cytogenetic aberrations and mutations of Mediator complex subunit 12 (MED12). Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a master regulator of proliferation, is activated in many of these tumors, possibly by mechanisms that are similar to some human fibrosis syndromes and/or by mutation of upstream tumor suppressor genes. Animal models of the disease support some of these dysregulated pathways in fibroid etiology or pathogenesis, but none are definitive. All of this suggests that there are likely several key mechanisms involved in the disease that, in addition to increasing the complexity of uterine fibroid pathobiology, offer possible approaches for patient-specific therapies. A final model that incorporates many of these reported mechanisms is presented with a discussion of their implications for leiomyoma clinical practice.
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- Arno E Commandeur
- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, 333 Bostwick Ave NE, 4018A, Grand Rapids, MI, USA Department of Women's Health, Spectrum Health Systems, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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Lu Z, Qian F, Chen S, Yu G. Pulmonary hamartoma resembling multiple metastases: A case report. Oncol Lett 2014; 7:1885-1888. [PMID: 24932253 PMCID: PMC4049732 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2014.2043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2013] [Accepted: 02/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The current study presents the case of a patient with multiple pulmonary nodules as observed by computed tomography. Furthermore, a marginal increase in fluorodeoxyglucose uptake was identified by positron emission tomography. Due to the appearance of multiple small nodules and a history of radical nephrectomy, a hypothetical diagnosis of pulmonary metastasis of a previously excised renal carcinoma was determined, which was confirmed by biopsy. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical resection of the nodules was proposed and pathological examination exhibited an unforeseen and rare observation.
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- Zhenya Lu
- Department of Internal Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- The First Clinical Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, P.R. China
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- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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Saha R, Bhattacharya A, Deb J, Nayak P, Pramanik SR. Unusual pulmonary lesions – A series of rare cases. EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF CHEST DISEASES AND TUBERCULOSIS 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcdt.2013.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Gleeson T, Thiessen R, Hannigan A, Murphy D, English JC, Mayo JR. Pulmonary hamartomas: CT pixel analysis for fat attenuation using radiologic-pathologic correlation. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol 2013; 57:534-43. [DOI: 10.1111/1754-9485.12083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2012] [Accepted: 04/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Department of Radiology; St. Pauls Hospital; University of British Columbia; Vancouver; BC; Canada
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- Graduate Entry Medical School; University of Limerick; Limerick; Ireland
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- Department of Radiology; Vancouver General Hospital; University of British Columbia; Vancouver; BC; Canada
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- Department of Pathology; Vancouver General Hospital; Vancouver; BC; Canada
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- Department of Radiology; Vancouver General Hospital; University of British Columbia; Vancouver; BC; Canada
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Videothoracoscopic identification of chondromatous hamartoma of the lung. Wideochir Inne Tech Maloinwazyjne 2013; 8:152-7. [PMID: 23837099 PMCID: PMC3699776 DOI: 10.5114/wiitm.2011.33013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2012] [Revised: 07/02/2012] [Accepted: 07/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Introduction The main disadvantage of a videothoracoscopic procedure is the lack of touch sensation. The probability of easily finding the lesion is usually estimated according to computed tomography (CT). Aim To find useful parameters of location of chondromatous hamartoma of the lung parenchyma in relation to its size to assess the probability of successful search via a videothoracoscopic approach only. Material and methods A group of 55 patients operated on for chondromatous hamartoma of the lung at the First Department of Surgery in Olomouc from January 2006 to June 2011 was analyzed. Initially, the tumor's longest diameter and its nearest distance to the pleural surface were measured on CT scans. Subsequently, the surgery began using the videothoracoscopic approach. A short thoracotomy with direct palpation followed when videothoracoscopy failed. Results No significant differences in age, sex and side of localization between the group with and without successful videothoracoscopic detection were found. A significant difference was found in the median size (p = 0.026) and the depth of the tumor (p < 0.0001) and in the calculated index “tumor size/depth” (p < 0.0001). Deeper analysis revealed that the parameters “depth” and “index size/depth” are considered to be good predictors but the parameter “size” is not a suitable predictor. Conclusions The main predictors of successful videothoracoscopic detection of lung chondromatous hamartoma are considered to be the depth of the tumor in the lung parenchyma with a cut-off value ≤ 7.5 mm and the index “size/depth” with a cut-off value ≥ 1.54; the tumor size is not considered to be a good predictor.
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Chemical-shift MRI of pulmonary hamartomas: initial experience using a modified technique to assess nodule fat. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2012; 199:W331-4. [PMID: 22915423 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.11.8056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to show the usefulness of chemical-shift MRI in the diagnosis of intranodular fat in seven patients with pulmonary hamartomas and indeterminate CT findings. CONCLUSION In the setting of chemical-shift MRI, the average nodule signal intensity index of pulmonary hamartomas was 45.3% (SD = 25.5%). The correlation between average nodule signal intensity and CT attenuation in Hounsfield units was -0.94. Chemical-shift MRI could be an important tool for the detection of fat in pulmonary hamartomas with inconclusive CT findings.
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Paquette C, Brownschidle S, Michelow P, Leiman G. Multinucleated histiocytes in pulmonary hamartomas: a new finding? Diagn Cytopathol 2012; 41:1014-5. [PMID: 22807464 DOI: 10.1002/dc.22895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2012] [Accepted: 06/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Cherie Paquette
- Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, Vermont, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont
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Tsitouridis I, Michaelides M, Kyriakou V, Arvanity M. Endobronchial lipomatous hamartoma with mediastinal extension. J Thorac Imaging 2010; 25:W6-9. [PMID: 20160589 DOI: 10.1097/rti.0b013e318199fbd5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Endobronchial hamartoma is a special form of pulmonary hamartoma. We report a histologically proven case of an endobronchial lipomatous hamartoma with extrabronchial-mediastinal extension in a 64-year-old patient, and we describe the computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of an endobronchial hamartoma extending into the mediastinum.
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- Ioannis Tsitouridis
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Diagnostic efficacy and characteristic feature of MRI in pulmonary hamartoma: comparison with CT, specimen MRI, and pathology. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2009; 32:919-25. [PMID: 19204455 DOI: 10.1097/rct.0b013e31815abed4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the diagnostic efficacy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in pulmonary hamartoma and observe the significant MRI features, other than fat or characteristic calcification revealed by computed tomography (CT). METHODS Six hamartomas were included and surgically resected, and we prospectively studied MRI in cases showing suggestive findings of hamartoma or indeterminate nodule on CT. We analyzed the tumor on CT and MRI (available enhancement study in 4) focusing on cleftlike structure in comparison with specimen MRI (n = 3) and histopathologic findings: presence, shape, and distribution of the cleftlike structure and signal intensity and enhancement of the cleftlike structure and main portion. RESULTS Computed tomography revealed suggestive findings of pulmonary hamartoma (fat or popcorn calcification) in only 3. All MRI revealed cleftlike structures particularly evident on T2-weighted images with same detectability as its specimen MRI: peripheral linear or curvilinear inclusions with sometimes intratumoral cleftlike space (n = 3), variable signal intensity, and frequent enhancement (3 in 4) pathologically correlated with the variable mesenchymal tissue components and amount arrayed along respiratory epithelial cells lining the cleft and richer vascularity than main portion of pulmonary hamartoma. CONCLUSIONS Magnetic resonance imaging study is a useful diagnostic tool, when a discrete pulmonary nodule demonstrates neither fat nor calcification on CT, for detecting the quite typical cleftlike structure in a pulmonary hamartoma and could provide diagnostic confidence.
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Choi YD, Kim SS, Lee JS, Nam JH, Choi C, Na KJ, Lee JH. Abundant cartilage formation of congenital pulmonary airway malformation--a case report. Pathol Res Pract 2009; 205:494-7. [PMID: 19231095 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2008.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2008] [Revised: 10/04/2008] [Accepted: 11/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) of the lung is an uncommon developmental anomaly. We report an unusual case of type 1 CPAM with abundant cartilage in a 5-year-old boy. On chest radiography, a left lung mass was detected incidentally, and tumor resection was performed under the impression of a benign tumor. The pathological examination of the mass revealed abundant cartilage in the walls of malformed bronchioles with partially cystic dilatation. We think that this case represents a cartilaginous variant of CPAM. The cartilaginous variant of CPAM should be differentiated pathologically from other pulmonary neoplasms containing abundant cartilage, such as chondroid hamartoma.
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- Yoo-Duk Choi
- Department of Pathology, Chonnam National University Medical School, 5 Hak-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-749, Republic of Korea.
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Silva VAD, Kataguiri P, Trufelli DC, Matos LLD, Neves-Pereira JCD, Campos JRMD. Hamartoma pulmonar como diagnóstico diferencial de metástase de carcinoma de mama: relato de caso. J Bras Pneumol 2007; 33:738-42. [DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132007000600019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2006] [Accepted: 12/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Relata-se o caso de uma paciente de 60 anos, em menopausa há 14 anos, com presença de nódulo pulmonar à radiografia de tórax diagnosticado no seguimento pós-operatório por neoplasia de mama. A paciente tinha história de mastectomia e linfadenectomia axilar ipsilateral por carcinoma ductal invasivo de mama, assim como de hormonioterapia, quimioterapia e radioterapia adjuvante. Após nodulectomia por vídeotoracoscopia, o exame de congelação mostrou tratar-se de um hamartoma pulmonar. Estudos recentes demonstram que 75% dos pacientes que se submeteram a cirurgia por nódulos pulmonares após mastectomia curativa de câncer de mama apresentaram metástases pulmonares, 11,5% apresentaram câncer primário de pulmão e 13,5% apresentaram lesões benignas, dentre as quais o hamartoma.
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- Richard I Whyte
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Gregori-Romero MA, Lopez-Gines C, Cerda-Nicolas M, Collado M, Llombart-Bosch A. Recombinations of chromosomal bands 10q24, 12q14-q15, and 14q24 in two cases of pulmonary chondroid hamartoma studied by fluorescence in situ hybridization. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2003; 142:153-7. [PMID: 12699895 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(02)00842-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Pulmonary chondroid hamartomas (PCH) are benign mesenchymal tumors consisting of at least two cytogenetic subgroups. These subgroups are defined by chromosomal alterations at either 12q14-q15 or 6p21. Cytogenetic analysis of short-term cultures from two PCHs revealed two different rearrangements with 12q14 -q15. One of these had a unique translocation t(12;14)(q14-15;q24) with presence of two normal chromosomes 12 and a der(14), but missing the der(12). The other showed a complex rearrangement between chromosomes 10 and 12 with two different derivatives. Our data have been confirmed with fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis. These cases represent variant forms of the standard translocations.
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Litzky L. Epithelial and soft tissue tumors of the tracheobronchial tree. CHEST SURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA 2003; 13:1-40. [PMID: 12698636 DOI: 10.1016/s1052-3359(02)00045-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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This article provides a broad overview of tumors that can involve the tracheobronchial tree. For the most part, the clinical, radiographic, and endoscopic presentation of these rare tumors does not differ significantly from the more common tumors of the lung. Appropriate classification of many tracheobronchial tumors ultimately requires complete sampling and a thorough microscopic evaluation. The introduction of ancillary diagnostic techniques such as immunohistochemistry and molecular analysis will continue to refine tumor classification.
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- Leslie Litzky
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 6 Founders Pavilion, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA.
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Cosío BG, Villena V, Echave-Sustaeta J, de Miguel E, Alfaro J, Hernandez L, Sotelo T. Endobronchial hamartoma. Chest 2002; 122:202-5. [PMID: 12114359 DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.1.202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To describe clinical, endoscopic, radiographic, and follow-up characteristics of a series of patients in whom endobronchial hamartoma (EH) had been diagnosed. METHODS Retrospective study of all cases of hamartoma diagnosed by bronchial biopsy between 1974 and 1997 in a tertiary referral hospital in Madrid, Spain. RESULTS EH was diagnosed 47 patients during the study period. Four patients were excluded from the study because no clinical history was available. We analyzed the cases of 43 patients (37 men and 6 women), with a mean (+/- SD) age of 62 +/- 12 years. Seven patients had a concurrent lung neoplasm, and the EH was an incidental endoscopic finding. Among the other 36 patients, 31 had a new onset of respiratory symptoms, most commonly, recurrent respiratory infections in 16 patients (44%) and hemoptysis in a further 12 patients (33.4%). Chest radiograph findings were abnormal in 38 of 43 patients. At bronchoscopy, the lesions were equally distributed throughout the right and left lungs with no clear lobar predilection. Endobronchial obstruction was evident in 26 patients (72.2%) without concurrent neoplasm, 17 of whom underwent resection with a rigid bronchoscope and laser, with total resolution in 13 patients. Partial resolution was achieved in four patients, two of whom needed a second endoscopic procedure. Five patients were treated with open lung surgery. Clinical and endoscopic follow-up was performed in 23 patients at 1 to 73 months (mean, 17 months), and recurrence was found in 4 patients. CONCLUSION EH frequently produces respiratory complaints and radiographic abnormalities. Patients with endobronchial obstructions had satisfactory responses to endoscopic therapy.
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- Borja G Cosío
- Respiratory Department, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
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Takemura T, Kusafuka K, Fujiwara M, Masuda R, Furuhata Y, Tanaka I, Inoue M. An immunohistochemical study of the mesenchymal and epithelial components of pulmonary chondromatous hamartomas. Pathol Int 1999; 49:938-46. [PMID: 10594839 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00969.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Twenty-five cases of solitary pulmonary chondromatous hamartomas (PCH) were examined by immunohistochemistry to evaluate the mesenchymal and epithelial components. PCH composed of predominantly mature cartilage were designated as C type, those predominantly composed of fibromyxoid tissue as FM type, and those predominantly composed of adipose tissue as A type. FM type PCH revealed various amounts of cartilage in various developmental stages, adipose tissue and fibromyxoid tissue, compared with a uniform pattern of cartilage tissue in C type. The cells of transitional form between spindle cells, stellate cells and chondrocytes were present in FM type. Epithelial components in PCH were bronchial, bronchiolar and cuboidal cells, mostly at the periphery of PCH. S-100 protein consistently stained chondrocytes, stellate and spindle cells in the fibromyxoid tissue of solitary PCH. Fibroblast growth factor was immunolocalized to chondrocytes, spindle and stellate cells in the fibromyxoid tissue. The collagen type was associated with differentiation from primitive mesenchymal cells to chondrocytes (i. e. type I and III collagen appeared in fibromyxoid matrix and type II collagen in the cartilaginous matrix). Fibronectin coordinately appeared with type I and III collagens. The proliferating cell nuclear antigen labeling index of epithelial cells was comparable to those of neoplastic mesenchymal cells, but it was not significantly different between C type and FM type PCH. The primitive mesenchymal cells in the bronchial walls of the control premature neonates were also observed. This immunohistochemical study showed that the progenitor mesenchymal cells in the bronchial and bronchiolar walls may differentiate along chondrocytes, lipocytes, and smooth muscle cells in PCH and that epithelial proliferation is reactive and closely associated with neoplastic proliferation of the mesenchymal component.
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- T Takemura
- Department of Pathology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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Kazmierczak B, Meyer-Bolte K, Tran KH, W�ckel W, Breightman I, Rosigkeit J, Bartnitzke S, Bullerdiek J. A high frequency of tumors with rearrangements of genes of the HMGI(Y) family in a series of 191 pulmonary chondroid hamartomas. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2264(199910)26:2<125::aid-gcc4>3.0.co;2-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Kiryu T, Kawaguchi S, Matsui E, Hoshi H, Kokubo M, Shimokawa K. Multiple chondromatous hamartomas of the lung: a case report and review of the literature with special reference to Carney syndrome. Cancer 1999; 85:2557-61. [PMID: 10375102 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990615)85:12<2557::aid-cncr10>3.0.co;2-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND Multiple chondromatous hamartomas of the lung, which are very rare, are a feature of Carney syndrome. The relation between the two entities is not clear. METHODS A patient with multiple chondromatous hamartomas of the lung is described in this article. The literature was reviewed with special reference to the relation between multiple chondromatous hamartomas of the lung and Carney syndrome as well as the triad of gastric epithelioid leiomyosarcoma, functioning extra-adrenal paraganglioma, and pulmonary chondroma. RESULTS A total of 15 cases of multiple chondromatous hamartomas of the lung have been published worldwide. Two cases exhibited two other features of Carney syndrome, namely, gastric leiomyogenic neoplasms and extra-adrenal paragangliomas, and three other cases demonstrated only gastric leiomyomatous neoplasms. These five patients were all young females. CONCLUSIONS Some patients with multiple chondromatous hamartomas of the lung have a history of Carney syndrome. Patients with multiple chondromatous hamartomas require further examination of other sites, particularly the stomach and nervous system.
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- T Kiryu
- Department of Radiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu City, Japan
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- Hariqbal Singh
- Classified Specialist, Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune 411 040
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- Senior Advisor, Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune 411 040
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- Advance Course Trainee, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune 411 040
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- Addl DGMS (Army), Army Headquarters, New Delhi 110 001
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Tracheal hamartoma is a rare tumor and difficult to diagnose. A case is presented in which tracheal hamartoma was misdiagnosed and treated for four years as asthma. The tumor was curatively excised via posterolateral thoracotomy.
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- A I Taştepe
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Atatürk Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Centre, Ankara, Turkey
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Wilson RW, Kirejczyk W. Pathological and radiological correlation of endobronchial neoplasms: Part I, Benign tumors. Ann Diagn Pathol 1997; 1:31-46. [PMID: 9869824 DOI: 10.1016/s1092-9134(97)80007-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Benign endobronchial lung neoplasms are extremely rare. Most such neoplasms are of mesenchymal origin; however, neoplasms of submucosal gland origin and surface epithelial origin also occur. The symptomatology and radiographic features of these tumors are often indistinguishable from those of malignant lung tumors. However, recognition and early diagnosis of these lesions may allow for conservative treatment and excellent patient outcome. The clinicopathologic and radiological features of these pulmonary neoplasms are discussed.
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- R W Wilson
- Department of Pulmonary and Mediastinal Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306-6000, USA
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the clinical and pathologic features of biopsy-proven pulmonary hamartomas at a tertiary referral center. DESIGN We retrospectively reviewed institutional data on pulmonary hamartomas for a 17-year study period. MATERIAL AND METHODS The Mayo Clinic computerized medical records database was searched for patients who had biopsy, excision, or autopsy diagnosis of pulmonary hamartomas from 1976 through 1992. Medical records and all available histologic sections were reviewed. RESULTS Of the 215 patients with histologically confirmed pulmonary hamartoma, 141 were men and 74 were women (approximately a 2:1 ratio). Two hundred eight patients were asymptomatic, 54 of whom were undergoing assessment for a comorbid disease process. Only four patients had new onset of respiratory symptoms. The peak incidence of occurrence was in the seventh decade of life. The mean size of the hamartomas were 1.5 cm (range, 0.2 to 6.0); no lobe was predominantly involved. Most hamartomas were resected by simple or wedge excision. Sixty-three patients (29.3%) had a concurrent neoplasm (most commonly, lung carcinoma). Follow-up ranged from 2 to 192 months (mean, 61). Eight postoperative deaths occurred. No recurrent pulmonary hamartomas developed. In one patient, lung carcinoma developed 33 months after excision of a hamartoma. In a second patient, sputum cytologic findings were abnormal 9 years later. A third patient had biopsy-proven adenocarcinoma metastatic to bone and an indeterminate lung nodule 2 years after resection of a pulmonary hamartoma. CONCLUSIONS Pulmonary hamartomas are benign lung neoplasms that, in our referral population occurred most commonly in asymptomatic older men. A substantial number of our patients had concurrent neoplasms; however, many had been referred for cancer treatment. We found no evidence of either a malignant transformation or an unexplained association with other lung neoplasms.
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- J A Gjevre
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Internal Medicine Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota MN 55905, USA
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Fletcher JA, Longtine J, Wallace K, Mentzer SJ, Sugarbaker DJ. Cytogenetic and histologic findings in 17 pulmonary chondroid hamartomas: evidence for a pathogenetic relationship with lipomas and leiomyomas. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 1995; 12:220-3. [PMID: 7536462 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.2870120310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Pulmonary chondroid hamartomas (PCH) are benign tumors that contain mesenchymal and epithelial components. In this series, we identified clonal chromosome aberrations in mesenchymal cells from 10 of 17 PCH. Chromosome band 12q15 was rearranged most frequently (N = 4), and one case had a t(12;14)(q15;q24) that was identical cytogenetically to the characteristic translocation in uterine leiomyomas. Histologic review revealed diverse mesenchymal populations, including undifferentiated cells, cartilage, adipose tissue, and smooth muscle, in most of the PCH. These findings suggest that PCH result from neoplastic transformation of a primitive mesenchymal cell that differentiates along chondroid, adipose, and smooth muscle pathways.
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- J A Fletcher
- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Johansson M, Dietrich C, Mandahl N, Hambraeus G, Johansson L, Clausen PP, Mitelman F, Heim S. Recombinations of chromosomal bands 6p21 and 14q24 characterise pulmonary hamartomas. Br J Cancer 1993; 67:1236-41. [PMID: 8512809 PMCID: PMC1968518 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1993.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Cytogenetic analysis of short-term cultures from seven pulmonary hamartomas revealed an abnormal karyotype in six of them. The most characteristic aberration was an exchange of material between 6p21 and 14q24, found in three tumours. Abnormalities of either 6p or 14q were seen in another two hamartomas. Other regions that were rearranged more than once were 12q (three times) and 17p (twice), sometimes in exchange with 6p or 14q and giving rise to complex derivative chromosomes. Only one tumour had aberrations that did not involve 6p, 12q, 14q, or 17p. These results-together with the data on three previously reported pulmonary hamartomas, two of which also had t(6;14)-show that recombinations between 6p21 and 14q24 are common, and hence probably pathogenetically important. The data support the view that these tumours are genuine neoplasms rather than developmental anomalies. The coexistence of a common 14q24 breakpoint in uterine leiomyomas and pulmonary hamartomas indicates that a gene important in the genesis of both tumours exists in this band.
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- M Johansson
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Lund University Hospital, Sweden
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Johansson M, Heim S, Mandahl N, Johansson L, Hambraeus G, Mitelman F. t(3;6;14)(p21;p21;q24) as the sole clonal chromosome abnormality in a hamartoma of the lung. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 1992; 60:219-20. [PMID: 1606572 DOI: 10.1016/0165-4608(92)90026-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Ogawa K, Shima N, Ohshio G, Kudo H, Nakashima Y, Yamabe H, Takeda T. Distribution of vitamin B12 R-binder in lung tumors. Implications for cell differentiation. Pathol Res Pract 1989; 184:234-41. [PMID: 2710684 DOI: 10.1016/s0344-0338(89)80125-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Expression of vitamin B12 R-binder, a specific binding protein for vitamin B12, was studied immunohistochemically in normal lung tissues and 107 lung tumors of various types. In normal tissues, vitamin B12 R-binder (R-binder) expression was restricted to the mucous cells of bronchial or bronchiolar epithelium and submucosal glands as well as to nonciliated bronchiolar (Clara) cells. Among lung carcinomas, 38% of squamous cell carcinomas, 42% of adenocarcinomas and 23% of large cell carcinomas showed positive staining for R-binder whereas small cell carcinomas did not. These findings offer the possibility that a majority of the histologic types of lung carcinoma have common histogenetical characteristics with mucous or Clara cells. Of the bronchial gland tumors, R-binder could be detected in a mucoepidermoid carcinoma but not in adenoid cystic carcinomas. Epithelial components in both pulmonary blastomas and hamartomas showed a reactivity for R-binder, suggesting that these tumors contained components composed of cells with bronchiolar cell differentiation. The immunohistochemical examination of lung tumors, using anti-R-binder antibody, may have some implications in the cell differentiation of lung tumors.
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- K Ogawa
- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
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Borro JM, Moya J, Botella JA, Padilla JD, Canto A, Paris F. Endobronchial hamartoma. Report of 7 cases. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY 1989; 23:285-7. [PMID: 2617250 DOI: 10.3109/14017438909106011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Seven cases of endobronchial hamartoma are presented. Preoperative fiberoptic bronchoscopic biopsy provided the histologic diagnosis in two cases, but was inconclusive in the others. The tumor was removed by endoscopic resection (2 cases), local resection via a bronchotomy (1), lobectomy (2) or pneumonectomy (1). These six patients are alive and well 2-5 years postoperatively. The seventh patient refused treatment.
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- J M Borro
- Thoracic Surgery Service, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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Hamartoma is one of the most common benign lung tumors. Most of them are located in the lung parenchyme, but very rarely it can originate endobronchially. We report a case of endobronchial hamartoma in a 59 year old woman and a review of the literature.
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van den Bosch JM, Wagenaar SS, Corrin B, Elbers JR, Knaepen PJ, Westermann CJ. Mesenchymoma of the lung (so called hamartoma): a review of 154 parenchymal and endobronchial cases. Thorax 1987; 42:790-3. [PMID: 3321538 PMCID: PMC460953 DOI: 10.1136/thx.42.10.790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In a series of 154 patients (116 male and 38 female) with so called pulmonary hamartoma the peak incidence was in the sixth decade, with only three patients less than 20 years of age. Sequential radiographs showed that in 55 patients the tumour first appeared in adult life and that in 53 it progressively increased in size. The age incidence and progressive growth leads to the conclusion that the tumour is a benign neoplasm rather than a hamartoma, consisting of various connective tissues intersected by clefts lined by respiratory epithelium. The epithelial elements are regarded as entrapped non-neoplastic inclusions and the tumour as a purely mesenchymal neoplasm: the name mesenchymoma therefore seems the most appropriate. There were two recurrences after simple enucleation, 10 and 12 years later. A total of 142 tumours were parenchymal, and only 12 were endobronchial. All lobes were affected but there was a slight preponderance in the left upper lobe. Four patients had two (synchronous) mesenchymomas. There was an associated bronchial carcinoma in 11 patients, synchronous in six and metachronous in five.
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- J M van den Bosch
- Department of Pulmonary Disease, Pathology, and Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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Benning TL, Godwin JD, Roggli VL, Askin FB. Cartilaginous variant of congenital adenomatoid malformation of the lung. Chest 1987; 92:514-6. [PMID: 3622030 DOI: 10.1378/chest.92.3.514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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We report the occurrence of an unusual variant of congenital adenomatoid malformation (CAM) of the lung in a 16-year-old male. Abundant cartilage in the walls of malformed bronchioles, an extremely rare finding in CAM, distinguishes this lesion from the usual forms. We present the roentgenographic, computed tomographic, and pathologic features of this lesion as well as its embryologic implications. In addition, two similar cases are reviewed, one of which has been briefly discussed in a previous publication. Cartilaginous CAM should be distinguished from another lesion with abundant cartilage, the so-called pulmonary hamartoma.
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Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 45-1986. A 64-year-old man with pleuritic chest pain and wheezing and a right-upper-lobe abnormality of 10 years' duration. N Engl J Med 1986; 315:1277-85. [PMID: 3773940 DOI: 10.1056/nejm198611133152007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Palvio D, Egeblad K, Paulsen SM. Atypical lipomatous hamartoma of the lung. VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. A, PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY AND HISTOPATHOLOGY 1985; 405:253-61. [PMID: 3918389 DOI: 10.1007/bf00704376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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An unusual lipomatous tumour discovered accidentally in the right middle lobe of a 34-year old woman is described. The tumour was associated with an intrapulmonary typical chondromatous hamartoma in the same lobe but separate from the first lesion. The lipomatous tumour was primarily an intrapulmonary lipoma but in a few of the numerous sections made minute islands of cartilage and bone were discovered along with a few epithelial-lined clefts. These justify the diagnosis of a lipomatous hamartoma. Dispersed among the mature fat cells were a few immature cells with atypical nuclei. Cellular atypia in predominantly lipomatous hamartomas has not previously been reported. As the occurrence of atypical lipoblast-like cells might lead to an erroneous diagnosis of liposarcoma, this case is thought worthy of reporting.
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Warren JS, Seo IS, Mirkin LD. Massive congenital mesenchymal malformation of the lung: a case report with ultrastructural study. PEDIATRIC PATHOLOGY 1985; 3:321-8. [PMID: 4095027 DOI: 10.3109/15513818509078792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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An unusual congenital tumorous malformation of mesenchymal tissue caused severe respiratory distress in a premature infant. The solid mass, which replaced almost the entire left lung, was composed of interlacing fascicles of spindle cells that percolated through otherwise well-developed fetal lung tissue. The normal anatomic arrangement of bronchial components was altered, but bronchial cartilages were present. Ultrastructural study of the lesion showed mesenchymal cells with fibroblastic differentation.
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Menendez Villanueva R, Morales Marin P, Portilla Sogorb J, Borro Mate J, Chirivella Casanova M, Marco martinez V. Hamartoma endobronquial. Presentacion de tres casos. Arch Bronconeumol 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0300-2896(15)32211-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Two benign appearing endobronchial soft tissue lesions in two young patients (ages 33 and 26) were incompletely excised to conserve normal lung. Both tumors recurred four and seven years later. The first tumor had abundant small vessels in a myxomatous background (angiomyxoma); myofibroblasts formed the invasive component of the second tumor. To the best of our knowledge these two types of tumor have not been reported in the endobronchial location. Endobronchial lipoma, epithelial papilloma, inflammatory polyps, nodular sarcoid or amyloid and lymph nodes should be managed endoscopically. The potentially recurring and locally invasive endobronchial tumors such as granular cell myoblastoma, pleomorphic adenoma, angiomyxoma, and tumors of myofibroblast, and probably all other sessile benign tumors should be excised completely with part of the bronchial wall. The maximum preservation of normal lung usually does not conflict with this type of radical procedure.
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Three so-called pulmonary hamartomas were studied by electron microscopy. Histologically, the hamartomas included one case with mainly mature cartilage (chondroma), one with loose myxoid fibrous tissue and rare areas of mature cartilage, and one with only loose myxoid fibrous tissue. Ultrastructurally, a common feature in all three cases was the presence of stellate, undifferentiated mesenchymal cells. These cells were sparse in the chondroma, and abundant in the other two cases. Areas of transition between undifferentiated mesenchyme and cartilage were present in two cases (the chondroma and the myxoid fibrous tumor with areas of mature cartilage). Unusual stellate smooth muscle cells were present in areas of loose myxoid tissue. The epithelial components revealed continuity and morphologic identity to terminal bronchiolar and alveolar epithelium. A distinct basement membrane was always present. These observations support the concept that pulmonary hamartomas represent a histologic spectrum of benign mesenchymal neoplasms, which originate in peribronchial connective tissue and incorporate respiratory epithelium as they expand.
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Herrera GA, Miles PA, Greenberg H, Reimann BE, Weisman IM. The origin of the pseudoglandular spaces in metastatic smooth muscle neoplasm of uterine origin. Report of a case with ultrastructure and review of previous cases studied by electron microscopy. Chest 1983; 83:270-4. [PMID: 6822113 DOI: 10.1378/chest.83.2.270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The entity known as "leiomyomatous hamartoma," a term that has been used in reference to metastatic smooth muscle neoplasms of uterine origin (MSMNUO), is uncommon. Several articles have dealt with clinical and light microscopic aspects of this lesion. Four reports on the ultrastructure of this type of neoplasm have been published, but they have been primarily concerned with its smooth muscle component. Much controversy exists as to whether the glandular elements are part of the neoplastic process or preexisting pulmonary elements. This ultrastructural study confirms that the gland-like spaces represent entrapped alveoli and terminal respiratory bronchioles.
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Burkhardt A, Otto HF, Kaukel E. Multiple pulmonary (hamartomatous?) leiomyomas. Light and electron microscopic study. VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. A, PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY 1981; 394:133-41. [PMID: 7336571 DOI: 10.1007/bf00431671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The light and electron microscopical features of the lung tumors in a case of multiple pulmonary leiomyomas are described. The differential diagnosis of leiomyomatous tumors of the lung is discussed. They have to be differentiated from lymphangio-leiomyomatosis of the lungs. In the literature, multiple pulmonary leiomyomas are generally considered to be metastases from low grade uterine leiomyosarcoma or to be hamartomatous lung tumors. This is suggested by the glandular structures both within the tumor and on the surface. However, our ultrastructural observations showed these epithelia to have features of granular pneumocytes (type II), in particular they contain lamellar bodies and possess microvilli on their surface. Their formation is considered to be a secondary reaction of alveolar lining cells to tumor growth. A possible origin of multiple pulmonary leiomyomas from the contractile system of the lung acini (contractile interstitial cells) is discussed.
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Problematica de los hamartomas de pulmon. Arch Bronconeumol 1980. [DOI: 10.1016/s0300-2896(15)32467-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Soorae AS, Bharucha H. Haemangioleiomyomatous tumour of the lung. J Clin Pathol 1980; 33:81-5. [PMID: 7358861 PMCID: PMC1145986 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.33.1.81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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A case of haemangioleiomyomatous tumour of the lung, occurring as a peripheral, solitary nodule in an asymptomatic 54-year-old man is presented. The tumour was well-demarcated and microscopically it was characterised by the presence of vascular spaces with endothelial, pericytic, and, predominantly, smooth muscle proliferation. Islands of cartilage and slit-like spaces lined by bronchial epithelium make this a hamartomatous lesion of a quite distinctive and unusual variety, which does not fit any of the well-recognised patterns of hamartomas previously described. The long-term prognosis after limited excision is considered to be favourable.
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