An intrapulmonary chondromatous hamartoma penetrating the visceral pleura: report of a case

Makiko Tomiyasu; Ichiro Yoshino; Ryuichi Suemitsu; Fumihiro Shoji; Keizo Sugimachi

An intrapulmonary chondromatous hamartoma penetrating the visceral pleura: report of a case

Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2002 Feb;8(1):42-4.

Authors

Makiko Tomiyasu¹, Ichiro Yoshino, Ryuichi Suemitsu, Fumihiro Shoji, Keizo Sugimachi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery and Science, Division of Pathophysiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.

PMID: 11916442

Abstract

A 65-year-old woman had been followed up for a hamartoma-like mass in the right upper lobe of the lung since 1995. A follow-up CT scan showed an increase in the size of the lesion and a new lesion next to the old mass, which was highly suspected to be lung cancer. A right upper lobectomy was thus performed in May 2000. The hamartoma penetrated the visceral pleura, and adhered to the mediastinal pleura. Such a growing hamartoma with pleural invasion has so far rarely been previously reported.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / complications
Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis*
Adenocarcinoma / pathology
Aged
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Hamartoma / complications
Hamartoma / pathology*
Hamartoma / physiopathology
Humans
Lung Diseases / complications
Lung Diseases / pathology*
Lung Diseases / physiopathology
Lung Neoplasms / complications
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Lung Neoplasms / pathology
Pleural Diseases / complications
Pleural Diseases / diagnosis
Pleural Diseases / pathology*
Pleural Neoplasms / diagnosis