Pulmonary Hamartoma

Summary

From 1973 to 1980, 9 pulmonary chondromatous hamartomas of the lung were resected at our Clinic. One of these hamartomas was a rare endobronchial chondroma. To our knowledge, 91 cases of endobronchial hamartomas have been described in the previous literature. Although a similar origin of intrapulmonary and endobronchial hamartomas is postulated, there is a difference in their clinical features. The endobronchial type of hamartoma often causes respiratory symptoms of obstructing the bronchus with consequent destruction of the distal lung, whereas patients with intrapulmonary hamartomas are symptom-free.

Key words

Benign tumor of the lung - Pulmonary hamartoma - Endobronchial hamartoma